CETA

The Double Contribution Convention will exempt eligible Indian professionals and employers from UK social security payments for five years, reducing costs significantly

India will allow the import of 3.78 lakh units of conventional-engine passenger cars, including those in the mass segment, from the UK at concessional customs duty during the first 15 years of the implementation of the trade pact between the two countries. Under the pact, tariffs on automotive imports will fall from about 110 per cent to 10 per cent, with quotas on both sides. According to the India-UK CETA document, released on Wednesday, India will get access to the UK's electric, hybrid/hydrogen passenger cars segment with duty-free exports to that country from the sixth year in the price segment ranging from GBP 20,000 to GBP 80,000, with the total quota reaching a peak of 88,000 units from the 15th year and continuing in the subsequent years. This will benefit Indian manufacturers such as Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Mahindra & Mahindra, and Maruti Suzuki, among others. The two countries announced the implementation of the comprehensive trade and economic partnership ...

Alongside the trade pact, the Double Contribution Convention will also take effect, easing social security obligations for temporary cross-border workers

Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said in a post on X that they took stock of progress and worked though the sticking points

The India-UK free trade agreement (FTA), signed in July last year, is likely to come into force in the next 30-45 days, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. Goyal held a bilateral meeting with Peter Kyle, UK's Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on the sidelines of the 14th ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) last month in Cameroon. "The United Kingdom is also very pleased at the speed with which the India-UK Free Trade Agreement passed both Houses of Parliament... and we are also looking at a possible entry into force of the agreement over the next 30 to 45 days," he told reporters here. India and the UK, on July 24, 2025, signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) under which 99 per cent of Indian exports will enter the British market at 'zero' duty, while tariffs on British products such as cars and whisky will be reduced in India. The following are the other developments on free trade agreements that Ind

Modi said that the India-UK free trade pact is expected to strengthen micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in India, thereby creating opportunities for youth employment

The CETA will allow duty-free access to 95 per cent of India's agriculture exports to the UK, which accounts for a bit over five per cent of the goods exported to the UK

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