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Reply: Export subsidies provided to agricultural products in 1995 96 and 2001 02 to 2003 04 were covered by Article 9.4 of the Agreement on Agriculture.

(c) Internal Measures

Australia 93:

The Secretariat report notes in paragraph 33, page 133 that direct or explicit subsidies to agriculture as reported in the Central Government's annual Budget amounted to Rs 1,413.5 billion (2.2% of GDP) in 2009/10, up from Rs 571.3 billion (1.3% of GDP) in 2006/07.

In contrast, total agricultural support in OECD countries averaged 0.89 % of GDP for 2007 2009, representing a decline from an average of 2.25 % of GDP in 1986 88.

88. 
    Does India consider the level of Indian government expenditure on subsidies to agriculture to be sustainable into the future?
    

Reply: There is no separate classification of subsidies to agriculture in the central government Budget. The figure of Rs 1413.5 billion is the total subsidies outgo in 2009 10 and not the explicit subsidies to agriculture alone as incorrectly indicated in the Secretariat's Report.

REPORT BY INDIA

II. ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

(6) Challenges

(ii) Agricultural growth and food security

Australia 94:

88. 
    Given the Indian Government's concerns about food security and supply, and policy objective to ensure food security, what steps are being taken to liberalise the import of processed foods into India?
    

Reply: Indian Government is concerned about the issue of food security, and plans to tackle the problem by enhancing agriculture production and productivity.