PM Modi on State Visit to Brazil; conferred 'Grand Collar of the National Order of the Southern Cross'
On 8 July 2025 in Brazil, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva conferred on PM Narendra Modi Brazil's highest national honour, 'The Grand Collar of the National Order of the Southern Cross', during his State Visit.
Summary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a State Visit to Brazil on 8 July 2025 at the invitation of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, after attending the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro; the PM's departure statement described it as the first bilateral State Visit to Brasilia by an Indian Prime Minister in nearly six decades. President Lula conferred on him Brazil's highest national honour, 'The Grand Collar of the National Order of the Southern Cross', which the PM dedicated to the 1.4 billion people of India. The leaders agreed on a strategic roadmap for the next decade around five pillars: defence and security; food and nutritional security; energy transition and climate change; digital transformation and emerging technologies; and industrial partnerships in strategic areas. Six agreements/MoUs were signed, including on combating international terrorism and transnational organised crime, renewable energy, sharing digital solutions, exchange of classified information, intellectual property, and agricultural research between EMBRAPA and ICAR, and a ministerial-level mechanism to monitor trade, commerce and investment was announced.
Key facts
- Visit
- State Visit to Brazil, 8 July 2025; after BRICS Summit in Rio
- Honour
- The Grand Collar of the National Order of the Southern Cross — Brazil's highest national honour
- Five pillars
- Defence & security; food & nutritional security; energy transition & climate change; digital transformation & emerging tech; industrial partnerships
- Agreements
- Counter-terrorism & transnational organised crime; digital solutions; renewable energy; EMBRAPA–ICAR agricultural research; classified information; intellectual property
- Announcement
- Ministerial-level mechanism to monitor trade, commerce and investment
- Strategic Partnership (static)
- India–Brazil ties elevated to Strategic Partnership in 2006
Practice MCQs 5 questions
Which honour did Brazil confer on PM Narendra Modi during his State Visit in July 2025?
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Correct answer: C — The Grand Collar of the National Order of the Southern Cross
PMO: President Lula conferred Brazil's highest national honour, 'The Grand Collar of the National Order of the Southern Cross'.
The India–Brazil Joint Statement of July 2025 set a roadmap around five priority pillars. Consider: 1. Defence and security 2. Food and nutritional security 3. Space exploration and human spaceflight Which of the above are among the five pillars?
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Correct answer: B — 1 and 2 only
Joint Statement: the five pillars are defence and security; food and nutritional security; energy transition and climate change; digital transformation and emerging technologies; industrial partnerships in strategic areas. Space exploration is not one of them.
In which year was the India–Brazil relationship elevated to a Strategic Partnership?
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Correct answer: A — 2006
India–Brazil Joint Statement (July 2025): the relationship was elevated to Strategic Partnership in 2006.
During PM Modi's State Visit to Brazil (July 2025), an MoU on agricultural research was signed between ICAR and which Brazilian body?
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Correct answer: D — EMBRAPA
List of Outcomes: MoU on Agricultural Research between EMBRAPA and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
Which new mechanism was announced during PM Modi's State Visit to Brazil in July 2025?
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Correct answer: A — A ministerial-level mechanism for monitoring trade, commerce and investment
List of Outcomes: establishment of a ministerial-level mechanism for monitoring trade, commerce and investment.