Indian opposition leader Rajesh Thakur questioned the tangible impact of the 18th BRICS Summit’s promises, while the summit also featured multilateral diplomacy and a declaration addressing global peace, trade, and energy concerns.
India is discussing central bank digital currency links with several BRICS partner countries to improve cross-border payment interoperability.
At the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, President Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted a local-currency payment experience and called for advancing BRICS payment cooperation.
At a BRICS summit in New Delhi, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged member states to support a joint insurance system for grain markets and pursue independent pathways for trade, capital, labor, and technology amid Western sanctions.
A GTRI founder says the 18th BRICS Summit’s New Delhi Declaration criticises Western-linked tariffs, sanctions and carbon-border measures while avoiding direct naming of countries.
An explainer on the New Delhi Declaration adopted at the 18th BRICS Summit and its positions on trade, security, payments, artificial intelligence, and development cooperation.
A Delhi BJP leader said India’s hosting of the BRICS Summit 2026 highlights its global role, while the 18th BRICS Summit declaration emphasized cooperation in traditional medicine.
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan praised the successful conclusion of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, highlighting India’s chairship and the bloc’s economic and demographic weight.
India’s 2026 BRICS presidency and the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi are framed as an opportunity to advance local-currency trade, digital payments, UPI connectivity and rupee internationalisation.
