India to pitch for permanent solution for food security in WTO meet

India believes that the draft text on agriculture is "completely imbalanced"

India will pitch for finding a permanent solution to the issue of public stockholding for food security at the upcoming 12th ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that will kick start from November 30, said officials on Wednesday.

“Now that the 12th meeting is approaching, a number of submissions are being made at the WTO for advancing negotiations in agriculture. India, along with the G-33 (group of nations), has been engaging in finding a permanent solution to the public stockholding issue,” one of the officials cited above said. India is hopeful of a positive outcome on public stockholding and