to 400 million to provide clean and renewable electricity to up to 1 million households by 2020 a commitment to establish the usindia clean energy hub as the coordinating mechanism to focus united states government efforts that in partnership with leading indian financial institutions will increase renewable energy investment in india a 40 million usindia catalytic solar finance program equally supported by the united states and india that by providing needed liquidity to smallerscale renewable energy investments particularly in poorer rural villages that are not connected to the grid could mobilize up to 1 billion of projects the expansion of handholding support to indian utilities that are scaling up rooftop solar and continuation of successful cooperation with usaid on greening the grid10 the united states and india also remain committed to the goals of mission innovation which they jointly launched during cop21 in paris to double their respective clean energy research and development rd investment in five years toward this end the two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to cooperate on research and development including through the announcement of an upcoming 30 million publicprivate research effort in smart grid and grid storage strengthening global nonproliferation11 the president thanked the prime minister for his substantive contribution to and active participation in 2016 nuclear security summit in washington dc and welcomed his offer to host a summit on countering weapons of mass destruction terrorism in 2018 the united states and india will work together to combat the threat of terrorists accessing and using chemical biological nuclear and radiological materials12 recalling their shared commitment to preventing proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery the leaders looked forward to indias imminent entry into the missile technology control regime president obama welcomed indias application to join the nuclear suppliers group nsg and reaffirmed that india is ready for membership the united states called on nsg participating governments to support indias application when it comes up at the nsg plenary later this month the united states also reaffirmed its support for indias early membership of the australia group and wassenaar arrangementsecuring the domains land maritime air space and cyber13 the leaders applauded the completion of a roadmap for cooperation under the 2015 usindia joint strategic vision for the asiapacific and indian ocean region which will serve as a guide for collaboration in the years to come they resolved that the united states and india should look to each other as priority partners in the asia pacific and the indian ocean region14 they welcomed the inaugural meeting of the maritime security dialogue owing to mutual interest in maritime security and maritime domain awareness the leaders welcomed the conclusion of a technical arrangement for sharing of maritime white shipping information15 the leaders affirmed their support for usindia cooperation in promoting maritime security they reiterated the importance they attach to ensuring freedom of navigation and overflight and exploitation of resources as per international law including the united nations convention on the law of the sea and