New Delhi, March 19 -- India will safeguard its agriculture and fisheries interests at the upcoming World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference, government sources told ANI on Thursday. New Delhi has made clear it will stand firm on its declared positions on issues critical to the welfare of Indian farmers and fishermen. The high-stakes meeting is scheduled to be held at Yaounde, Cameroon, from March 26 to 29, and has been widely described as a "Reform Ministerial" by senior officials.

Sources in the government underlined that while an immediate overhaul of the multilateral trading body is not anticipated, the conference is being viewed as an important step on the pathway to meaningful WTO reform. India expects substantive and ...