Claim
India is doing a free trade deal with Britain, with which India's trade is worth ₹1,46,000 crore.
“हम ब्रिटेन से फ्री ट्रेड डील कर रहे हैं। जिनसे हमारा व्यापार ₹146000 करोड़ का है।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
The core claim that India signed a free trade deal (CETA) with Britain is accurate. However the trade-value figure is misleading: ₹1,46,000 crore is roughly US$17-18 billion, which at best matches India-UK merchandise trade of an earlier year. Actual total bilateral trade (goods plus services) is about US$56-60 billion (roughly ₹5,00,000 crore) as of 2024, so the quoted figure substantially understates the real value of India-UK trade and is presented without specifying it covers only goods.
Evidence
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_Comprehensive_Economic_and_Trade_Agreement India and the UK signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA/FTA) on 24 July 2025, confirming the 'free trade deal with Britain' part of the claim; it enters into force 15 July 2026. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Ind_UK_25.pdf India-UK bilateral trade in goods is around £18 billion and services around £25 billion, i.e. total trade well above the figure cited. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_Comprehensive_Economic_and_Trade_Agreement Total India-UK bilateral trade (goods + services) was about £42.6 billion / roughly US$56-60 billion in 2024 (~₹5,00,000 crore), with a target to reach US$120 billion by 2030 — far above ₹1,46,000 crore. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-india-free-trade-agreement-impact-assessment/impact-assessment-of-the-free-trade-agreement-between-the-uk-and-india-executive-summary-web-version UK government impact assessment documents current bilateral trade in the tens of billions of pounds, confirming total trade is several times the ₹1,46,000 crore figure. ✓ reachable · archived