Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 08:26pm on 09 Jan 2026,Friday India Global
While being interviewed by London journalist Ross Kempsell, Vikram Doraiswami, Indian High Commissioner to the UK has reaffirmed that New Delhi will work with any government chosen by British voters, even as he champions the India‑UK Free Trade Agreement as a “transformative anchor” for both economies. “We will work with whomever governs the UK,” he said in his interview, stressing that India expects whoever leads Britain to remain a friend of India. Doraiswami projected that economists foresee around £5 billion extra annual growth for each country from the FTA, driven by genuine demand for high‑quality UK goods and services and India’s roughly 7% growth and expanding middle class. He highlighted India as the world’s largest whisky market, consuming about 3 billion bottles a year, but only 300 million are Scotch, underlining substantial upside for premium UK exports. Doraiswami argued the FTA will future‑proof Britain’s access to India’s scale while providing India with stable capital and technology partnerships, calling it a genuinely transformative moment in bilateral relations.
