This article covers India's cooperation with Singapore in defence, science and technology, space, digital technologies and semiconductors, and law and dispute resolution. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) bilateral brief of July 2026 is its source. The brief does not describe a development assistance programme between the two countries, so this article concentrates on sectoral cooperation.

Defence agreements

According to the MEA brief of July 2026, defence cooperation between India and Singapore is pursued under the Defence Cooperation Agreement of 2003, which was renewed under the Enhanced Agreement for Defence Cooperation in 2015. The two sides have also signed several domain specific agreements, including on:

  • White-shipping Information Exchange
  • Air Force Joint Training
  • Defence Industry Working Group
  • Navy Cooperation
  • Mutual Coordination, Logistics & Services Support
  • Submarine Rescue Support & Cooperation

Defence dialogues

The brief states that the two countries have several structured defence interactions, from the political leadership down to staff level in all three armed forces, the Department of Defence Production and DRDO.

  • 21-23 October 2024: Singapore's Minister for Defence, Dr Ng Eng Hen, visited India for the 6th round of the Defence Ministers' Dialogue.
  • June 2025: Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan visited Singapore for the Shangri-La Dialogue and called on Minister for Defence Chan Chun Sing.
  • May 2026: Defence Secretary Mr. Rajesh Kumar visited Singapore for the 16th Defence Policy Dialogue and the Shangri-La Dialogue, and also called on Chan Chun Sing.

Military exercises and ship visits

There are bilateral exercises for all three services: Exercise Agni Warrior for the Army, Exercise SIMBEX for the Navy and Joint Military Training for the Air Force. Recent editions listed in the brief are:

  • the 13th edition of Ex Agni Warrior, held in India from 05 October to 11 December 2024
  • the 12th edition of Joint Military Training between the Indian and Singaporean Air Forces, held in India from 04 October to 16 December 2024
  • the 4th edition of the Singapore-India-Thailand Maritime Exercise (SITMEX), hosted by India in November 2024
  • the 32nd edition of SIMBEX, held in Singapore in July-August 2025
  • the 4th edition of the India-Singapore Joint Military Exercise, Exercise Bold Kurukshetra, held in India in August 2025

Singapore co-hosted the inaugural ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise in 2023 and has taken part in every edition of the biennial Exercise Milan since it began in 1995.

In 2025, eleven Indian Navy ships visited Singapore for operational turn around, goodwill visits or exercises, the latest being INS Nistar in September 2025 for the multinational Exercise Pacific Reach 2025 (XPR 25). The Indian Air Force's Sarang Helicopter Display team took part in the Singapore Air Show 2026 in February 2026. INS Sunayna visited Singapore from 26 to 29 April 2026 under the Indian Ocean Ship (IOS) SAGAR initiative, and INS Udaygiri, INS Shakti and INS Kavaratti of the Eastern Fleet visited from 01-04 July 2026 during the fleet's operational deployment to South East Asia. Military professionals from both countries attend short and long term courses under several exchange programmes.

Space, science and technology

ISRO has launched several Singaporean satellites: Singapore's first indigenously built micro-satellite in 2011, 2 more in 2014, 6 in 2015 and 9 in 2023. An MoU on Space was exchanged in September 2025.

Singapore co-hosted the inaugural ASEAN-India Women Scientists Conclave in April 2024. The two countries held e-workshops on digital health and medical technologies in July 2024 and on the green economy in September 2024.

Digital technologies, cyber and semiconductors

During the Prime Minister's September 2024 visit, the two sides decided to set up a Cyber Policy Dialogue, and the inaugural dialogue was held in Singapore in October 2024. They also decided to explore cooperation in critical and emerging technologies.

Following the Semiconductor Ecosystem MoU of September 2024, the 1st round of the India-Singapore Semiconductor Ecosystem Partnership Dialogue was held in Delhi on 05 November 2024, during a visit to India from 03-05 November by Dr Beh Swan Gin, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Trade & Industry. Secretary, MEITY, Shri S. Krishnan visited Singapore from 10-12 December 2025 for the 2nd round.

  • 28 January 2023: Chief Justice of Singapore Mr Sundaresh Menon delivered the 1st Annual Lecture at the 1st Supreme Court of India Day Celebrations, on the theme "Judiciary's Role in a Changing World".
  • 07-10 September 2023: Chief Justice of India Sh D.Y. Chandrachud visited Singapore for the inaugural Singapore-India Judicial Roundtable.
  • 14 March 2024: India and Singapore signed an MoU on cooperation in the sphere of Law & Dispute Resolution, in a virtual meeting of Minister of State for Law and Justice (I/C) Arjun Ram Meghwal and Edwin Tong, Singapore's Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law.
  • 2024: Chief Justice Menon visited Delhi in April for the India-Singapore Conference on Technology and in August for the 2nd India-Singapore Judicial Roundtable, Mumbai in September and Chennai in October.
  • April 2025: the then Chief Justice of India, Sh Sanjiv Khanna, visited Singapore and met Chief Justice Menon.
  • August 2025: Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal visited Singapore for the inaugural meeting of the Joint Consultative Committee for Cooperation in Law and Dispute Resolution.
  • November 2025: Mr Edwin Tong, Minister for Law and Second Minister for Home Affairs, visited India for the Singapore-India Annual Conference (SIAC) 2025 and met Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal in New Delhi.