10th BRICS Industry Ministers' Meeting in Jaipur adopts joint declaration on MSMEs, photovoltaics and startups
The Tenth BRICS Industry Ministers' Meeting concluded in Jaipur on 6 August 2026 under India's BRICS Chairship with a joint declaration on MSMEs, photovoltaics, startups and logistics.
Summary
The Tenth BRICS Industry Ministers' Meeting concluded in Jaipur, Rajasthan, on 6 August 2026 under India's BRICS Chairship, culminating the ministerial engagement under the BRICS Partnership on New Industrial Revolution (PartNIR). Ministers adopted a Joint Declaration covering cooperation on MSMEs, photovoltaics, startups and logistics. Outcomes included a Framework for Cooperation in the SME Working Group and the Terms of Reference and Action Plan for the BRICS Working Group on the Photovoltaic Industry. India proposed a BRICS Incubator Network and a BRICS Startup Innovation Fund to support innovation-led growth.
Key facts
- Meeting
- 10th BRICS Industry Ministers' Meeting, Jaipur, 6 Aug 2026
- Mechanism
- BRICS Partnership on New Industrial Revolution (PartNIR)
- Adopted
- Joint Declaration; ToR & Action Plan for WG on Photovoltaic Industry; SME WG framework
- India's proposals
- BRICS Incubator Network; BRICS Startup Innovation Fund
Practice MCQs 3 questions
The 10th BRICS Industry Ministers' Meeting in Jaipur culminated ministerial engagement under which BRICS mechanism?
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Correct answer: A — BRICS Partnership on New Industrial Revolution (PartNIR)
The meeting culminated the ministerial engagement under the BRICS Partnership on New Industrial Revolution (PartNIR).
For a BRICS Working Group on which industry were Terms of Reference and an Action Plan adopted at the 10th BRICS Industry Ministers' Meeting?
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Correct answer: B — Photovoltaic industry
Ministers adopted the Terms of Reference and Action Plan for the BRICS Working Group on the Photovoltaic Industry.
What did India propose at the 10th BRICS Industry Ministers' Meeting to support innovation-led growth?
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Correct answer: C — A BRICS Incubator Network and a BRICS Startup Innovation Fund
India proposed a BRICS Incubator Network and a BRICS Startup Innovation Fund.