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Answer in about 150 words: Describe India’s objections to agricultural negotiations at the World Trade Organisation.

  • UPSC 2026
  • 10 marks
  • India and the Global South

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India does not object to disciplining farm subsidies. It objects to the way the Agreement on Agriculture (1995) measures them: the Uruguay Round protected the support rich members were already giving and capped the support poor members might give. With nearly half its workforce in farming and about 81 crore people entitled to subsidised grain…

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  • 1. Unequal entitlements
  • 2. The frozen reference price and public stockholding
  • 3. No safeguard for smallholders
  • 4. Sequencing and status
  • Conclusion
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