India-Israel Bilateral Investment Agreement comes into force
Key facts
- The India-Israel Bilateral Investment Agreement came into force on 4 July 2026.
- It was signed in New Delhi on 8 September 2025 by Nirmala Sitharaman and Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
- It protects investors against expropriation and offers dispute settlement through arbitration.
- It also keeps policy space for each government to regulate in the public interest.
Why it matters
[Economy] Bilateral investment pacts give foreign investors legal certainty. India ended many older treaties after 2016 and now signs new ones on its 2015 Model BIT lines. Israel joins recent partners such as the UAE and Uzbekistan.
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