{"id":354188,"date":"2026-01-16T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=354188"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:33:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:03:00","slug":"brics-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/brics-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"BRICS 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> India formally launched the BRICS Presidency 2026 logo and official website in New Delhi. India will assume the BRICS chairship in 2026, coinciding with 20 years of BRICS since its inception.<\/p>\n<h2>About BRICS 2026<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-126498210%2Cimgsize-1269950%2Cwidth-400%2Cresizemode-4\/gemini_generated_image_3casho3casho3cas.jpg?resize=400%2C229&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Brics India 2026 logo\" width=\"400\" height=\"229\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: TOI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>About the logo:<\/strong> The logo of BRICS India 2026 is inspired by the <strong>lotus<\/strong>, India\u2019s national flower.\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>overall shape<\/strong> reflects Indian cultural identity and continuity.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>inner petals form two hands joined in a \u201cNamaste\u201d<\/strong>, symbolising greeting, respect, and harmony.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>five petals<\/strong> are coloured to represent the <strong>founding BRICS members<\/strong>: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa<\/li>\n<li>The design highlights <strong>unity in diversity<\/strong> and collective cooperation among BRICS nations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Theme:<\/strong>\u00a0 The logo and theme emphasise the idea that <strong>\u201cBRICS brings countries together\u201d<\/strong>.\u00a0 The theme positions BRICS as a <strong>platform for global welfare<\/strong>, particularly for emerging markets and developing economies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The underlying message focuses on:<\/strong> Strengthening collective capacities, promoting innovation and advancing sustainable development<\/li>\n<li><strong>BRICS India 2026 Official Website:<\/strong> The official website will act as a <strong>central information and coordination platform<\/strong> during India\u2019s chairship.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It will provide:<\/strong> Updates on meetings and initiatives, information on outcomes and decisions and timely dissemination of official communications<\/li>\n<li>The website is intended to enhance <strong>transparency, engagement, and coordination<\/strong> among BRICS members and stakeholders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>India\u2019s Priorities for BRICS 2026:<\/strong> India outlined <strong>four broad priorities<\/strong> for its BRICS chairship: <strong>Resilience, <\/strong><strong>Innovation, <\/strong><strong>Cooperation and <\/strong><strong>Sustainability<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>These priorities aim to provide a balanced framework across BRICS\u2019 three core pillars: Political and security cooperation, Economic and financial collaboration and Cultural and people-to-people exchanges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Note:<\/strong> India will chair BRICS for the fourth time in 2026, having previously held the Chairship in 2012, 2016, and 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About BRICS<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>BRICS is an <strong>intergovernmental organization<\/strong> comprising\u00a0eleven countries: Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Partner countries:<\/strong> In 2025, ten Partner countries joined BRICS: Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam<\/li>\n<li>The<strong> term BRIC was originally coined by Jim O\u2019Neil<\/strong> in 2001 to designate the group of emerging markets.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0It serves as a useful platform for consultation and cooperation on contemporary issues having global as well as regional significance, and issues of global political and economic governance.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>first summit took place in 2009<\/strong> featured the founding countries of\u00a0<strong>Brazil, Russia, India, and China<\/strong>, where they adopted the acronym BRIC and formed an informal diplomatic club where their governments could meet annually at formal summits and coordinate multilateral policies. In 2010, South Africa was admitted &amp; the organisation adopted the name BRICS.<\/li>\n<li>The acronym\u00a0<b>BRICS+<\/b>\u00a0has been <strong>informally used to reflect new membership since 2024.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India formally launched the BRICS Presidency 2026 logo and official website in New Delhi. India will assume the BRICS chairship in 2026, coinciding with 20 years of BRICS since its inception. About BRICS 2026 About the logo: The logo of BRICS India 2026 is inspired by the lotus, India\u2019s national flower. The overall shape&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/brics-2026\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BRICS 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,1236,12039],"tags":[11872,11074],"class_list":["post-354188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-international-organisations","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354188\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}