Union Agriculture Minister says BRICS meeting in Indore to focus on food security, farmer welfare

A five-day meeting of the BRICS grouping will commence in Indore on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) to discuss food security, smart farming, global agricultural trade and farmer welfare, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Monday (June 8, 2026). The discussions under India’s presidency will include a three-day agriculture working group meeting from June 9 and a two-day BRICS ministerial meeting from June 12, he said. BRICS is an intergovernmental organisation comprising eleven major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Indonesia. Highlighting the significance of the meeting,…