Overview
- India assumed the Kimberley Process Vice-Chair on December 25, 2025 and will take over as Chair on January 1, marking its third term after 2008 and 2019.
- The Commerce Ministry outlined priorities that include stronger governance and compliance, digital certification, supply-chain traceability, and transparency through data monitoring.
- The Kimberley Process is a tripartite system of governments, industry and civil society created under a UN resolution, with its certification scheme in force since 2003 to curb conflict diamonds.
- Membership stands at 60 participants that account for over 99% of global rough diamond trade, with the United Arab Emirates handing over the chair at the start of 2026.
- Ministers Piyush Goyal and S. Jaishankar welcomed the selection, framing it as a vote of confidence in India’s role in global diamond governance and efforts to build consumer confidence.