Thiruvananthapuram: US companies have huge interest in investing in high-tech commerce in India which has the advantage of large human capital, David C Mulford, US Ambassador to India, said on Tuesday.

The FDI from US companies had been quite small, only about 45 billion dollars as of now and the Indian government had taken a position that it should be quadrupled, Mulford said.

"The FDI will grow in future more quickly in India," Mulford said at a meet-the-press programme. There were already 1400 US companies registered in India.

"The impression that there will be long-standing problems if you are ready to invest in India should be changed," he said. He appreciated the mega container terminal project at Kochi, which would be a big boost to industries.

He said the economy could be strengthened significantly without compromising much on political positions.

Radical and negative language could be avoided when the government could set their own terms before the investors.

If India lifted the prohibition on the entry of FDI in retail, a lot of American and European players would come to India. Opponents to this argued that it would damage local small enterprise which was contrary to facts based on evidence in other countries, he said.

Mulford said there was political consensus in India on the desirability of a strong Indo-US relationship. "I have worked with two governments which has around 35 political parties representing different states. All of them are for good relations with US," he said.