BRICS India 2026

Why in news? 
Recently, External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar launched the preparations for BRICS India 2026 in New Delhi by unveiling the official website, theme, and logo.
•    BRICS is a multilateral grouping of eleven member countries, namely Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates.
•    In 2025, ten countries joined BRICS as Partner countries, which include Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.
•    India will chair BRICS for the fourth time in 2026, having previously held the Chairship in 2012, 2016, and 2021.
•    Seventeen BRICS Summits had been held by the year 2025, reflecting the continuity of the grouping’s engagement process.
•    BRICS cooperation is structured around three core pillars, which are political and security cooperation, economic and financial cooperation, and people-to-people exchanges.
•    India’s BRICS Chairship for 2026 is guided by the theme “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability”, which reflects a people-centric and humanity-first approach articulated by the Hon’ble Prime Minister at the 2025 Rio Summit.
Theme significance :
Resilience - Strengthening economic, social, and institutional resilience to navigate global uncertainties, supply chain disruptions, health challenges, and climate risks.
Innovation - Deploying new and emerging technologies such as digital public infrastructure, fintech, AI, and knowledge sharing to enable effective service delivery and future-ready growth.
Cooperation - Deepening multilateral engagement among BRICS members through enhanced policy coordination, development finance, trade facilitation, reforms in global institutional governance, and people- centric partnerships.
Sustainability - Accelerating collective efforts toward climate action, green finance, energy transitions, and sustainable development aligned with national and global priorities.