Mumbai, Jan. 27 -- Describing the India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as the most significant trade pact India has concluded so far, Ashish Chauhan, Managing Director and CEO of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), said the deal is comprehensive and is expected to benefit India across both goods and services, particularly labour-intensive sectors.

Speaking to ANI, Chauhan said, "Broadly the expectations were already built by calling it the mother of all FTAs few days back and I think and in some ways it's a very comprehensive FTA whatever has been announced."

Highlighting the scale of trade between India and the EU, he said, "The total trade between India and EU -- all countries put together -- is $220 billion in goods and ser...