The governments of India and Britain have signed a big defense agreement. According to this agreement, Britain will now supply lightweight multirole missiles to the Indian Army. This defense deal of $ 468 million (about Rs 3,884 crore) took place in India’s financial capital Mumbai during the meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the second and last day of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s first visit to India.

British Defense Ministry issued statement after agreement with India

The British Defense Ministry has issued a statement on Thursday (October 9, 2025) regarding this defense agreement. Britain’s Defense Ministry has termed this agreement as important for the deepening strategic relations of its defense industry with India. The ministry said, ‘Under this agreement, Low Weight Multirole Missiles (LMM) manufactured in Belfast, UK, will be supplied to the Indian Army, which gives a significant boost to the UK defense industry.’

These live-weight multirole missiles, also called Martlets, are air-to-air, surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missiles.

More than 700 jobs will be protected in Britain due to the agreement with India

The ministry said, ‘This defense deal will secure more than 700 jobs in Northern Ireland, because the air defense missiles and launchers being made for India are the same ones that Belfast is currently making for Ukraine.’

According to the British Defense Ministry, this agreement can pave the way for a comprehensive complex arms partnership between India and Britain, for which talks are currently going on between the two countries.

Why is this defense agreement important for India?,

This defense agreement with Britain regarding light-weight multirole missile is very important for India. Although India already has a variety of missiles, the modern, light and multirole missiles received from Britain will help the Indian Army to respond immediately during any possible attack. These light-weight multirole missiles can be used both on land and sea. Due to which it will further increase the strategic flexibility of the Indian Armed Forces.

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has come on a two-day visit to India on 9 October. His main objective during this time is to participate in the sixth edition of the CEO Forum and Global Fintech Fest to be held in Mumbai. This meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Keir Starmer is special in many ways, because many important issues in the fields of trade, security and technology are going to be discussed between the two countries.

A delegation of 125 people has also come to India along with Starmer. He said that the coming of British businesses to India will open up new business opportunities for our people. Along with this, both the countries will also work on increasing cooperation in the field of Artificial Intelligence and technology. Due to the recent tariff dispute between India and America, there has been a distance in the relations, but the relations between India and Britain are continuously getting stronger. But do you know which country’s PM’s salary is higher in both the countries?

British PM’s salary?

Now if we talk about the salary of the British PM, then people are surprised to know this. The Prime Minister of Britain gets a salary of about Rs 5 lakh 78 thousand every month. Talking about annual salary, he gets a total of Rs 1 crore 73 lakh 44 thousand as annual salary. This salary is much higher than any common government job.

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What is the salary of PM of India?

Whereas if we compare the salary of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India, it is much less than that of the British PM. In India, the Prime Minister gets a salary of Rs 1 lakh 66 thousand per month from the government. This includes basic salary of Rs 50 thousand, expenditure allowance of Rs 3 thousand, parliamentary allowance of Rs 45 thousand and daily allowance of Rs 2 thousand. According to this, PM Modi gets approximately Rs 19,92,000 as salary annually.

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A big drop in the prices of premium British whiskey brands may soon be seen in India in the coming days. The main reason for this is the visit of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to India to finalize the trade agreement between India and Britain, in which special attention is being given to British-made whiskey.

In fact, India is the largest consumer of Scotch and whiskey in the world in terms of quantity. British whiskey brands like Chivas Regal, Ballantine, The Glenlivet, Glenfiddich and Johnnie Walker are in great demand in the Indian market. In such a situation, the huge demand for Scotch whiskey in India has been driven by the rapidly growing middle class and changing tastes towards luxury imported products.

During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to London in July this year, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) was signed between India and Britain, which promises to make expensive liquor cheaper. This agreement will not only affect foreign brands, but the prices of IMFL (India-Made Foreign Liquor) brands sold in the Indian market will also come down.

After three years of talks, India-UK After CETA signature on

This trade agreement between India and Britain comes after three years of difficult negotiations, which were further intensified by circumstances like US President Donald Trump’s tariff tension. At present, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is on a tour of India. Along with him have also come members of the Scotch Whiskey Association and executives of big companies like Diageo, the manufacturer of Johnnie Walker. The purpose of this visit of the British Prime Minister to India is to strengthen India-UK relations in trade, fintech, defense and other areas. However, the liquor sector is garnering the most headlines in this agreement, in which the agreement regarding Scotch whiskey is being seen as a big success.

Annual sale of whiskey in India can reach one billion dollars

According to Downing Street estimates, annual sales of Scotch whiskey in India could reach $1 billion. This will create more than 1000 new jobs in Scotland, benefit the UK economy by 190 million pounds every year and bilateral trade between the two countries could increase to 25.5 billion pounds ($34 billion) by 2024. With this step, consumers in India will be able to get premium whiskey at affordable rates.

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