IITF 2025 Showcases Vision of a Technologically Advanced, Resilient India: Shri JitinPrasada

The 44th edition of the India International Trade Fair (IITF) 2025 highlights the potential of aspirational India as an emerging global economic power, the Minister of State for Commerce & Industry and Electronics & Information Technology, Shri JitinPrasada, noted today while inaugurating IITF 2025 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.

Shri Prasada, highlighted that such events play an important role in strengthening India’s path toward self-reliance.. Inspired by the “Viksit Bharat @ 2047” vision of the Prime Minister and centered around the theme “Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat”, the event showcases a technologically advanced, economically resilient nation.

The Minister acknowledged ITPO’s efforts in organizing the fair and welcomed the return of the Defence Pavilion after a decade. He stated that this year’s edition reflects India’s broad-based economic progress across various sectors and its contribution to employment generation. He also referred to India’s ongoing engagement on Free Trade Agreements with several partner countries and noted the growing international confidence in India’s stable policy environment and investment climate.

Shri Prasada further observed that India’s growing global profile is supported by strong economic fundamentals, steady policy reforms, and expanding international partnerships, which have strengthened the country’s role in global trade and investment.

Present on the occasion were the Chairman, ITPO, Shri Nitin Kumar Yadav; the Managing Director, ITPO, Dr. NeerajKharwal; the Executive Director, ITPO, Shri Premjit Lal; the Principal Secretary, Industries & Commerce, Government of Rajasthan, Shri Alok Gupta; the Resident Commissioner, Bihar, Shri Kundan Kumar; the Resident Commissioner and Secretary, Jharkhand, Shri AravaRajkamal; along with senior Government officials, participants from India and abroad, delegates, and media representatives.

In his welcome address, Chairman and Managing Director, ITPO, Shri Nitin Kumar Yadav, outlined the key features of IITF 2025. He noted that the fair continues to serve as a platform for business collaboration, technology exchange, and investment opportunities. With over 3,500 participants from India and abroad, this edition features 31 States and Union Territories, including Bihar, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh as Partner States, and Jharkhand as the Focus State. Eleven countries—China, Thailand, UAE, Malaysia, Sweden, Turkey, Iran, South Korea, Egypt, Lebanon, the Republic of Tunisia, and the Tibetan Chamber of Commerce—are participating in the International Pavilion.

The vote of thanks was proposed by Managing Director, ITPO, Dr. NeerajKharwal. The fair has received participation from government departments, PSUs, MSMEs, startups, and international exhibitors, underscoring IITF’s role as a meeting point for trade, technology, and cultural exchange. Exhibitors from SARAS, Jute Manufacturers Development Council, MSMEs, handlooms, handicrafts, Coir Board, and Khadi and Village Industries are also showcasing products from traditional sectors.

Free trade agreements signal growing international confidence in India's stable policy and investment climate. The note stresses India's pursuit of self-reliance and a technologically advanced, resilient economy supported by policy reforms, employment generation, and active engagement on Free Trade Agreements, which bolster international confidence in a stable policy and favourable investment climate. It also describes the fair as an ITPO-organised platform for business collaboration, technology exchange, and investment, with broad participation from government departments, PSUs, MSMEs, startups, partner and focus states, and international exhibitors.