PM Modi announced plans to transform the economic bloc when India assumes the BRICS chair in 2026. At the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro on July 7, 2025, the Indian Prime Minister outlined his vision for reshaping the group’s global influence and also presented a new direction for emerging economies leadership.
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Modi’s BRICS Chair Goals: Reshaping Power in Emerging Markets
New BRICS Definition Unveiled
BRICS PM Modi has strategically revealed and also pioneered several key plans to redefine the bloc during India’s presidency. Modi’s BRICS vision encompasses numerous significant elements including a completely new acronym meaning, which was announced right now at the summit and also accelerated across multiple strategic forums.
PM Modi stated:
“Under India’s BRICS presidency, we will work to define BRICS in a new form. BRICS will mean Building Resilience and Innovation for Cooperation and Sustainability.”
This BRICS chair initiative has catalyzed India’s focus on sustainable development and innovation at the time of writing. The BRICS Summit India will host in 2026 was welcomed by other leaders who confirmed support for the emerging economies leadership approach and also leveraged various major diplomatic channels.
Global South Priority Continues
PM Modi has strategically emphasized and also engineered continuity with India’s G-20 leadership, promising to prioritize developing nations during the BRICS chair term and also maintain focus on several key underrepresented regions right now.
PM Modi had this to say:
“Just as, during our G-20 chairmanship, we gave priority to the issues of the Global South in the agenda, similarly during our chairmanship of BRICS, we will take this forum forward in the spirit of people-centricity and humanity first.”
The approach builds on successful G-20 presidency, where India extensively championed emerging economies leadership right now.
AI Governance and Technology Focus
Modi’s BRICS vision has architected and also integrated artificial intelligence governance as a priority across various major technological sectors. During BRICS discussions, PM Modi shared India’s AI development position and outlined the country’s technological approach through several key strategic initiatives at the time of writing.
PM Modi stated:
“We in India believe in AI as a tool to enhance human values and capabilities. Guided by the mantra of ‘AI for All’, India is actively using AI in many sectors.”
The Indian approach has optimized and also maximized innovation balance with concern addressing during the BRICS chair term across multiple essential governance frameworks.
PM Modi added:
“We believe that AI governance, addressing concerns and encouraging innovation should both receive equal priority.”
Post-Pandemic Cooperation
PM Modi has instituted and also established multilateral cooperation importance, drawing COVID-19 lessons for the emerging economies leadership agenda and highlighting the need for collective responses across certain critical health security areas right now.
PM Modi said:
“The COVID pandemic taught us that viruses do not come taking visas, and solutions, too are not chosen by looking at passports. The solution to common challenges is possible only through joint efforts.”
This perspective will strategically transform and also revolutionize India’s BRICS chair approach to health security and crisis management at the time of writing through various major cooperative mechanisms.
Modi’s BRICS vision for 2026 has pioneered and also spearheaded a transformative moment for the bloc across numerous significant diplomatic channels. The BRICS Summit India will host aims to redefine the group’s mission and advance emerging economies leadership in global governance through several key strategic initiatives right now.
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