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Recent Trends & developments

• India and Germany held the High Defence Committee meeting in New Delhi on November 18, 2025, co-chaired by Defence Secretary Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh and German State Secretary Mr. Jens Plötner, to review bilateral security and defence cooperation. The discussions focused on co-development and co-production of defence equipment, enhanced military-to-military engagement, joint exercises including TARANG SHAKTI and MILAN 2026, and regional security in the Indian Ocean Region, with Germany acknowledging India’s role as a key security provider.
• India and Germany advanced cooperation in traditional and integrative healthcare during the 3rd Joint Working Group Meeting on Alternative Medicine held in Berlin from 18-20 November 2025. Led by the Ministry of Ayush and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Health, discussions focused on integrating traditional medicine into public health systems, developing reimbursement pathways, and strengthening regulatory frameworks, reinforcing a shared commitment to evidence-based, people-centric healthcare collaboration.
• Union Commerce and Industry Minister Mr. Piyush Goyal will visit Berlin from October 23, 2025, to deepen India-Germany economic and trade ties, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the Strategic Partnership. During the visit, he will hold high-level meetings with German leaders, engage with CEOs and industry bodies, and participate in the third Berlin Global Dialogue to promote trade, investment, and business collaboration.
• Germany and India have partnered to support India's net-zero target by 2070 through joint efforts in renewable energy, sustainable urban development, and climate-friendly technologies. Under the Green and Sustainable Development Partnership, Germany aims to invest US$ 10 billion in India by 2030.
• Germany has committed to about Rs. 13,650 crores (US$ 1.4 billion) for India under the Green and Sustainable Development Partnership (GSDP) to support climate action, clean energy, urban development, and sustainable mobility projects. The largely concessional financing will back initiatives in renewable energy, skills training, urban transport, and environmental management, reinforcing long-term India-Germany cooperation aligned with the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals.
• Held on July 1, 2025, the German Indian Round Table (GIRT) meeting in Coimbatore advanced India-Germany collaboration in industrial innovation, vocational training, and education. GTTI’s training programs were recognized under Germany’s dual system, enabling skilled migration opportunities.
• External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar visited Germany from 22-24 May 2025, engaging the newly formed German leadership to reaffirm the priority both sides attach to bilateral ties as India and Germany mark 25 years of their Strategic Partnership. The visit focused on deepening cooperation across defence, trade, green and sustainable development, digital technologies, AI, and global security, while injecting fresh momentum into India-Germany and India-EU relations, including support for an early conclusion of the India-EU FTA.
• India and Germany signed a Joint Declaration of Intent on research and development in advanced materials on 25 October 2024, exchanged by Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh and German Federal Minister Ms. Bettina Stark-Watzinger in the presence of Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi.
• ‘Make in India Mittelstand’ (MIIM) for German Mittelstand (SMEs) and Family-Owned Businesses is being implemented by the Embassy of India, Berlin, to support high-potential Mittelstand companies with medium to long-term potential for manufacturing in India. Since its inception in September 2015, 135+ companies have been facilitated through this program with a declared investment of nearly US$ 970 million.
• India and the EU restarted talks for a comprehensive free trade agreement earlier this year after a gap of nine years. The two sides concluded the first round of negotiations for Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreements (BTIA), including the Geographical Indicators (GI) on July 1, 2023.
• German Federal Minister of Defence, Mr. Boris Pistorius visited India from June 5-8, 2023, wherein he had a bilateral meeting with the Raksha Mantri on June 6, 2023. He also visited Headquarters, Western Naval Command, Mumbai on 07 June 2023.
• In July 2023, on his visit to India, Germany's Vice Chancellor and Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Action Mr. Robert Habeck said India and Germany want to further strengthen bilateral cooperation and increase investments and collaboration among companies.
• During the 9th Annual Meeting of the Indo-German Working Group on Quality Infrastructure held on April 25, 2023, India and Germany signed an agreement known as Work Plan 2023. The agreement focuses on enhancing quality infrastructure (QI) by addressing the various aspects of QI, such as standardization, accreditation, conformity assessment, legal metrology, product safety, and market surveillance.