Consultant in Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister of India, Apurv Kumar Mishra: "There is strategic logic to economic partnership between Russia and India"

About this episode

Apurv Kumar Mishra discusses the strategic economic partnership between India and Russia and the role of BRICS in achieving India's GDP goals.

India is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. The key goal set by the government is to achieve a GDP of US$5 trillion. BRICS partners are helping to unlock the potential. Mutual trade turnover with Russia exceeded US$60 billion in 2025, and the two countries intend to increase it to US$100 billion by 2030. What will help achieve this goal? How is India's partnership with other BRICS countries developing? What role do humanitarian projects play in shaping the BRICS expert community? Apurv Kumar Mishra, Consultant in the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India, shared his insights on this topic in our BRICSterview. TV BRICS reporter: Ekaterina Fomina

People in this episode

Host: Ekaterina Fomina

Guest: Apurv Kumar Mishra

Topics covered

• economic partnership
• BRICS
• India-Russia relations
• trade turnover
• GDP growth
• humanitarian projects

Keywords

• economic partnership
• BRICS
• India
• Russia
• trade
• GDP
• humanitarian projects

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India, BRICS

Places: India, Russia

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