Updated On: 10 October, 2025 01:29 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met in Mumbai, PM Modi and UK PM highlighted digital collaboration, trade growth, and the CETA roadmap. PM Modi emphasised combining UK’s financial expertise with India’s DPI to boost innovation and global progress

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his British counterpart Keir Starmer during the ‘Global Fintech Fest 2025` in Mumbai. Pic/PTI
Prime Minister Modi, while holding a key meeting with the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Mumbai, said that combining the UK’s expertise in financial services with India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) can create immense benefits for all humanity. Highlighting that about 50 per cent of the world's real-time digital transactions take place in India, PM Modi emphasised the UK's involvement in the digital sector.
As reported by news agency ANI, addressing the India-UK CEO Forum, PM Modi said that the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the two countries is a roadmap for shared progress, shared prosperity, and shared people-to-people connections.