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India to oppose debate on farm export curbs at WTO

The Commerce, Industry and Textiles Minister, Mr Anand Sharma, will attend the ‘Eighth Ministerial Conference' of the World Trade Organisation in Geneva from December 15 to 17. But sources said any initiative for breaking the deadlock on the decade-old Doha Round talks (for a global deal on further liberalisation of trade in agriculture, industrial goods and services) can .....

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Govt likely to take up Food Security Bill today

The Union Government is likely to consider the National Food Security Bill 2011 tomorrow. It is slated to be introduced in the ongoing winter session. The Bill is expected to make a provision for providing not less than seven kg of foodgrains/person/month for priority households. It is believed that 48 per cent of all rural households and 28 per cent of all the urban .....

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US consults WTO on Indian poultry access

US poultry organisations have encouraged US Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to begin consultations with the government of India in the World Trade Organization (WTO) for India’s longstanding prohibition on the import of US poultry. Despite being one of the 23 founding countries of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT, which .....

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India''s rice exports to touch 7 million ton in 2011-12: Crisil

Credit ratings agency Crisil today said it expects India''s rice exports to rise more than three-fold to 7 million tonnes in 2011-12 on growing output and weak production outlook in major exporting countries. "Expectation of a bumper rice crop in India in 2011-12 (refers to the period, October 1 to September 30), lifting of the ban on non-basmati rice exports, and a weak production outlook for .....