Bengaluru, Oct. 16 -- India's agricultural sector could benefit from Canadian fertilisers and potash to improve crop yields and farming efficiency, said Maninder Sidhu, Canadian Minister of International Trade, adding Fairfax wants to invest more in India.

Addressing a press conference on Canada-India Commercial Agreements, Sidhu said, the Fairfax-IDBI deal "is the largest deal between our two countries in the financial sector and that sends a clear signal to the supply chains that Canada is ready to do more."

India on Tuesday approved the sale of a 60.7 per cent stake in IDBI Bank to Fairfax Financial Holdings. Further adding that Fairfax has invested heavily in Bangalore International Airport, he said, the company "wants to do more in...