WTO Fisheries Agreement: India’s concerns, past opposition, and the road aheadIndia’s decision to ratify the WTO’s Fisheries Subsidies Agreement is a strategic move that balances sustainability with the need to suppor...
17 Oct, 2025, 11.43 AM IST
Delhi moves to ratify WTO fish pact, seeks cushion for developing nationsIndia is ratifying the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, advocating for stricter rules for nations historically providing high subsidie...
25 Sep, 2025, 12.33 AM IST
50 developing nations back India’s push for fairer WTO fish subsidy rulesAround 50 developing nations support India's stance on fisheries subsidies at the World Trade Organization. India advocates for per capita ...
18 Jul, 2025, 12.15 AM IST
India exports $122.7 mn non-basmati white rice during Apr-MayIndia exported non-basmati white rice valued at USD 122.7 million during April-May this fiscal year. Despite a present ban, exports continu...
06 Aug, 2024, 04.34 PM IST
WTO meet: India for stricter discipline on nations undertaking distant water fishing"India urged the members to introduce a moratorium on subsidies by Distant Water Fishing Nations for fishing or fishing-related activities ...
28 Feb, 2024, 02.04 AM IST
Civil society, trade experts urge India not to ratify WTO's agreement on fisheries subsidiesThe signatories of the letter include the National Fishworkers Forum, National Platform for Small Scale Fish Workers, All India Fishers and...
24 Jul, 2023, 06.45 PM IST
WTO fish pact to eliminate illegal fishing sops: Govt to Parliament“Developing Countries and Least Developed Countries have been allowed S&DT with no obligation to implement disciplines for a period of two ...
22 Jul, 2022, 06.28 PM IST
WTO agreement: Blocking subsidy to Indian fishermen to affect millions of fishers, their familiesIndia is not a major fishery subsidy provider unlike countries like China, the European Union (EU) and the US which provide an annual fishe...
13 Jun, 2022, 04.58 PM IST
View: Credibility of WTO rests on whether the more powerful member states can rise to the occasion in GenevaThe ministerial conference is the WTO's apex body, which has the authority to take decisions on all matters under any of the multilateral t...
06 Jun, 2022, 11.27 PM IST
India wants WTO fish subsidies pact to be equitableNew Delhi is keen to finalise the fisheries subsidies agreement in the upcoming Twelfth WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12) because irrationa...
25 May, 2022, 11.52 PM IST
India for 25 years exemption from subsidy cuts for developing nations not into distant water fishingIt has stated that countries which have developed industrial fishing should take more obligations based on CBDR (Common But Differentiated ...
24 May, 2022, 09.17 PM IST
Hectic parleys to begin from September 1 in WTO to conclude negotiations on fisheries subsidies pactDuring the first stage, Ambassador Santiago Wills, Chair of the Negotiating Group on Rules, will hold consultations in various formats. Und...
22 Aug, 2021, 11.42 AM IST
Members pledged to conclude negotiations for fisheries subsidies pact soon: WTOIn a statement, WTO said the members edged closer on July 15 to an agreement which would set the new rules for the global fisheries industr...
16 Jul, 2021, 04.22 PM IST
Irrational subsidies, overfishing by many countries hurting Indian fishermen, says Piyush Goyal at WTOThe minister has also stated that the proposed agreement has to provide for current and future needs as the per capita fisheries subsidy gi...
15 Jul, 2021, 09.21 PM IST
WTO convenes key meeting of trade ministers on July 15 on fisheries subsidiesHectic negotiations are going on in Geneva on the matter. The objective of these negotiations is to discipline subsidies with the overall o...
13 Jun, 2021, 11.47 AM IST
India proposes limited scope of WTO panel on fisheries subsidiesThe proposal is meant to protect the sovereignty of members in their Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), which is the boundary of the sea zone e...
08 Mar, 2021, 07.36 AM IST
Tread carefully on fishery subsidies in WTO: CWS to governmentCentre for WTO Studies (CWS) in a working paper has said that the disciplines on fishery subsidies have a market access agenda and a clear ...
02 Dec, 2017, 01.03 AM IST