Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman begins a six-day official visit to the UK and Austria on Tuesday(8 April 2025), aiming to strengthen economic ties, enhance financial sector cooperation and attract more foreign investment, the finance ministry said on Monday(7 April 2025).

• During the visit, which runs through 13 April, the finance minister will co-chair the 13th India-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD) in London., on 9 April.
• Finance minister Sitharaman will also engage in bilateral meetings with key dignitaries, and participate in investor roundtables and other meetings with heads of key financial institutions and companies
• Sitharaman will address an India-UK Investor Roundtable in London, where she is expected to present India’s investment climate to a gathering of chief executives from British pension funds, insurance companies, banks and other financial institutions.