UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday landed in Mumbai, leading the “largest-ever government trade mission to India”, to build on the India–UK free trade agreement (FTA) signed in July that will see average tariffs in India for British goods fall steeply from 15 per cent to 3 per cent once it comes into force. Starmer, who is on his first official visit to India, is set to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the future India–UK economic partnership.

The British government, in a statement, said that the 125-strong delegation, including representatives from Rolls-Royce, British Telecom, Diageo, the London Stock Exchange Group, British Airways, as well as university vice-chancellors, marks the “largest-ever government trade mission” to India.

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal

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