New Delhi, June 4 -- India expects all the nine free trade agreements (FTA) signed over the past three years to become operational within the next 9-10 months, commerce minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday, signalling an accelerated push to expand export markets, attract investment and deeply integrate the country into global supply chains.

Addressing the Citi India Conference 2026 virtually, the minister said India had signed nine FTAs over the last three to three-and-a-half years. These are the trade pacts with the UAE, Australia, Mauritius, Oman, the UK and the four-member European Free Trade Association (Efta) bloc comprising Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

The minister said the Oman FTA had become operational on 1...