Diplomatic briefing
High Commission of India
High CommissionZambia · High Commissioner: Shri Alok Ranjan Jha
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In short
India’s high commission in Zambia records a reported community of 30,000, 19 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 70%. Led by Shri Alok Ranjan Jha, high commissioner.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence30,000
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Zambia"
“PIOs 25,000 + NRIs 5,000 = 30,000”
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 confidence19
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: 26 January 1975)
“AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ZAMBIA REGARDING ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION — 26 January 1975”
Published: 26 January 1975 · 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
70%
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 “Zambia”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 71 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
Agreements on record (19)
MEA Treaties Database- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA ON THE PROMOTION OF COOPERATIVESAid and Cooperation18 July 2025
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND ZAMBIA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCESAid and Cooperation21 August 2019
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND ZAMBIA ON COOPERATIONDiplomatic Relations21 August 2019
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND ZAMBIA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF ARTS AND CULTURECultural Relations and Sport21 August 2019
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND ZAMBIA ON EXEMPTION OF VISA REQUIREMENT FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTSDiplomatic Relations11 April 2018
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ZAMBIA FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOMEBusiness and Trade11 April 2018
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND ZAMBIA FOR SETTING UP ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN ZAMBIAAid and Cooperation11 April 2018
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND ZAMBIA ON BILATERAL JUDICIAL SECTOR COOPERATIONAid and Cooperation11 April 2018
- AGREEMENT ON TRADE BETWEEN INDIA AND ZAMBIABusiness and Trade21 April 2003
- TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIABusiness and Trade21 April 2003
- TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIAAid and Cooperation21 April 2003
- BILATERAL AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIATransport15 November 1993
- MUTUAL AGREEMENTT BETWEEN INDIA AND ZAMBIA TO COMBAT ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN NARCOTIC DRUGS AND MONEY LAUNDERINGCivil and Criminal Matters05 October 1993
- PROTOCOL BETWEEN INDIA AND ZAMBIA ON TRADE AND JOINT VENTURESBusiness and Trade13 September 1980
- PROTOCOL BETWEEN INDIA AND ZAMBIA RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL COOPERATIONAid and Cooperation13 September 1980
- TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ZAMBIABusiness and Trade08 December 1978
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ZAMBIA REGARDING ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATIONAid and Cooperation26 January 1975
- CULTURAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ZAMBIACultural Relations and Sport26 January 1975
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ZAMBIA REGARDING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYScience and Technology26 January 1975
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 42 sections, 13,481 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India-Zambia Bilateral Relations · High-level visits/meetings · (ii) · (iii) · India-Africa · Visits from India:.
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