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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has signed a caller £350 cardinal defence woody with the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer to bargain missiles for the Indian army, the U.K. authorities said connected Thursday (October 9, 2025). They besides agreed to instrumentality guardant their collaboration connected electric-powered engines for Naval ships, worthy an archetypal £250 million.
In a abstracted release, the U.K. authorities besides said that 64 Indian companies person truthful acold committed to put £1.3 cardinal (or ₹15,430 crore) successful the U.K., a motion of the increasing concern assurance boosted by the India-U.K. commercialized deal.
The Indian authorities has not shared akin information connected concern commitments by U.K. companies successful India. However, the U.K. authorities besides said that the University of Lancaster and the University of Surrey person been fixed support to unfastened caller campuses successful India to assistance conscionable booming request from Indian students.
Talks connected broader weapons deal
The rocket woody paves the mode for a “broader analyzable weapons partnership” betwixt the U.K. and India, which is presently nether dialog betwixt the 2 governments, the UK authorities said successful its statement.
“The declaration is acceptable to present UK-manufactured Lightweight Multirole Missiles (LMM) built successful Belfast to the Indian Army, delivering connected the Government’s Plan for Change successful different important boost for the UK defence industry,” it said.
“A caller milestone has besides been reached successful the UK and India’s practice connected electric-powered engines for naval ships arsenic some countries signed the Implementing Arrangement to beforehand collaboration to the adjacent stage, worthy an archetypal £250 million,” it added.
Addressing the associated property conscionable with UK PM @Keir_Starmer. https://t.co/jY20THk1kv
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 9, 2025Indian investments successful the U.K.
“Nearly 7,000 marque caller jobs volition beryllium created successful the United Kingdom acknowledgment to a raft of large caller deals secured by the Prime Minister during his sojourn to India this week,” the U.K. authorities said. “As a result, Indian concern volition travel into a scope of U.K. sectors including engineering, exertion and the originative industries, driving maturation and creating jobs crossed each portion of the state - from Basingstoke to Birmingham,” it added.
Among the large concern announcements are TVS Motor’s program to put £250 cardinal successful Solihull to grow its Norton Motorcycles operations and make next-generation electrical vehicles.
“Engineering institution Cyient is investing £100 cardinal to boost innovation successful semiconductors, geospatial tech, mobility, cleanable energy, and integer domains - creating 300 UK jobs and strengthening its long-standing beingness successful the country,” the merchandise said.
Muthoot Finance UK Limited, a portion of the Muthoot Group, plans to put £100 cardinal to grow its subdivision web to 20 locations successful the UK. Hero Motors plans to put £100 cardinal successful the U.K. implicit the adjacent 5 years successful its e-mobility, e-bicycles and aerospace divisions.
U.K. universities successful India
The Hindu has reached retired to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry for details connected concern announcements by UK companies successful India. This study volition beryllium updated if and erstwhile a effect is received.
On the archetypal time of Mr. Starmer’s sojourn to India, Rolls-Royce CEO Tufan Erginbilgic said that his institution has “deep ambitions to make India arsenic a location for Rolls-Royce”. He did not, however, notation immoderate circumstantial concern details.
“The Prime Minister has confirmed that the University of Lancaster and the University of Surrey person been fixed support to unfastened caller campuses successful India, to assistance conscionable their booming request for higher acquisition places,” the U.K. authorities said successful a abstracted release.
