New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- Prime Minister Modi on Friday called on the BRICS Business Council to identify and work towards removing the top 10 trade barriers among member countries, while proposing support for 100 BRICS startups annually to expand into other member markets.

Addressing the Leaders' Session of the BRICS Business Forum in New Delhi, Modi also called for forging 1,000 new business partnerships across BRICS nations and suggested that progress on all three targets be reviewed annually, ANI reported.

"As BRICS enters its third decade, I would like to urge the BRICS Business Council: Can you prepare a report on removing the top ten trade barriers among BRICS nations? Can we support 100 BRICS startups annually to scale up in other B...