"Every human being has the right to food security, either living in India or (elsewhere), . . . discussion at stake is how do you make sure that the food security programme does not distort the agriculture market," European Union Trade Commissioner Karl De Gucht told reporters in Bali at a press briefing after the plenary session of the WTO ministerial conference.
Trade ministers and diplomats from around 130 countries are participating in the four-day meeting that started on Tuesday.
The G-33, grouping of 46-member developing nations, including India, China and Indonesia, has proposed to amend the WTO Agreement on Agriculture in order to procure foodgrain from poor farmers at minimum support price and sell them to poor people at cheap rates through public distribution system.
Developed regions such as the EU and the US are against stockpiling of foodgrains, which is used by India to supply cheap grains under its food security programme.
India's Food Security Act entitles its 82 crore (820 million) people to 5 kg of foodgrains per person a month at Rs 1-3
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