Nirmala Sitharaman raises food security issues at WTO

The minister travelled to Geneva and met WTO director to discuss India's position on crucial issues

Commerce and industry minister Nirmala SItharaman has reiterated that there be a solution to the issue of public stockholding of foodgrain and a special safeguard mechanism.

She said so during a visit to World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters in Geneva earlier this week. In her meeting with WTO director-general Roberto Azevedo, she discussed India's position on various issues, prior to the WTO meet in Argentina later this year.

Unanimous reaffirmation of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) had not occurred at the earlier ministerial conference during 2015 in Nairobi. And, the contentious issues of public stockholding of food and a special