India, Jan. 29 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday heaped praise on the historic Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the European Union (EU) and asked traders in India to use the opportunity to take the "best quality" products into the now-open market.

"This is an opportunity. and the 1st mantra of this opportunity is that we focus on quality. Our traders should take the best quality products into the market, now that it is open to us," PM Modi said as he addressed the media at the Parliament.

He also said that the trade pact was significant for the ambitious youth of India and the vision of 'atmanirbhar Bharat' or self-reliant India.

"At the very beginning of this quarter, the India-European Union Free Trade Agreement...