India, Sept. 28 -- Canadian trade minister Maninder Sidhu is expected to visit India in mid-October, his second trip in less than a month, as the two sides fast-track talks for a trade deal with the aim of concluding them before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Canada in December, people aware of the matter said.

Sidhu is expected to meet commerce minister Piyush Goyal in New Delhi soon after the fifth round of negotiations on the India-Canada comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA), scheduled to be held in Canada from October 5, the people said, requesting anonymity.

Ahead of Sidhu's visit, commerce secretary Rajesh Agrawal may also meet senior Canadian trade officials in Canada while travelling to Mexico, they said....