India hosts the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit as the expanded bloc continues to develop as a platform for Global South cooperation, economic engagement, and alternative multilateral institutions.
Indian businesses and economists look to the BRICS summit for easier market access, stronger payment linkages, investment cooperation, and energy security.
Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said India will share its experience with the BRICS Women Business Alliance and broader BRICS trade activities to improve credit access, market access and trade rules for women entrepreneurs.
Indian industry bodies are urging the upcoming BRICS Summit to lower trade barriers, improve cross-border payments and trade finance, and strengthen investment and supply-chain partnerships across member economies.
The 18th BRICS summit in New Delhi offers India an opportunity to strengthen its global standing, energy security, and economic cooperation through the BRICS mechanism.
The PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry urged BRICS to convert cooperation into practical benefits for Indian businesses through trade facilitation, payment links, and SME finance.
BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Sameep Shastri said India should strengthen exports and deepen intra-BRICS trade cooperation as high energy imports have created trade deficits with most BRICS nations.
India is putting MSME exports at the centre of its BRICS 2026 agenda, seeking wider market access, easier financing and greater use of local currencies as businesses navigate an increasingly fragmented global trade landscape.
About 1,000 delegates are expected at BRICS business meetings in Delhi on resilience and innovation ahead of the 18th BRICS Summit under India’s chairship.
