Diplomatic briefing
High Commission of India
High CommissionAustralia · High Commissioner: Shri Nagesh Singh
10 figures · 2 sources · built 4 hours ago
In short
India’s high commission in Australia records bilateral trade of A$50.21bn, a reported community of 8,45,800, 43 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 36%. Led by Shri Nagesh Singh, high commissioner.
Total bilateral trade
A$50.21bn
Australian dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 4 hours ago
Bilateral Brief — Australia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic and Trade:” section
“Total bilateral trade (Goods & Services) decreased to AUD 50.21 billion in 2025 from AUD 53.06 billion in 2024.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence8,45,800
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Australia"
“PIOs 719,897 + NRIs 125,903 = 845,800”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence43
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 4 hours ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 28 February 2012)
“MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA FOR ESTABLISHING A JOINT WORKING GROUP FOR COOPERATION IN AGRICULTURE — 28 February 2012”
Published: 28 February 2012 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
36%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 13 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Australia”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 87 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Exports to AustraliaAustralian dollars · as stated in the briefA$18.00bn
Bilateral Brief — Australia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic and Trade:” section
“India’s total exports to Australia increased to AUD 18 billion in 2025 from AUD 17.52 billion in 2024.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Imports from AustraliaAustralian dollars · as stated in the briefA$32.20bn
Bilateral Brief — Australia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic and Trade:” section
“Australia’s exports to India decreased to AUD 32.2 billion from AUD 35.54 billion in 2024.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Trade balance in India’s favourAustralian dollars · as stated in the brief · our calculation−A$14.20bn
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in AUD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Australiapersons · as stated in the brief9,76,000
Bilateral Brief — Australia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Consular matters:” section
“As per the Australian Census 2021, the Indian diaspora in Australia is over 9,76,000 strong, which is about 3% of the total population.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Australia
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Leaders/ Ministerial level Mechanisms:” section
“The second Defence Ministerial Dialogue was held in India on 01 June 2026.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (43)
MEA Treaties Database- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR COOPERATION IN CUSTOMS CAPACITY BUILDING BETWEEN THE CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS (INCORPORATING THE AUSTRALIAN BORDER FORCE) OF THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIAAid and Cooperation23 June 2023
- MIGRATION AND MOBILITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIAAid and Cooperation23 May 2023
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA ON AUDIO VISUAL CO-PRODUCTIONAid and Cooperation10 March 2023
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRALIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA ON COOPERATION IN SPORTSSports Development07 March 2023
- LETTER OF INTENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AS REPRESENTED BY THE INDIAN MINISTRY FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA AS REPRESENTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS, REGARDING THE MIGRATION AND MOBILITY PARTNERSHIP ARRANGEMENTMiscellaneous18 March 2022
- FRAMEWORK ARRANGEMENT ON CYBER AND CYBER ENABLED CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIAAid and Cooperation04 June 2020
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF MINING AND PROCESSING OF CRITICAL AND STRATEGIC MINERALS BETWEEN MINISTRY OF MINES, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, SCIENCE , ENERGY AND RESOURCES FOR AUSTRALIA, THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIAAid and Cooperation03 June 2020
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON COOPERATION IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIAAid and Cooperation03 June 2020
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENTAid and Cooperation20 May 2020
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA FOR COOPERATION IN THE DISABILITY SECTORAid and Cooperation22 November 2018
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENT,CLIMATE AND WILDLIFEEnvironment and Resources10 April 2017
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA ON COOPERATION IN COMBATING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND TRANSITIONAL ORGANISED CRIMECivil and Criminal Matters10 April 2017
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH AND MEDICINEHealth10 April 2017
- IMPLEMENTING ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA RELATING TO SATELLITE LASER RANGING AND TRACKING OF THE INDIAN REGIONAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMScience and Technology10 April 2017
- IMPLEMENTING ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA RELATING TO COOPERATION ON USING AUSTRALIAN CORNER REFLECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION OF INDIAN SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR SYSTEMSScience and Technology10 April 2017
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA FOR PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF COOPERATION IN CIVIL AVIATION SECURITYTransport07 April 2017
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND GEO SCIENCE AUSTRALIA DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY AND SCIENCE OF THE COMMON WEALTH OF AUSTRALIAAid and Cooperation01 September 2015
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA ON SOCIAL SECURITYSocial Security18 November 2014
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA CONCERNING TRANSFER OF SENTENCED PERSONSCivil and Criminal Matters18 November 2014
- MOU ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF ARTS AND CULTURE BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIACultural Relations and Sport18 November 2014
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA IN THE FIELD OF TOURISMAid and Cooperation18 November 2014
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA ON COMBATING NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING AND DEVELOPING POLICE COOPERATIONCivil and Criminal Matters18 November 2014
- MOU ON COOPERATION IN TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIAEducation05 September 2014
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA ON COOPERATION IN THE PEACEFUL USES OF NUCLEAR ENERGYEnvironment and Resources05 September 2014
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENTEnvironment and Resources05 September 2014
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA ON COOPERATION IN SPORTCultural Relations and Sport05 September 2014
- AMENDMENTS TO MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN CENTRAL BOARD OF EXCISE AND CUSTOMS OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE ON CUSTOMS COOPERATION AND MUTUAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE IN CUSTOMS MATTERS SIGNED 6 MARCH 2006Aid and Cooperation18 November 2013
- MOU ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NALANDA UNIVERSITY BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIAEducation10 October 2013
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA CONCERNING COOPERATION IN CIVIL SPACE SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY AND COOPERATIONAid and Cooperation17 October 2012
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA FOR ESTABLISHING A JOINT WORKING GROUP FOR COOPERATION IN AGRICULTUREAid and Cooperation28 February 2012
- TREATY BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND AUSTRALIA ON MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERSCivil and Criminal Matters23 June 2008
- EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND AUSTRALIACivil and Criminal Matters23 June 2008
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA IN BIOTECHNOLOGYScience and Technology06 March 2006
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA ON CUSTOMS COOPERATION AND MUTUAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE IN CUSTOM MATTERSAid and Cooperation06 March 2006
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA RELATING TO AIR SERVICESTransport06 March 2006
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA RELATING TO AIR SERVICESTransport06 March 2006
- TRADE AND ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIABusiness and Trade06 March 2006
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTSBusiness and Trade26 February 1999
- TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIABusiness and Trade02 August 1976
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYScience and Technology26 February 1975
- CULTURAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIACultural Relations and Sport21 October 1971
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA WITH RESPECT TO THE MUTUAL PROTECTION OF PRIORITY OF PATENTSAid and Cooperation23 January 1963
- AGREEMENT RELATING TO AIR SERVICES BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIATransport11 July 1949
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 19 sections, 24,702 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India-Australia Bilateral Brief · Leaders/ Ministerial level Mechanisms: · ● India-France-Australia · Trilateral · Ministerial · Dialogue:.
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 15% apart
- Overseas Indians8,45,800
- Indian community in Australia9,76,000
Both are published by the Ministry of External Affairs, with no stated methodology. Neither is averaged away or preferred — the disagreement is the honest answer.