{"id":29,"date":"2025-07-27T07:05:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T07:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/?p=29"},"modified":"2025-07-27T07:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T07:05:25","slug":"india-uk-free-trade-agreement-signed-new-global-gateway-for-chhattisgarhs-farmers-weavers-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/india-uk-free-trade-agreement-signed-new-global-gateway-for-chhattisgarhs-farmers-weavers-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"India-UK Free Trade Agreement Signed: New Global Gateway for Chhattisgarh\u2019s Farmers, Weavers &#038; Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Raipur, July 26, 2025<\/strong> \u2013 Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has hailed the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as a \u201cnew chapter in India\u2019s journey of growth\u201d and expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his visionary leadership.Speaking on the occasion, CM Sai said the agreement will not only expand India\u2019s economic horizon, but more importantly, it will offer states like Chhattisgarh \u2013 which are rooted in agriculture, handicrafts, small-scale and cottage industries \u2013 a historic opportunity to become part of global trade.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Minister Shri Sai highlighted that under the India-UK FTA, 99% of India\u2019s exports to the UK will now get duty-free access. This, he said, will directly benefit farmers, MSMEs, artisans, weavers, and traditional product manufacturers. He further noted that the agreement is expected to unlock trade opportunities worth an estimated $23 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Calling it a historic step, CM Sai said the FTA has brought new hope to agrarian and labour-intensive states like Chhattisgarh. He expressed confidence that the agreement will empower agriculture, strengthen local industries, and create new employment opportunities for youth. He also informed that the state government is actively working to equip local producers with global-standard training, quality control mechanisms, and export facilitation centres.<\/p>\n<p>CM Vishnu Deo Sai extended heartfelt thanks to Prime Minister Modi for this achievement, describing it as a testament to his visionary leadership, economic reforms, and commitment to making the \u2018Vocal for Local\u2019 initiative a global movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raipur, July 26, 2025 \u2013 Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has hailed the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as a \u201cnew chapter in India\u2019s journey of growth\u201d and expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his visionary leadership.Speaking on the occasion, CM Sai said the agreement will not only expand India\u2019s economic horizon, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32,"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/32"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgnews24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}