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BRICS leaders unanimously adopted the 140-point New Delhi Declaration on 12 September 2026, the first day of the 18th BRICS Summit at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, after negotiations that ran into the early hours.
China and Russia, the two permanent UNSC members in the grouping, reiterated support for Brazil's and India's aspirations to a greater role in the UN, including its Security Council.
The declaration condemned the 22 April 2025 Pahalgam terror attack and cross-border terrorism, and opposed unilateral tariffs, secondary sanctions and WTO-inconsistent carbon border measures.
PM Modi proposed a BRICS Continuity and Implementation Mechanism, a Seafarers Emergency Support Network and a package of 10 joint proposals for global governance reform.
The summit, held under the theme 'Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability', marks India's fourth BRICS Chairship; China takes over the chair in 2027.
Keep decisions moving despite the annual rotation of the Chair
Key: Follow-up through the BRICS Troika (past, present and next Chair)
Assist seafarers caught in crises
Key: Links maritime authorities and diplomatic missions of member countries
A common BRICS agenda for reforming global institutions
Key: 10 joint proposals; reform roadmap to be completed by the next Summit
Build shared financial risk-assessment and reinsurance capacity
Key: To be located at the International Financial Services Centre, GIFT City, Gujarat
Operationalise the BRICS Counter-Terrorism Strategy endorsed at the 12th Summit (2020)
Key: Adopted under India's 2021 Chairship and endorsed at the 13th Summit on 9 September 2021; covers information sharing, capacity building and coordinated action
Grouping of major emerging economies; decisions by consensus; no permanent secretariat - the Chair rotates annually
Multilateral development bank set up by BRICS; agreement signed at the 6th Summit, Fortaleza, 2014
Rules-based multilateral trading system; its Appellate Body, the second tier of dispute settlement, has been non-functional since December 2019
UN organ for international peace and security: 5 permanent members (China, France, Russia, UK, US) and 10 non-permanent members
First meeting of BRIC foreign ministers, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York
1st BRIC Summit, Yekaterinburg, Russia
South Africa joins; BRIC becomes BRICS
4th Summit, New Delhi - India's first Chairship
6th Summit, Fortaleza, Brazil - agreements on the New Development Bank and Contingent Reserve Arrangement
8th Summit, Goa - India's second Chairship
13th Summit (virtual) under India's third Chairship; Counter-Terrorism Action Plan endorsed
Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the UAE join; 16th Summit held at Kazan, Russia, in October 2024
Indonesia joins; 17th Summit held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in July 2025
18th Summit, New Delhi - New Delhi Declaration adopted unanimously
China to chair BRICS and host the 19th Summit
GS Paper II > International Relations > Regional and global groupings involving India
General Awareness > Summits and international organisations
General Awareness > International groupings, NDB, current affairs
With reference to a grouping of countries known as BRICS, consider the following statements: 1. The First Summit of BRICS was held in Rio de Janeiro in 2009. 2. South Africa was the last to join the BRICS grouping. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: 2 only
Consider the following statements with regard to BRICS: I. 16th Summit... Russia... II. Indonesia has become a full member... III. Theme... Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: I and III
The 140-point outcome document of the 18th BRICS Summit, adopted unanimously on 12 September 2026
The previous, current and incoming Chairs, used for continuity between annual rotations
The WTO's panel stage plus Appellate Body review; the appellate tier has been stalled since December 2019
A levy on the carbon content of imports; BRICS opposes such measures where inconsistent with WTO rules