India and UK hold 25th Defence Consultative Group meeting
Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and UK Permanent Under Secretary for Defence Jeremy Pocklington co-chaired the 25th India–UK Defence Consultative Group meeting in New Delhi on 21 August 2026.
Summary
India and the United Kingdom held the 25th Defence Consultative Group (DCG) meeting in New Delhi on 21 August 2026, co-chaired by Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and UK Permanent Under Secretary for Defence Jeremy Pocklington. The two sides reviewed defence industrial cooperation, with emphasis on R&D, through the India–UK Vision 2035 and the Ten-Year Defence Industrial Roadmap, and agreed to expand joint exercises, training and capacity building. They noted maritime security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, including the Regional Maritime Security Centre of Excellence (RMSCE) set up under the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI). It was Pocklington's first visit to India in that role; he also met Chief of Defence Staff General N.S. Raja Subramani.
Key facts
- Date / place
- 21 Aug 2026, New Delhi
- Meeting
- 25th India–UK Defence Consultative Group
- Co-chairs
- Rajesh Kumar Singh; Jeremy Pocklington (UK PUS for Defence)
- Frameworks
- India–UK Vision 2035; Ten-Year Defence Industrial Roadmap
- Maritime
- RMSCE under the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Which edition of the India–UK Defence Consultative Group meeting was held in New Delhi on 21 August 2026?
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Correct answer: B — 25th
The 25th India–UK Defence Consultative Group meeting was held in New Delhi on 21 August 2026.
The Regional Maritime Security Centre of Excellence (RMSCE), noted at the India–UK DCG meeting, was set up under which initiative?
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Correct answer: A — Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI)
The two sides acknowledged the RMSCE established under the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative.
Consider the following statements about the 25th India–UK Defence Consultative Group meeting: 1. It was co-chaired by India's Defence Minister and the UK Defence Secretary. 2. It was held in London. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: D — Neither 1 nor 2
Both are wrong. It was co-chaired by India's Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and the UK's Permanent Under Secretary for Defence Jeremy Pocklington, in New Delhi.