Raksha Mantri and Australian Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Defence to hold second India-Australia Defence Ministers’ Dialogue in New Delhi

• 2nd India-Australia Defence Ministers' Dialogue (DMD) co-chaired by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh and Australian Deputy PM & Defence Minister Richard Marles at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi on 01 June 2026.
• Institutional mechanism flowing from the India-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) elevated in June 2020 (virtual summit) and reinforced by the 2+2 Foreign & Defence Ministerial Dialogue.
• UPSC relevance: Indo-Pacific architecture, Quad partner bilateral, maritime security, defence indigenisation/exports.