♤ There are more than 50 bilateral dialogue mechanisms between the two governments.

♤ The Strategic and Commercial Dialogue at the level of EAM and MoS (Commerce & Industry) were held in Washington DC in September 2015 and New Delhi in August 2016.

♤ This apex-level dialogue has added a commercial component to the five traditional pillars of bilateral relations on which the erstwhile Strategic Dialogue of Foreign Ministers had focused, namely:

o Strategic Cooperation;

o Energy and Climate Change,

o Education and Development;

o Economy, Trade and Agriculture;

o Science and Technology;

o and Health and Innovation.

♤ A Policy Planning Dialogue has also been started between the two sides in September 2015.

♤ In addition, there are Ministerial-level dialogues involving home (Homeland Security Dialogue), finance (Financial and Economic Partnership), commerce (Trade Policy Forum), HRD (Higher Education Dialogue), Science & Technology (Joint Commission Meeting on S&T) and energy (Energy Dialogue).

♤ There have been regular contacts at political and official levels on bilateral, regional and global issues.