India, Feb. 19 -- India wants to diversify its sources of crude oil and coking coal and would "love" to source high-quality coking coal from the US, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday. He also said that the US can provide certain goods that India needs desperately for its economic growth. These goods can include Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) for Artificial Intelligence applications, equipment for data centres and high performance computing.

India, he said, can manufacture products that the US cannot compete in, while America can be a strong source of technology and capital. There is already $100 billion in aircraft demand from the US in the next five years and the country needs more to increase local capacit...