An agreement to standardise various security procedures between India and the US was signed today. Among other things it will pave the way for laying down parameters for deployment of sky marshals in flights between the two countries.<br/><br/>Issues relating to transfer of technology, including full body scanners and X-ray systems, and training were also discussed at a two-day meeting of a Joint Working Group of officials of the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) in New Delhi.<br/><br/>An official spokesperson said that the Indian side requested that dual screening of baggage on US-bound flights be dispensed with. The US Ambassador Timothy J Roemer said in a statement in New Delhi to launch of the US-India Aviation Security Working Group demonstrates our increasingly close cooperation on mutual commercial and security interests, matters of critical interest to the people of both our countries.<br/><br/>The purpose of the working group is to build upon the strategic partnership between the US Government and the Government of India to enhance international civil aviation security.