The Modi III Government is the current government of India, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and formed by the Bharatiya Janata Party at the head of the National Democratic Alliance coalition, since 9 June 2024. It is Modi's third term and the immediate successor to his second-term government (2019 to 2024), which is not separately minted in this pass (named as an open gap).
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Governing Coalition
Source National Democratic Alliance (Wikipedia)
Governing Party
Source Narendra Modi (Wikipedia)
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India upholds its 2003 No First Use doctrine: it will not use nuclear weapons first against a nuclear-weapon state, reserving massive retaliation in response to a nuclear attack, with a stated exception allowing nuclear retaliation for a major biological or chemical attack.
Source Uniqueness of India's Nuclear Trajectory Premised on No First Use and Massive Retaliation: CDS Gen Anil Chauhan, 26 June 2024 (NewsOnAir)
India recognized the State of Palestine in 1988, one of the first countries to do so, and continues to support a negotiated two-state solution alongside its own separate relations with Israel.
Source India Reaffirms Support for Two-State Solution in Palestine-Israel Conflict, 13 December 2024 (NewsOnAir)
Neutral
India has not joined Western sanctions on Russia and continues purchasing Russian energy, a position its own Ministry of External Affairs frames as independent policy driven by energy security and market conditions rather than as support for or opposition to the sanctions themselves.
Source Transcript of Weekly Media Briefing by the Official Spokesperson, 27 March 2026 (Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India)
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1. Narendra Modi (Wikipedia)
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Transcript of Weekly Media Briefing by the Official Spokesperson, 27 March 2026 (Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India)
Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India (transcript hosted by GlobalSecurity.org; the mea.gov.in briefing-archive permalink for this specific transcript could not be resolved inside this pasPosition On: Sanctions on Russia, Weekly Media Briefing by the Official Spokesperson, 27 March 2026Quote, Position On: Sanctions on Russia, Weekly Media Briefing by the Official Spokesperson, 27 March 2026
our broad approach to sourcing our energy needs. It is based on A, our imperative to secure the needs of our people, 1.4 billion people. Two, what are the dynamics in the market? And three, what is the global situation.
Uniqueness of India's Nuclear Trajectory Premised on No First Use and Massive Retaliation: CDS Gen Anil Chauhan, 26 June 2024 (NewsOnAir)
Prasar Bharati (Government of India, All India Radio / NewsOnAir)Position On: Nuclear Posture, CDS Gen Anil Chauhan, quoted 26 June 2024Quote, Position On: Nuclear Posture, CDS Gen Anil Chauhan, quoted 26 June 2024
the uniqueness of India's nuclear trajectory is premised on the principle of 'No First Use & Massive Retaliation'
India Reaffirms Support for Two-State Solution in Palestine-Israel Conflict, 13 December 2024 (NewsOnAir)
Prasar Bharati (Government of India, All India Radio / NewsOnAir)Position On: Recognition of the State of Palestine, India reaffirms support for two-state solution, 13 December 2024Quote, Position On: Recognition of the State of Palestine, India reaffirms support for two-state solution, 13 December 2024
India's policy towards Palestine has been long-standing and it has always supported a negotiated two-state solution
CIA World Factbook archive: India (CIA World Factbook archive)
CIA World Factbook archiveIn Group: Parliamentary Governments of Asia, Government, head of governmentQuote, In Group: Parliamentary Governments of Asia, Government, head of government
Prime Minister Narendra MODI (since 26 May 2014)
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