Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Antananarivo
EmbassyMadagascar · AMBASSADOR: Bandaru Wilsonbabu
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In short
India’s embassy in Madagascar records a reported community of 17,500, 8 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 69%. Led by Bandaru Wilsonbabu, ambassador.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence17,500
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Madagascar"
“PIOs 15,000 + NRIs 2,500 = 17,500”
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 confidence8
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 2 hours ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 29 February 2016)
“MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND MADAGASCAR FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTRE ON GEOINFORMATICS APPLICATIONS IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR — 29 February 2016”
Published: 29 February 2016 · 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
69%
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 “Madagascar”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 78 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 Madagascarpersons · as stated in the brief17,500
Bilateral Brief — Madagascar
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “” section
“About 17,500 persons of Indian origin, mostly from Gujarat, currently live in Madagascar.”
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.
MEA’s bilateral brief states the same figure.
Diplomacy
Agreements the briefing enumeratesagreements · as stated in the brief2
Bilateral Brief — Madagascar
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “” section
“Two MoUs for cooperation in Defence and Air Services were signed during the visit.”
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.
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Madagascar
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “” section
“Secretary General of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mrs. Marie Léontine Razanadrasoa took part in 11th edition of Raisina Dialogue held in New Delhi from 05-07 March 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 (8)
MEA Treaties Database- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS & PUBLIC GRIEVANCES, MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF ADMINISTRATION OF MADAGASCAR MINISTRY OF LABOUR EMPLOYMENT AND CIVIL SERVICE GOVERNMENT OF MADAGASCAR ON CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR CIVIL SERVANTS OF MADAGASCARAid and Cooperation25 March 2025
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR ON COOPERATION AND MUTUAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE IN CUSTOMS MATTERSAid and Cooperation27 June 2024
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR REGARDING INDIAN GRANT ASSISTANCE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF HIGH IMPACT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTAid and Cooperation11 September 2023
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR ON EXEMPTION OF VISA FOR THE HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT AND SERVICE/OFFICIAL PASSPORTSDiplomatic Relations13 September 2022
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND MADAGASCAR FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTRE ON GEOINFORMATICS APPLICATIONS IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCARScience and Technology29 February 2016
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND MADAGASCAR ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED SECTORS,AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AND MACHINERY AND FERTILIZER PRODUCTIONAid and Cooperation29 February 2016
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND MADAGASCAR RELATING TO AIR SERVICESTransport06 October 2000
- CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND MADAGASCARCultural Relations and Sport17 June 1997
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 260 sections, 33,881 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India - Madagascar Unclassified Bilateral Brief · Governor of Alaotra-Mangoro Region Dr. Guy Ramorasandratana, · Trade-Economic Cooperation · 202021 · 324.22 · India’s.
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