India to pitch for permanent solution to food stockholding at WTO meet next month

India will make a pitch for finding a permanent solution to the issue of public stockholding for food security in the WTO meet in Geneva starting June 12, an official said.
Besides, issues including agri subsidies and World Food Programme will be on the agenda of the 12th ministerial conference, the highest decision making body of the 164-member World Trade Organization (WTO), the official said.
For the meeting, the Indian team will be led by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal.
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