Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Bahrain
EmbassyBahrain · Ambassador: Mr. Vinod K. Jacob
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In short
India’s embassy in Bahrain records bilateral trade of $1.66bn, a reported community of 3,20,226, 30 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 73%. Led by Mr. Vinod K. Jacob, ambassador.
Total bilateral trade
$1.66bn
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 3 hours ago
Bilateral Brief — Bahrain
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “a)Trade and Economic Relations” section
“Bilateral trade in 2025-26 has reached USD 1.66 billion.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
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Overseas Indians
Medium confidence3,20,226
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Bahrain"
“PIOs 4,799 + NRIs 315,427 = 320,226”
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 confidence30
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 3 hours ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 31 May 2012)
“MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND BAHRAIN ON COOPERATION IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY — 31 May 2012”
Published: 31 May 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
73%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Bahrain”, 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
People
Indian community in Bahrainpersons · as stated in the brief3,15,427
Bilateral Brief — Bahrain
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “b) Indian Expatriate Community” section
“While there were only 90,000 Indian nationals working in Bahrain in the year 2000, the number has since increased to over 3,15,427 (January 2026) comprising of 200,000 from Kerala, 50,000 from Tamil Nadu, 40,000 from Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, 25,000 from Karnataka and rest from Punjab, Rajasthan, UP, Maharashtra, Goa and Gujarat.”
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 brief2025
Bilateral Brief — Bahrain
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Incoming Visits [To India]” section
“Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain, Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani (FM Zayani), visited India on 3 November 2025 for the fifth High Joint Commission meeting.”
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 (30)
MEA Treaties Database- STATEMENT OF INTENT ON COLLABORATION OF KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN WITH INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCEEnvironment and Resources28 March 2022
- CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME BETWEEN INDIA AND BAHRAIN FOR THE YEARS 2019-2023Cultural Relations and Sport24 August 2019
- STATEMENT OF INTENT ON COLLABORATION BETWEEN INDIA AND BAHRAIN IN THE AREA OF SPACE TECHNOLOGYAid and Cooperation19 August 2019
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND BAHRAIN ON COOPERATION IN THE EXPLORATION AND USES OF OUTER SPACE FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSESAid and Cooperation11 March 2019
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND BAHRAIN ON THE EXEMPTION FROM VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC AND SPECIAL/OFFICIAL PASSPORTSDiplomatic Relations15 July 2018
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND BAHRAIN ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF HEALTHCAREHealth15 July 2018
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND MINISTRY OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF RENEWABLE ENERGYEnvironment and Resources15 July 2018
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND BAHRAIN ON THE TRANSFER OF SENTENCED PERSONSCivil and Criminal Matters23 January 2016
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE KINGDOM OF THE REPUBLIC OF BAHRAIN ON COOPERATION IN COMBATING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, TRANSNATIONAL ORGANISED CRIME AND TRAFFICKING IN ILLICIT DRUGS, NARCOTIC AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES AND PRECURSORS CHEMICALSAid and Cooperation02 December 2015
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND BAHRAIN ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENTAid and Cooperation22 February 2015
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN OVERSEAS INDIA FACILITATION CENTRE AND BAHRAIN INDIA SOCIETYAid and Cooperation06 September 2014
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND BAHRAIN ON COOPERATION IN YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTSCultural Relations and Sport19 February 2014
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND BAHRAINAid and Cooperation19 February 2014
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN ON COOPERATION IN YOUTH MATTERS & SPORTSSports Development19 February 2014
- MOU ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A HIGH JOINT COMMISSION FOR BILATERAL COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND BAHRAINAid and Cooperation19 February 2014
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE DIPLOMATIC INSTITUTE, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS,KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN AND THE FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE, MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, REPUBLIC OF INDIADiplomatic Relations19 February 2014
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND BAHRAIN ON COOPERATION IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGYAid and Cooperation31 May 2012
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND BAHRAIN FOR EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO TAXESBusiness and Trade31 May 2012
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND BAHRAIN ON LABOUR AND MANPOWER DEVELOPMENTAid and Cooperation17 June 2009
- EXECUTIVE PROGRAMME FOR CULTURAL COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND BAHRAIN FOR 2007-2010Cultural Relations and Sport20 March 2007
- AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND BAHRAIN ON RADIO AND TELEVISIONAid and Cooperation20 March 2007
- EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN INDIA AND BAHRAINCivil and Criminal Matters13 January 2004
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN ON JURIDICAL AND JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS FOR THE SERVICE OF SUMMONS, JUDICIAL DOCUMENTS, COMMISSIONS, EXECUTION OF JUDGMENTS AND ARBITRAL AWARDSCivil and Criminal Matters13 January 2004
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND BAHRAIN ON MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERSCivil and Criminal Matters13 January 2004
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND BAHRAIN FOR PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTSBusiness and Trade13 January 2004
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAINAid and Cooperation12 January 2004
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF BAHRAIN RELATING TO AIR SERVICESTransport05 April 2000
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF BAHRAIN RELATING TO AIR SERVICESTransport05 April 2000
- AGREEMENT ON ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERTATION BETWEEN INDIA AND BAHRAINAid and Cooperation28 April 1981
- CULTURAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND BAHRAINCultural Relations and Sport08 January 1975
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 209 sections, 23,511 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India-Bahrain Bilateral Relations · I. SUMMARY · II. HISTORY · Date · Diplomatic Milestone · Establishment of Diplomatic Relations.
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