Pariksha SaathiIndia to host 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum in Samvidhan Sadan's Central Hall on 26-27 October 2026
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announced on 22 October 2026 that the Parliament of India will host the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan, New Delhi, on 26 and 27 October 2026, under India's BRICS chairship. Its theme is 'Strengthening Parliaments for People-Centric Development', with four high-level sessions on resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability. Presiding officers and parliamentary delegations from 11 BRICS member countries and 10 partner countries are expected, and the Prime Minister will meet the visiting delegations. A meeting of the delegations' Secretaries on 25 October will finalise the Forum's Joint Statement.
Drafted with AI assistance from the official PIB release linked above and checked against it by a second AI pass. Not line-edited by a human.
Learning context
BRIC was formally established in 2006 as a political cooperation forum of Brazil, Russia, India and China; South Africa joined as a full member in 2011, making it BRICS. Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE became full members in January 2024, and Indonesia joined as the eleventh full member in January 2025. India assumed its fourth BRICS Chairship on 1 January 2026, with the theme 'Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability', and set the 18th BRICS Summit for New Delhi on 12-13 September 2026.
Reference: PIB, 'BRICS: Evolution, Cooperation and India's Leadership', 10 September 2026
Check yourself: which country joined BRICS as its eleventh full member, and when?
Indonesia, in January 2025.
Revision task: from this release, note the Forum's number, venue, dates and theme, the four session themes and the numbers of member and partner countries; from the note, BRICS's founding year, the 2011, 2024 and 2025 members and India's chairship theme.
Test yourself
Where will India host the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum on 26-27 October 2026?
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Answer: Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan, New Delhi
The Parliament of India will host the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan on 26 and 27 October 2026, under India's BRICS chairship.
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