Diplomatic briefing
High Commission of India, Singapore
High CommissionSingapore · High Commissioner: Dr. Shilpak Ambule
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In short
India’s high commission in Singapore records bilateral trade of $36.10bn, a reported community of 4,83,199, 29 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 69%. Led by Dr. Shilpak Ambule, high commissioner.
Total bilateral trade
$36.10bn
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 1 hour ago
Bilateral Brief — Singapore
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Trade and economic cooperation” section
“Bilateral trade expanded after the conclusion of CECA from USD 6.7 billion in FY 2004-05 to USD 36.1 billion in 2025-26.”
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 confidence4,83,199
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Singapore"
“PIOs 23,199 + NRIs 450,000 = 483,199”
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 confidence29
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 1 hour ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 30 December 2016)
“THIRD PROTOCOL AMENDING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORE FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME — 30 December 2016”
Published: 30 December 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 “Singapore”, 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
Imports from SingaporeUS dollars · latest FY$24.24bn
Bilateral Brief — Singapore
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: Bilateral Trade section — sentence stating imports from the country
“imports from 11 Singapore in FY 2025-26 were USD 24.24 billion, exports to Singapore totaled USD 11.86 billion with trade deficit of USD 12.38 billion.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA attributes these figures to the Department of Commerce, Government of India. Read from the briefing’s prose; where it states no figure, none is shown.
Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Singapore
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Other engagements” section
“Visits of Chief Ministers to Singapore include visits of Chief Minister of Gujarat Sh Bhupendra Patel (November-December 2023), Chief Minister of Odisha Sh Mohan Charan Majhi (November 2024), Chief Minister of Telangana Sh A Revanth Reddy (January 2025), Chief Minister of Assam Sh Himanta Biswa Sarma (February 2025), Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Sh N. Chandrababu Naidu (July 2025 and June 2026) and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Sh Yogi Adityanatha (February 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 (29)
MEA Treaties Database- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA (FSSAI) AND SINGAPORE FOOD AGENCY (SFA) REGARDING COOPERATION IN THE AREA OF FOOD SAFETYAid and Cooperation20 August 2026
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN INDIAN NATIONAL SPACE PROMOTION AND AUTHORIZATION CENTRE, REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, OFFICE FOR SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY, REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE ON PROMOTING COLLABORATION IN THE SPACE SECTORAid and Cooperation04 September 2025
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE CONCERNING COOPERATION ON A GREEN AND DIGITAL SHIPPING CORRIDOR ("GDSC")Maritime Law03 September 2025
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SKILLING IN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING IN NATIONAL SKILL TRAINING INSTITUTE, CHENNAIAid and Cooperation03 September 2025
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA (AAI) AND CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE (CAAS) FOR COOPERATION IN TRAINING, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF CIVIL AVIATIONAid and Cooperation01 September 2025
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH AND MEDICINEHealth05 September 2024
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE ON EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION AND SKILL DEVELOPMENTAid and Cooperation29 August 2024
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE ON INDIA-SINGAPORE SEMICONDUCTOR ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIPScience and Technology26 August 2024
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT AND INFORMATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIESScience and Technology26 August 2024
- THE COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORE MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENT ON NURSING SERVICESAid and Cooperation01 June 2018
- MOU ON COOPERATION TO COMBAT ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN NARCOTIC DRUGS,PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES AND THEIR PRECURSORS BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORECivil and Criminal Matters01 June 2018
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORE ON CO-OPERATION IN THE FIELD OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONAid and Cooperation01 June 2018
- EXTENSION OF THE MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORE ON COOPERATION IN THE AREA OF CYBER SECURITYAid and Cooperation01 June 2018
- THIRD PROTOCOL AMENDING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORE FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOMEBusiness and Trade30 December 2016
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORE IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY COOPERATIONAid and Cooperation04 October 2016
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORE IN CAPACITY BUILDING IN THE FIELD OF URBAN PLANNING AND GOVERNANCEAid and Cooperation24 November 2015
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORE ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF PLANNINGAid and Cooperation24 November 2015
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORE ON COOPERATION TO COMBAT ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN NARCOTIC DRUGS,PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES AND THEIR PRECURSORSCivil and Criminal Matters24 November 2015
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORE IN CIVIL AVIATIONTransport24 November 2015
- JOINT DECLARATION BY THE PRIME MINISTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE ON A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPAid and Cooperation24 November 2015
- EXECUTIVE PROGRAMME ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELDS OF THE ARTS,HERITAGE,ARCHIVES AND LIBRARY BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORECultural Relations and Sport24 November 2015
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORE ON THE EXTENSION OF THE LOAN OF ARTIFACTS TO THE ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS MUSEUM OF SINGAPORECultural Relations and Sport24 November 2015
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NALANDA UNIVERSITYEducation10 October 2013
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORE COCERNING COOPERATION IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND SKILL DEVELOPMENTEducation11 July 2012
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COPERATIONAid and Cooperation03 August 2009
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORE ON ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE FOR BILATERAL COOPERATIONAid and Cooperation19 June 2007
- AGREEMENT ON MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORECivil and Criminal Matters26 June 2005
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORE FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOMEBusiness and Trade20 April 1981
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORE RELATING TO AIR SERVICESTransport23 January 1968
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 24 sections, 24,808 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India - Singapore Bilateral Relations · Historical Connect · High-Level Exchanges · India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR) · Manufacturing, · Connectivity,.
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