India has historically and largely not supported sanctions imposed by individual countries.^[1][2] The Government of India has largely supported United Nations sanctions.^[1] India has also been warned with sanctions, imposed with them, and has also imposed and threatened its own.^[1]

Sanctions imposed by India

Countries

Country	Period	Summary
South Africa	1946–1993	India was the first country to sanction South Africa for the apartheid.[3]
Fiji	1989–1999	Following deterioration of diplomatic ties India imposed a trade embargo.[4]

Sanctions against India

Sanctioning Country/Entity (s)		Period	Summary
Canada		1974	Following 1974 nuclear tests Canada sanctioned nuclear expertise and equipment support.[5]
Multiple countries	United States	1998–1999	United States imposed sanctions as required by law following 1998 nuclear tests.[6] Sanctions imposed by the United States were weakened through exceptions and lifted within a year.[7]
	Japan	1998–2001	Sanctions including the stoppage of loan aid.[8][9][10]
	~12 countries	–	Around 14 countries adopted some form of individual sanction or another following the 1998 nuclear tests with marginal effect.[11][7] Collective sanctions could not gather the required support.[12]
United States		1992–2011	Indian Space Research Organisation was sanctioned for sections of its space program.[13][14]
Pakistan		2019	Sanctions such as closure of airspace for all Indians following 2019 Balakot airstrike.[15]