Why is India correct in seeking ‘permanent solution’ for food security at WTO

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New Delhi has rightly pushed for measures to amend the formula calculating the food subsidy cap and to include programmes implemented after 2013 under the ‘Peace Clause' Last year, in November, a proposal was set forth to slash trade-distorting farm support among WTO members. Image: Moneycontrol The agricultural revolution is often considered a great leap forward for humanity as it is believed to have facilitated a settled life from which social and political institutions grew up. However, author-historian Yuval Noah Harari disagrees; he thinks that a shift from foraging to farming ended up with humans working harder, habiting in crowded...