Reply: Article 39 of TRIPS provides flexibilities to the members on enforcement of protection of undisclosed data. Our existing domestic laws are protecting the undisclosed data.
IV. TRADE POLICIES BY SELECTED SECTOR
(2) Agriculture
(ii) Agricultural policy objectives
Colombia 15:
According to paragraph 11, page 128, of the Secretariat Report: "Agricultural policy is formulated and implemented mainly by the Ministry of Agriculture at the central level with the assistance of other institutions [...]. India's current agricultural policy is outlined in the 11th Five Year Plan (2007 12), which identified three core policy objectives: food security, food self sufficiency, and income support for farmers.2 In order to meet these objectives, India actively intervenes in the agriculture sector, including in production, marketing, consumption, and international trade."
15. Would India please provide details concerning the intervention mechanisms used in the case of marketing of agricultural production?
Reply: India is implementing certain programmes for strengthening marketing structure and infrastructure in the country. These relate to strengthening market price information network, strengthening Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1937 to provide for grading and marking of agricultural produce and a rural warehouses construction scheme.
