BRICS leaders are expected to discuss a digital incubator network, a startup innovation fund and a voluntary logistics supply-chain framework aimed at strengthening innovation, financing and resilient trade logistics.
India’s proposed agenda for the 2026 BRICS summit comes amid internal differences, low intra-group trade, and broader geopolitical tensions.
India is chairing the 18th BRICS Summit amid global economic uncertainty, seeking to balance trade initiatives, member-state differences and global governance priorities.
BRICS may align sustainable aviation fuel standards, feedstock mapping and carbon tracking to enable cross-border trade and support global aviation decarbonisation.
The BRICS Summit could focus on energy security, local currency payments, critical minerals, and transport cooperation amid West Asia tensions.
New Delhi will advocate bilateral connections among central bank digital currencies to lower international transaction costs, avoiding a unified BRICS payment system seen as anti-dollar.
Indian Trade Minister Piyush Goyal called for credit, market access and predictable rules to increase women entrepreneurs’ participation in BRICS global value chains.
A former diplomat says US tariff pressure may make India more cautious at the 2026 New Delhi BRICS Summit, while India continues to view the grouping as a platform for reform, diversification and strategic autonomy.
At a BRICS summit in New Delhi, former Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg discussed local-currency settlement, China’s CIPS system and the limited prospects for an India-centric BRICS payment system.
