Overview

• Om Birla urged adoption of a fair, rule-based global trading system to meet the needs of the Global South during the 2nd BRICS Parliamentary Forum in Brasilia.
• He highlighted India’s GDP growth averaging over 7% annually from 2014–15 to 2024–25, which propelled the country from the world’s tenth to fourth largest economy.
• The Lok Sabha Speaker voiced concern over inadequate representation of developing countries in international institutions and called on BRICS nations to push for greater Global South participation.
• Birla welcomed the recent expansion of BRICS as a catalyst for more inclusive collaboration and stressed the need to enhance intra-BRICS trade, investment and financial cooperation.
• In meetings with leaders of Brazil’s Federal Senate and Chamber of Deputies, he identified terrorism as a major threat to global stability and reviewed avenues for deeper India–Brazil partnership.