Under India’s Chairship, 16th BRICS Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting Concludes in Indore, Madhya Pradesh

• 16th BRICS Agriculture Ministers' Meeting held 12–13 June 2026 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh under India's BRICS Chairship, concluded with unanimous adoption of a Joint Declaration (popularly "Indore Declaration").
• Convened by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare; Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan chaired.
• Relevance: intersection of food security, climate-resilient agriculture, WTO-rules-based trade, and BRICS multilateralism — high-yield for GS-II (IR) and GS-III (Agriculture).