India-Japan Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement

The India-Japan Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement is a reciprocal logistics agreement between the Indian Armed Forces and Japan's Self-Defense Forces. Signed in 2020, it establishes procedures through which either side may provide specified supplies and services to the other during agreed activities.

Operational support covered

The agreement enables reciprocal access to routine logistics needed to sustain forces away from their home bases.

• Covered supplies include food, water, fuel and clothing, while services include accommodation, transport and communications.
• It permits medical services, storage and base support, along with the use of agreed facilities.
• It also covers training services, spare parts, repair and maintenance, and airport and seaport services.
• The definition of supplies and services excludes the provision of weapons or ammunition by either party.

Situations in which support may be provided

Support can be requested during joint exercises and training, United Nations peacekeeping operations, humanitarian relief and responses to large-scale disasters. It may also support the evacuation of nationals, routine communication and coordination, and other mutually agreed activities.

• The arrangement helps ships and aircraft obtain logistics during deployments, reducing the need to return to home bases.
• It strengthens interoperability and enables longer, more efficient bilateral and multilateral operations.

How reciprocal support is settled

Each request remains subject to the supplying side's laws, regulations and availability. Transactions may be settled through cash payment, replacement in kind or equal-value exchange, providing an agreed administrative and financial framework for logistics cooperation.