India, Feb. 26 -- India's support measures to promote manufacturing in the automobile and renewable energy sectors are fully compliant with World Trade Organisation (WTO) norms and the country will strongly defend them at the WTO's dispute settlement panel meetings, an official said.

Following a request by China, the WTO dispute settlement body on Tuesday announced the setting up of a panel to hear the case.The official said that India regrets China's decision to proceed with panel establishment despite extensive bilateral consultation on the matter in good-faith, during which India

provided detailed explanations and clarifications on the measures."India is of the view that China's request for panel establishment reflects an incorrect u...