Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal Calls on MedTech Startups to Go Global, Leverage Trade Pacts Covering 70% of World GDP

• Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal urged Indian MedTech startups to scale globally by leveraging India's 9 FTAs covering 38 countries and ~70% of world GDP at mostly zero duty.
• Announcement bundles trade-policy (FTAs), industrial-R&D (NIPER expansion, new NID), and startup-ecosystem (80% IP-fee rebate) levers — a one-stop convergence relevant to GS-II (Govt schemes) and GS-III (Economy, S&T, IPR).