GROUP OF MINISTERS ON WTO

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The government has constituted a Group of Ministers consisting of Minister of Finance and Company Affairs, Minister of Law & Justice, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Minister of Agriculture and Minister of External Affairs for finalising the strategy to be followed during the negotiations on agriculture in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and to take appropriate decisions from time to time within the overall approach approved by the Cabinet Committee on WTO matters. In the negotiations on agriculture which are scheduled to be concluded by 1 January, 2005, the government has presented proposals to safeguard the interests of Indian farmers. This was stated by Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.