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The recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi was declared a success. Its 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration is the longest yet. With members divided over the Russia-Ukraine and West Asia wars, leaders avoided naming countries or taking positions, focusing on issues affecting the Global South and deepening intra-BRICS cooperation. India steered the grouping towards practical cooperation. The question now is: how will BRICS implement the decisions taken? The post BRICS after the New Delhi Summit appeared
Key Facts
TypeAnalysis
SourceGateway House
PublishedThursday, 17 September 2026
Affected Population~350 million BPL population, 140 million elderly
Key Numbers
PM-JAY: 55 crore beneficiaries
MGNREGA: Rs 86,000 crore annual outlay
NSAP pensions: 3 crore beneficiaries
Key Authorities
Ministry of Social Justice & EmpowermentNITI Aayog
Key Stakeholders
BPL FamiliesSenior CitizensPersons with Disabilities
Government Context
NDA IIIBJP-led NDA
Centre-Right
LeftCentreRight
Amendment History
20 changes recorded for this policy.
DescriptionMonday, 21 September 2026via livemint_policy
The recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi was declared a success. Its 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration is the longest yet. With members divided over the Russia-Ukraine and West Asia wars, leaders avoided naming countries or taking positions, focusing on issues affecting the Global South and deepening intra-BRICS cooperation. India steered the grouping towards practical cooperation. The question now is: how will BRICS implement the decisions taken? The post BRICS after the New Delhi Summit appeared
BRICS Summit: Xi last visited India in 2019 for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram near Chennai. The most recent meeting between the two leaders was on 31 August , 2025, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.
DescriptionMonday, 21 September 2026via livemint_policy
The recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi was declared a success. Its 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration is the longest yet. With members divided over the Russia-Ukraine and West Asia wars, leaders avoided naming countries or taking positions, focusing on issues affecting the Global South and deepening intra-BRICS cooperation. India steered the grouping towards practical cooperation. The question now is: how will BRICS implement the decisions taken? The post BRICS after the New Delhi Summit appeared
BRICS Summit: Xi last visited India in 2019 for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram near Chennai. The most recent meeting between the two leaders was on 31 August , 2025, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.
DescriptionMonday, 21 September 2026via livemint_policy
The recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi was declared a success. Its 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration is the longest yet. With members divided over the Russia-Ukraine and West Asia wars, leaders avoided naming countries or taking positions, focusing on issues affecting the Global South and deepening intra-BRICS cooperation. India steered the grouping towards practical cooperation. The question now is: how will BRICS implement the decisions taken? The post BRICS after the New Delhi Summit appeared
BRICS Summit: Xi last visited India in 2019 for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram near Chennai. The most recent meeting between the two leaders was on 31 August , 2025, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.
DescriptionTuesday, 22 September 2026via livemint_policy
The recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi was declared a success. Its 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration is the longest yet. With members divided over the Russia-Ukraine and West Asia wars, leaders avoided naming countries or taking positions, focusing on issues affecting the Global South and deepening intra-BRICS cooperation. India steered the grouping towards practical cooperation. The question now is: how will BRICS implement the decisions taken? The post BRICS after the New Delhi Summit appeared
BRICS Summit: Xi last visited India in 2019 for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram near Chennai. The most recent meeting between the two leaders was on 31 August , 2025, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.
DescriptionTuesday, 22 September 2026via livemint_policy
The recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi was declared a success. Its 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration is the longest yet. With members divided over the Russia-Ukraine and West Asia wars, leaders avoided naming countries or taking positions, focusing on issues affecting the Global South and deepening intra-BRICS cooperation. India steered the grouping towards practical cooperation. The question now is: how will BRICS implement the decisions taken? The post BRICS after the New Delhi Summit appeared
BRICS Summit: Xi last visited India in 2019 for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram near Chennai. The most recent meeting between the two leaders was on 31 August , 2025, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.
DescriptionTuesday, 22 September 2026via livemint_policy
The recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi was declared a success. Its 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration is the longest yet. With members divided over the Russia-Ukraine and West Asia wars, leaders avoided naming countries or taking positions, focusing on issues affecting the Global South and deepening intra-BRICS cooperation. India steered the grouping towards practical cooperation. The question now is: how will BRICS implement the decisions taken? The post BRICS after the New Delhi Summit appeared
BRICS Summit: Xi last visited India in 2019 for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram near Chennai. The most recent meeting between the two leaders was on 31 August , 2025, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.
DescriptionTuesday, 22 September 2026via livemint_policy
The recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi was declared a success. Its 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration is the longest yet. With members divided over the Russia-Ukraine and West Asia wars, leaders avoided naming countries or taking positions, focusing on issues affecting the Global South and deepening intra-BRICS cooperation. India steered the grouping towards practical cooperation. The question now is: how will BRICS implement the decisions taken? The post BRICS after the New Delhi Summit appeared
BRICS Summit: Xi last visited India in 2019 for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram near Chennai. The most recent meeting between the two leaders was on 31 August , 2025, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.
DescriptionWednesday, 23 September 2026via livemint_policy
The recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi was declared a success. Its 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration is the longest yet. With members divided over the Russia-Ukraine and West Asia wars, leaders avoided naming countries or taking positions, focusing on issues affecting the Global South and deepening intra-BRICS cooperation. India steered the grouping towards practical cooperation. The question now is: how will BRICS implement the decisions taken? The post BRICS after the New Delhi Summit appeared
BRICS Summit: Xi last visited India in 2019 for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram near Chennai. The most recent meeting between the two leaders was on 31 August , 2025, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.
DescriptionWednesday, 23 September 2026via livemint_policy
The recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi was declared a success. Its 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration is the longest yet. With members divided over the Russia-Ukraine and West Asia wars, leaders avoided naming countries or taking positions, focusing on issues affecting the Global South and deepening intra-BRICS cooperation. India steered the grouping towards practical cooperation. The question now is: how will BRICS implement the decisions taken? The post BRICS after the New Delhi Summit appeared
BRICS Summit: Xi last visited India in 2019 for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram near Chennai. The most recent meeting between the two leaders was on 31 August , 2025, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.
DescriptionWednesday, 23 September 2026via livemint_policy
The recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi was declared a success. Its 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration is the longest yet. With members divided over the Russia-Ukraine and West Asia wars, leaders avoided naming countries or taking positions, focusing on issues affecting the Global South and deepening intra-BRICS cooperation. India steered the grouping towards practical cooperation. The question now is: how will BRICS implement the decisions taken? The post BRICS after the New Delhi Summit appeared
BRICS Summit: Xi last visited India in 2019 for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram near Chennai. The most recent meeting between the two leaders was on 31 August , 2025, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.
DescriptionWednesday, 23 September 2026via livemint_policy
The recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi was declared a success. Its 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration is the longest yet. With members divided over the Russia-Ukraine and West Asia wars, leaders avoided naming countries or taking positions, focusing on issues affecting the Global South and deepening intra-BRICS cooperation. India steered the grouping towards practical cooperation. The question now is: how will BRICS implement the decisions taken? The post BRICS after the New Delhi Summit appeared
BRICS Summit: Xi last visited India in 2019 for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram near Chennai. The most recent meeting between the two leaders was on 31 August , 2025, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.
DescriptionThursday, 24 September 2026via livemint_policy
The recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi was declared a success. Its 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration is the longest yet. With members divided over the Russia-Ukraine and West Asia wars, leaders avoided naming countries or taking positions, focusing on issues affecting the Global South and deepening intra-BRICS cooperation. India steered the grouping towards practical cooperation. The question now is: how will BRICS implement the decisions taken? The post BRICS after the New Delhi Summit appeared
BRICS Summit: Xi last visited India in 2019 for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram near Chennai. The most recent meeting between the two leaders was on 31 August , 2025, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.
DescriptionThursday, 24 September 2026via livemint_policy
The recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi was declared a success. Its 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration is the longest yet. With members divided over the Russia-Ukraine and West Asia wars, leaders avoided naming countries or taking positions, focusing on issues affecting the Global South and deepening intra-BRICS cooperation. India steered the grouping towards practical cooperation. The question now is: how will BRICS implement the decisions taken? The post BRICS after the New Delhi Summit appeared
BRICS Summit: Xi last visited India in 2019 for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram near Chennai. The most recent meeting between the two leaders was on 31 August , 2025, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.
DescriptionThursday, 24 September 2026via livemint_policy
The recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi was declared a success. Its 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration is the longest yet. With members divided over the Russia-Ukraine and West Asia wars, leaders avoided naming countries or taking positions, focusing on issues affecting the Global South and deepening intra-BRICS cooperation. India steered the grouping towards practical cooperation. The question now is: how will BRICS implement the decisions taken? The post BRICS after the New Delhi Summit appeared
BRICS Summit: Xi last visited India in 2019 for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram near Chennai. The most recent meeting between the two leaders was on 31 August , 2025, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.
DescriptionThursday, 24 September 2026via livemint_policy
The recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi was declared a success. Its 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration is the longest yet. With members divided over the Russia-Ukraine and West Asia wars, leaders avoided naming countries or taking positions, focusing on issues affecting the Global South and deepening intra-BRICS cooperation. India steered the grouping towards practical cooperation. The question now is: how will BRICS implement the decisions taken? The post BRICS after the New Delhi Summit appeared
BRICS Summit: Xi last visited India in 2019 for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram near Chennai. The most recent meeting between the two leaders was on 31 August , 2025, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.
DescriptionFriday, 25 September 2026via livemint_policy
The recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi was declared a success. Its 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration is the longest yet. With members divided over the Russia-Ukraine and West Asia wars, leaders avoided naming countries or taking positions, focusing on issues affecting the Global South and deepening intra-BRICS cooperation. India steered the grouping towards practical cooperation. The question now is: how will BRICS implement the decisions taken? The post BRICS after the New Delhi Summit appeared
BRICS Summit: Xi last visited India in 2019 for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram near Chennai. The most recent meeting between the two leaders was on 31 August , 2025, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.
DescriptionFriday, 25 September 2026via livemint_policy
The recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi was declared a success. Its 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration is the longest yet. With members divided over the Russia-Ukraine and West Asia wars, leaders avoided naming countries or taking positions, focusing on issues affecting the Global South and deepening intra-BRICS cooperation. India steered the grouping towards practical cooperation. The question now is: how will BRICS implement the decisions taken? The post BRICS after the New Delhi Summit appeared
BRICS Summit: Xi last visited India in 2019 for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram near Chennai. The most recent meeting between the two leaders was on 31 August , 2025, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.
DescriptionFriday, 25 September 2026via livemint_policy
The recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi was declared a success. Its 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration is the longest yet. With members divided over the Russia-Ukraine and West Asia wars, leaders avoided naming countries or taking positions, focusing on issues affecting the Global South and deepening intra-BRICS cooperation. India steered the grouping towards practical cooperation. The question now is: how will BRICS implement the decisions taken? The post BRICS after the New Delhi Summit appeared
BRICS Summit: Xi last visited India in 2019 for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram near Chennai. The most recent meeting between the two leaders was on 31 August , 2025, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.
DescriptionFriday, 25 September 2026via livemint_policy
The recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi was declared a success. Its 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration is the longest yet. With members divided over the Russia-Ukraine and West Asia wars, leaders avoided naming countries or taking positions, focusing on issues affecting the Global South and deepening intra-BRICS cooperation. India steered the grouping towards practical cooperation. The question now is: how will BRICS implement the decisions taken? The post BRICS after the New Delhi Summit appeared
BRICS Summit: Xi last visited India in 2019 for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram near Chennai. The most recent meeting between the two leaders was on 31 August , 2025, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.
DescriptionSaturday, 26 September 2026via livemint_policy
The recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi was declared a success. Its 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration is the longest yet. With members divided over the Russia-Ukraine and West Asia wars, leaders avoided naming countries or taking positions, focusing on issues affecting the Global South and deepening intra-BRICS cooperation. India steered the grouping towards practical cooperation. The question now is: how will BRICS implement the decisions taken? The post BRICS after the New Delhi Summit appeared
BRICS Summit: Xi last visited India in 2019 for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram near Chennai. The most recent meeting between the two leaders was on 31 August , 2025, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.
On a review of current and evolving liquidity conditions, it has been decided to conduct a Variable Rate Reverse Repo (VRRR) auction on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, as under: Sl. No. Notified Amount (₹ crore) Tenor (day) Window Timing Date of Reversal 1 50,000 1 09:30 AM to 10:00 AM October 15, 2026 (Thursday) 2. The operational guidelines for the auction as given in the Reserve Bank’s Press Release 2019-2020/1947 dated February 13, 2020 will remain the same.Ajit Prasad &n
A four-page court order passed on October 9 records the Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant urging the government to look for a ‘spacious, open’ alternative site in Delhi
Organised through the Kannur Corporation and KSRTC’s Budget Tourism Cell, the service will operate for 10 days, allowing residents and tourists to enjoy colourful illuminations and festival decorations in the city. Its continuation will depend on public response.