The immediate challenges for India dwell revisiting operational aspects of food procurement and distribution for a less expensive and nimble system. On the international front, as India seeks to defend its food policies within the WTO, instead of seeking protection for its policies, India should seek to leverage provisions within the AoA and negotiate for changes in a number of the foremost problematic aspects of the AoA involving the metrics for computing indicators of trade distortionary support. It seems unnecessary for India to hunt special protection for its food policies, nor to carry on to its record of restrictive national trading policy.
Keywords: India, AoA, WTO, Food.
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