New Delhi, Nov. 20 -- UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific Seema Malhotra started her first official visit to India on Thursday, to take forward the recently signed UK-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA), according to the British High Commission.

The deal is projected to boost the UK's GDP by (UK currency) 4.8 billion pounds annually, raise wages by 2.2 billion pounds and expand bilateral trade by 25.5 billion pounds.

The three-day visit reflects the revitalised UK-India partnership under the joint UK-India Vision 2035.

During her trip, Malhotra will meet British businesses operating in Chennai and Bengaluru -- including Tesco, Revolut and BT -- to hear how the UK-India FTA is helping them grow and bring investment back to the UK, the British...