BRICS Nations Call for Stronger MSME Collaboration, Sustainability and Global Integration at Inaugural BRICS MSME Forum 2026

• Inaugural BRICS MSME Forum convened by India's Ministry of MSME at Agra on 19 June 2026 under India's BRICS Chairship.
• Held alongside the Third SME Working Group Meeting under the BRICS Partnership on New Industrial Revolution (PartNIR).
• Theme: "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability".
• Relevance for UPSC: links MSME ecosystem (GS-III) with multilateral plurilateral diplomacy of BRICS (GS-II) — a high-probability current-affairs intersection.