India–EU FTA Promotes Paperless Trade, e-Invoicing, e-Contracts, e-Authentication to Ease Cross-Border Trade

• Digital Trade Chapter of the India–EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) creates a facilitative framework for secure, trustworthy electronic transactions to boost cross-border goods and services trade.
• Promotes paperless trade, e-invoicing, e-contracts, e-authentication, along with provisions on online consumer protection, cybersecurity, unsolicited electronic messages, and source code protection.
• Released by the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) via PIB on 13 February 2026 following conclusion of the FTA at the 16th India–EU Summit (25–27 January 2026).
• UPSC relevance: intersects GS-II (bilateral relations) and GS-III (economy, trade, IT) — a flagship instance of "digital diplomacy" embedded into trade agreements.