Jill Biden reviews U.S. funded health scheme in UP village

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's wife Jill Biden met poor women and children in Kachhpura village in Uttar Pradesh's Agra city on Tuesday and reviewed the benefits that they receive under a health scheme aided by the U.S.

Jill, who is accompanying her husband Joe Biden on a four-day visit to boost U.S. economic and diplomatic ties with India, met workers, volunteers and children to better understand the health programme and its advantages, aimed at improving healthcare for women and children.

Meanwhile, Joe Biden met the Indian leaders, including Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, in the national capital today.

Joe Biden will also call on President Pranab Mukherjee and other leaders to discuss the India-US engagement on a broad array of issues.

He will also address the staff at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.

Joe Biden would spend the next two days - July 24 and 25 - in Mumbai, where he would meet business leaders and deliver a policy speech at the Bombay Stock Exchange.

He leaves for Singapore for the final leg of his nearly week-long trip.

"This trip will be an important opportunity to strengthen our partnerships within the region and reaffirm our commitment to re-balancing US foreign policy towards the Asia-Pacific," the White House had said earlier before Biden's departure for India.

His visit to India is expected to lay the ground work for a visit to the United States of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in September-October, during which he is expected to hold meetings with President Barack Obama.