India’s Tata Group, the country’s largest conglomerate, has been found complicit in the genocide in Gaza by US-based activists. The group found that Tata and its subsidiaries aided the Israeli military through production of military equipment and weapons as well as investments. Tata is however only one part of a larger trend of Israeli-Indian military and economic cooperation.
Reed McIntire
9 February 2026
According to an investigation by the New York-based leftist South Asian political collective SALAM, India’s Tata Group has been found complicit in the occupation of Palestinian territories and the genocide in Gaza. The conglomerate is one of India’s largest, with significant presence across a variety of sectors ranging from automobile production to telecommunications.
The group’s subsidiary Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) manufactures aeronautical components used in F-16 jets and Apache attack helicopters, both of which were used to bombard Gaza over the last three years. Additionally, Tata Motors and Jaguar Land Rover (also owned by Tata) build automobile chassis used for light vehicles used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stationed in the West Bank.
While less visible, the conglomerate also provides support for Israeli intelligence and government operations. The subsidiary Tata Digital Consultancy Services supplies the Israelis with digital infrastructure for various services including Project Nimbus, a cloud computing program that enables Israeli military surveillance of Palestinians.
These ties do not represent a small part of the Indian economy either. Tata is the largest conglomerate in India with an estimated revenue of over $128 billion. The group’s subsidiaries have a near-monopoly on everyday life in India with massive market shares in telecommunications, manufacturing, agriculture, hospitality and air travel.
The group also maintains a large international presence with over 50 000 employees in North America alone.
These ties are also part of a much larger trend of cooperation and strategic partnership between India and Israel. India is the largest single purchaser of Israeli arms and defense technologies, dating back to the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks and a heightened need for “battle-tested” Israeli goods.
A report from the Center for Financial Accountability found that groups like Tata are responsible for formalizing and deepening these ties with the Israeli conflict economy. Indian corporations and conglomerates regularly invest in and provide materials for Israeli agriculture, pharmaceuticals, tech startups, and logistics.
A notable example of these ties are the ongoing partnerships between India and Mekorot, the Israeli state water company. Indian firms hold a strategic share of the company and subsequently Mekorot has provided technical expertise for water treatment facilities in India. However, due to the destruction of infrastructure from the Israeli campaign, Mekorot now holds a near-monopoly on the water supply in Gaza and reduced output to 22% during the IDF’s campaign.
Aside from Mekorot, there is also significant Indian investment in Elbit Systems. Elbit produces an estimated 80% of weapons and equipment as well as 85% of combat drones used by the IDF in its campaign in Gaza and ongoing occupation of Palestine.
On an institutional level, the State Bank of India (SBI) holds a presence in Israel and provides letters of credit, trade finances, and credit facilities to Indian companies there. This support provides institutional legitimization of ever-growing investments in Israel’s conflict economy.
While the investments in Israel are widespread across a variety of sectors, many of them inevitably relate to Israel’s occupation and genocide of Palestinians. Indian investments in agriculture support Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Golan Heights -both of which are illegal under international law. Additionally, Indian company Adani Ports purchased the port in Haifa, a major logistics hub for both civilian and military purposes.
More broadly, Indian investments provide a lifeline for Israel’s economy. These investments are a secure flow of cash and finances into the country which are then re-invested into central pillars of the conflict-based economy.
On the flip side, India reaps economic and strategic benefits from its ties with Israel. Conglomerates like Tata hold massive influence over India’s economic development and represent the country’s economy on the world stage.
The Indian military also makes use of Israeli technology. Israeli-made weapons, technology, and drones are routinely used by the Indian military, especially in the contested Kashmir territory. There, the Indian military supports Hindu enclaves, directly using the experience from the IDF’s support of illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
India-Israel ties extend beyond the material, having a deep ideological collaboration. The Indian government under Narendra Modi and the Israeli state both share ethno-religious supremacist views for their country.
Modi and his party are proponents of Hindutva, a view that India is the homeland exclusively of Hindus, and Muslims should be excluded. Hindutva dates back to the 1920s, when V.D. Savarkar was directly inspired by Zionism’s model for an ethnostate. These ideological ties have continued ever since, with the Indian right-wing increasingly vocal in its support for Israel.
While India has historically paid lip-service through its diplomatic recognition of a Palestinian state, it nonetheless continues to provide material and political support to Israel amid growing international outcry.
In September 2025, a UN commission found that there is evidence of a genocide in Gaza under the Israelis and therefore all states under international law have a duty either to help bring it to an end or at the very least not to support it. However, India, like many other states, has refused to do so and instead has only deepened its ties with Israel.
With current trends, it is unlikely that India or its corporations will cease investment and support for Israel, likely leading to further expansion of the Israeli conflict economy and the militarization of India.
