India to host first BRICS MSME Forum in Agra

India will host the first BRICS MSME Forum in Agra on June 19, pairing the new forum with the bloc’s 3rd SME Working Group meeting as part of its 2026 BRICS chairship.

The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises is organizing the event under the theme “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability.” The forum is being positioned as a new platform for BRICS members to discuss small-business financing, market access, innovation and cooperation.

The Economic Times reported the meeting on June 18, a day before the scheduled event. The report said the Agra gathering will bring together officials and participants for both the inaugural MSME forum and the SME working group session.

India has been using its BRICS chairship to advance a broader MSME agenda focused on finance and cross-border cooperation. Earlier coverage of the chairship pointed to work on fintech-led credit, access to finance and other measures aimed at helping small businesses scale across member economies.

The Agra event fits that wider effort. MSMEs are central to jobs, supply chains and exports in India and across BRICS economies, and a forum dedicated to the sector could help test whether the bloc can move from broad declarations to practical coordination.

The ministry has not yet publicly detailed the final participant list, agenda or any output from the meeting. Follow-up attention will be on whether the forum produces a joint statement, new commitments on MSME financing or other concrete cooperation measures.