Overview

• Downing Street said 64 Indian companies will invest £1.3 billion in the UK, announced during Starmer’s 125-strong trade mission to Mumbai.
• Piyush Goyal and Peter Kyle agreed to reposition JETCO to oversee implementation of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement and pledged swift, coordinated delivery.
• Both governments signaled plans to ratify the agreement and bring it into effect within about a year, with Starmer urging action “as quickly as humanly possible.”
• Modi highlighted new cooperation including UK higher-education expansion in India, saying nine British universities will establish campuses, with three in GIFT City, alongside defence and maritime initiatives.
• Talks also advanced technology-security cooperation, with Starmer consulting Nandan Nilekani on digital ID, and the leaders engaging business at the CEO Forum and Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai.