• Atmanirbhar Bharat today has become a collective national mission, with every Indian contributing to this vision
• ‘PESTLE’ defines India’s growth story with strong Political frameworks; Economic policies; Societal impact; Technology; Legal framework and Environment
NEW DELHI, 28 November 2025: Mr Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Govt of India today said that Prime Minister Modi brought the vision of self-reliance to the center of India’s economic progress. “Atmanirbhar Bharat has now become a collective national mission, with every Indian contributing in their own way to this vision and journey,” he added.
Addressing the FICCI’s 98th Annual General Meeting and Annual Convention, Mr Goyal said that India has already concluded a very balanced, robust, fair and equitable agreements with Australia, UAE, Mauritius, UK, the 4 nation EFTA group. “At this point of time we are in talks with 14 group of countries collectively representing around 50 countries of the world. Our focus is on countries of significance where we complement each other. We are talking to Oman while Bahrain and Qatar want to enter into negotiations with India along with the GCC countries. We are also talking to New Zealand, simultaneously with Australia on second stage agreement,” he added.
Mr Goyal further stated that we are reviewing ASEAN and Korea FTA to bring more balance. We are also actively in discussion with the US and 27 nation European Nation. “We have recently started negotiations with Eurasia and working to start negotiations very quickly with Israel with whom Terms of Reference was finalized last week. Canada and India are looking at CEPA and next week we will kickstart conversation around that,” he added.