External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar highlighted India’s potential contribution to BRICS economic cooperation at the BRICS Business Forum, urging integration of business perspectives ahead of the BRICS summit.
Indian politician Shashi Tharoor defended the significance of the BRICS conference in Delhi, describing the grouping as an important platform for the Global South, after P. Chidambaram questioned its tangible benefits for India.
As the BRICS summit begins on 12 September, this explainer traces the history of BRICS, Russia’s early role, the 1998 proposal to India, and how Jim O’Neill’s BRIC theory became an institutional grouping.
India is being positioned as a key investment hub for BRICS businesses, with the BRICS Summit highlighting opportunities for trade, technology sharing, and joint ventures.
A CPI Rajya Sabha MP highlighted the significance of the upcoming 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, calling for stronger BRICS cooperation as a counterbalance to unilateralism and emphasizing India’s priorities in global engagement.
India hosts the BRICS Summit in New Delhi as Chinese President Xi Jinping attends, highlighting renewed cooperation and the bloc’s focus on trade, sustainability, and Global South concerns.
India’s Commerce Minister called for deeper economic integration, resilient supply chains, and easier trade among BRICS member and partner countries.
India’s 18th BRICS Summit will emphasize people-centered cooperation, stronger Global South voices and relations over rivalry, while Iran-UAE tensions may complicate consensus.
India’s 18th BRICS summit will focus on economic cooperation, payments, and bilateral meetings among Modi, Xi, and Putin, while expectations for a formal trilateral remain limited.
