WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/IND/2
11 June 2002
(02-3222)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The attached notification concerning domestic support commitments for marketing
years 1996-97 and 1997-98  (Table DS:1  and the relevant Supporting Tables) was received from the
delegation of India on 7 June 2002.G/AG/N/IND/2
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Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  India
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing years 1996-97 and 1997-98
Current Total AMS
Total AMS commitment for period in questionCurrency Current Total AMS
12 3
India has no specific total AMS reduction commitments in its sche dule.  Domestic support to agricultural producers was provided  through operations of the
Ministry of Agriculture and other Governme nt agencies.  All support is covered by the domestic support categories which are exe mpt from reduction
commitments under the Agreement on Agriculture.  The attached s upporting tables provide details of these exempt measures.G/AG/N/IND/2
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  India
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing years 1996-97 and 1997-98
Measures exempt from reduction commitment - "Green Box"
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in
Annex 2Monetary value of measures
in year in question
US$ millionData sources
12 3 4
1996/97 1997/98
(a) General services (i) Research 160.10 185.759 Ministry of Agriculture and
Department of Commerce
(ii) Pest and disease control 6.566 9.936 "
(iii) Training services 11.714 6.654 "(iv) Extension and advisory services 8.236 14.943 "(v) Command area development programme 39.488 35.198 Ministry of Water Resources
and Department ofCommerce
(vi) Marketing and promotion services 5.239 7.279 Ministry of Rural
Development andDepartment of Commerce
(vii) Inspection services n.a n.a.(viii) Provision for livestock health facilities 5.694 1.431 Ministry of Agriculture and
Department of Commerce
(ix) Infrastructural services 2.29 3.396 "
(b)  Public stockholding for food security purposes (i) Buffer stock operations (food grain and sugar) 1,708.70 2,018.20 Ministry of  Agriculture
(c) Domestic food aid - n.a. n.a.(f) Payments for relief from natural disasters (i) Crop insurance scheme 31.104 29.601 "G/AG/N/IND/2
Page 4Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in
Annex 2Monetary value of measures
in year in question
US$ millionData sources
12 3 4
1996/97 1997/98
(ii) Scarcity relief and natural calamities 413.198 414.200 Ministry of Agriculture and
Finance Commission
(i ) Structural adjustment assistance provided through
investment aids(i) Dry land farming / rain-fed farming 31.380 41.630 Ministry of Agriculture
(ii) Scheme for reclamation of alkaline soils 3.494 5.753 Ministry of Agriculture,
Ministry of Water Resourcesand Ministry of RuralDevelopment
(iii) Drought-prone ar ea programme 1.442 28.702 "
(j) Payments under environmental programmes (i) Soil conservation in catchment areas of river valley projects)
(ii) Integrated watershed management in the catchment areas )
of flood prone rivers in the Indo-Gangetic basin )13.095 13.764 Ministry of Agriculture
(iii) Spices Board programme for water harvesting, soil
conservation and afforestation0.262 0.206 Department of Commerce
(iv) National Waste Land Development Programme 3.220 1.399 Ministry of Rural
Development
(v) Desert development programme 30.150 31.606 "(vi) Control of shifting cultivation 4.550 4.57 Ministry of Agriculture and
Department of Commerce
(vii) Forest conservation/Afforestation and
Economic Development22.412 18.624 Ministry of Environment and
Forests
Data in US$ million.
Exchange rate: US$1 = Re 35.50 (1996-97)
US$1 = Re 37.16 (1997-98)G/AG/N/IND/2
Page 5Supporting Table DS:2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  India
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1996-97
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - Special  and Differential Treatment - "Development Programmes"
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Article 6:2 Monetary value of
measure in year in
question
US$ millionData sources
12 3 4
(a) Investment subsidies
generally available toagriculture 
1(i) On farm development work (field channels, land levelling, shallow wells, etc.) 1,115.297 Ministry of Rural
Development
(ii) Loan under coffee development plan0.40 Department of
Commerce
(ii) Subsidies for asset formation (provision of milch animals, farm implements to resource poor farmers, 
etc. under certain schemes)1.62 "
(b) Agricultural input subsidies to
low income or resource poorproducers(i) Small farmer development assistance 
215.551 Ministry of
Agriculture andDepartment ofCommerce
(ii) Other input subsidies 
33,721.79 "
(iii) Grant-in-aid given for production of planting ma terial of cardamom (both small and large) 0.056 Department of
Commerce
(iv) Programme for replanting of senile and uneconomic cardamom gardens 0.295 "(v) Grant-in-aid given for post-harvest development of spices 0.082 "
1 Demands for grants 1998-99.  This includes allocations under National Programmes on Rural Employment, Rozgar Yojanas, and Mill ion Well Schemes, etc.
Support of this nature is given under poverty alleviation programme, i.e., Integrated Rural Development Programme.
2 This includes allocation for loans, advances to weaker sections through co-operatives, etc.
3  Includes support for fertilisers, irrigation, electricity, seeds, etc.
Exchange rate: US$1 = Re 35.50 (1996-97).G/AG/N/IND/2
Page 6Supporting Table DS:4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  India
REPORTING PERIOD: Marketing year 1996-97
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support
Description of basic products
(including non-product specific
AMS)Product specific AMS (from Supporting
Tables DS:5 to DS:7 below)
US$ millionProduct-specific equivalent
measurements of support (from
Supporting Table DS:8 below)Current Total AMS (aggregate)
US$ million
12 3 4
Product-specific AMS
Rice (-) 1,321.27 - de minimis
Wheat (-) 1,280.79 - de minimis
Coarse cereals (-) 1.52 - de minimis
Non-product-specific AMS (from
Supporting Table DS:9)de minimis
Exchange rate: US$1 = Re 35.50 (1996-97).G/AG/N/IND/2
Page 7Supporting Table DS:5
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  India
REPORTING PERIOD: Marketing Year 1996-97
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Market Price Support
Description of basic
productsMarketing year April-
March 1996-97Measure type(s) Applied administered price
US$/tonneExternal reference
price1
US$/tonneEligible production
million tonnesAssociated fees/levies Total market
price support
million US$Data sources
123 4 56 7 8
(4-5)*6-79
Rice Crop year 1996/97 160.562262.51 12.96 (-)  1,321.27
Wheat Crop year 1995/96 107.04 264 8.16 (-)  1,280.79
Coarse cereals
(bajra, jowar, maizeand barley)86.99 238.57 0.01 (-)  1.52Department
of Economy
and Statistics
Ministry of
Agriculture
TOTAL de minimis
3
1 ERPs are at the average exchange rate prevalent in the base period.
2 Applied administered price is procurement price for common paddy.  (For converting to the equivalent price of rice a coefficien t of 1.5 has been used.)
3 Support for each of the listed pr oducts is below the relevant "product-specific"  de minimis  level (Article 6.4(b) refers).
Exchange rate US$ to Re: 1996-97 = 35.50
1986-89 Average = 13.409G/AG/N/IND/2
Page 8Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  India
REPORTING PERIOD: Marketing year 1996-97
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS
Description of
basic productMarketing  year
April-March
1996-97Measurement type(s) Other
product-
specific
budgetary
outlaysOther product-
specific support
(include
calculation
details)Associated
fees/leviesTotal other
product-
specific
supportMarket price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)
US$ millionNon-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)Total
Product-
specific
AMS
US$ millionData sources
12 3 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8+9)11
Rice Price support - - - - (-) 1,321.27 - de minimis Ministry of
Agriculture
Wheat Price support - - - - (-) 1,280.79 - de minimis "
Coarse cereals Price support - - - - (-) 1.52 - de minimis "G/AG/N/IND/2
Page 9Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  India
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1996-97
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Marketing year
1996-97Non-product-specific
budgetary outlays
US$ millionOther non-product-
specific support
(include calculation
details)Associated
fees/leviesTotal non-product-specific
support
US$ millionData sources
12 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7
Fertilizer subsidy 413.57 - - 413.57 Ministry of Chemicals and
Fertilisers, Government of
India
Subsidy on electricity 373.55 - - 373.55 Annual report on Working
of State Electricity Boards
Ministry of Power(actuals)
Irrigation subsidy 143.12 - - 143.12 Ministry of Water
Resources
Subsidy on average
supply of seeds0.10 - - 0.10 Ministry of Agriculture
Total de minimis
Notes: Data in US$ million.
Exchange rate: US$1 = Re 35.50.
Value of total agricultural production = US$85,280 million (at current prices)G/AG/N/IND/2
Page 10Supporting Table DS:2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  India
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1997-98
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - Special  and Differential Treatment - "Development Programmes"
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Article 6:2 Monetary value of
measure in year in
question
US$ millionData sources
12 3 4
(a) Investment subsidies
generally available to
agriculture 1(i) On farm development work (field channels, land levelling, shallow wells, etc.) 1,138.565 Ministry of Rural
Development and
Employment
(ii) Small sector development scheme for coffee1.61 Department of
Commerce
(iii) Expansion and consolidation scheme for coffee0.26 "
(iv) Interest/DRI/other support for coffee development0.63 "
(v) Subsidies for asset formation (provision of milch animals, farm implements to resource poor farmers, 
etc. under certain schemes)1.43 "
(b) Agricultural input subsidies to
low income or resource poorproducers(i) Small farmer development assistance 
214.998 Ministry of
Agriculture andDepartment ofCommerce
(ii) Other input subsidies 
34,013.92 "
(iii) Grant-in-aid given for production of planting material  of cardamom (both small and large) 0.013 Department of
Commerce
(iv) Programme for replanting of senile and uneconomic cardamom gardens 0.239 "(v) Grant-in-aid given for post-harvest development of spices 0.134 "
(vi) Scheme for vanilla development 0.001 "
1 Demands for grants 1998-99.  This includes allocations under National Programmes on Rural Employment, Rozgar Yojanas, and Mill ion Well Schemes, etc.
  Support of this nature is given under poverty alleviation programme, i.e., Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP).  To tal allocation to IRDP in 1997-98 was US$185.437 million.
2 Demands for grants 1998-99 of DAC.  This includes allocation for loans, advances to weaker sections through co-operatives, etc .
   Includes subsidies to coffee growers for control of berry borer and white stem borer.
3  Includes support for fertilisers, irrigation, electricity, seeds, etc.
Exchange rate: US$1 = Re 37.16 (1997-98).G/AG/N/IND/2
Page 11Supporting Table DS:4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  India
REPORTING PERIOD: Marketing year 1997-98
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support
Description of basic products
(including non-product specific
AMS)Product specific AMS (from Supporting
Tables DS:5 to DS:7 below)
US$ millionProduct-specific equivalent
measurements of support (from
Supporting Table DS:8 below)Current Total AMS (aggregate)
US$ million
12 3 4
Product-specific AMS
Rice (-) 1,479.94 - de minimis
Wheat (-) 1,266.38 - de minimis
Coarse cereals (-) 2.91 - de minimis
Non-product-specific AMS  (from
Supporting Table DS:9)de minimis
Exchange rate US$ to Re: 1997-98 = 37.16G/AG/N/IND/2
Page 12Supporting Table DS:5
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  India
REPORTING PERIOD: Marketing Year 1997-98
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Market Price Support
Description of basic
productsMarketing year April-
March 1997-98Measure type(s) Applied administered price
US$/tonneExternal reference
price1
US$/tonneEligible production
million tonnesAssociated fees/levies Total market
price support
million US$Data sources
123 4 56 7 8
((4-5*6)-79
Rice Crop year 1997/98 167.52 2262.51 15.58 - (-)  1,479.94
Wheat Crop year 1996/97 127.83 264 9.30 - (-)  1,266.38
Coarse cereals
(bajra, jowar, maize
and barley)93.19 238.57 0.02 - (-)  2.91Department
of Economy
and Statistics
Ministry of
Agriculture
TOTAL de minimis 3
1 ERPs are at the average exchange rate prevalent in the base period.
2 Applied administered price is procurement price for common paddy.  (For converting to the equivalent price of rice a coefficien t of 1.5 has been used.)
3 Support for each of the listed pr oducts is below the relevant "product-specific"  de minimis  level (Article 6.4(b) refers).
Exchange rate US$ to Re: 1997-98 = 37.16
1986-89 Average = 13.409G/AG/N/IND/2
Page 13Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  India
REPORTING PERIOD: Marketing year 1997-98
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Ot her Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS
Description of
basic productMarketing  year
April-March
1997-98Measurement type(s) Other
product-
specific
budgetary
outlaysOther product-
specific support
(include calculation
details)Associated
fees/leviesTotal other
product-
specific
supportMarket price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)
US$ millionNon-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)Total product-
specific AMS
US$ millionData sources
12 3 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8+9)11
Rice Price support - - - - (-) 1,479.94 - de minimis Ministry of
Agriculture
Wheat Price support - - - - (-) 1,266.38 - de minimis "
Coarse cereals Price support - - - - (-) 2.91 - de minimis "G/AG/N/IND/2
Page 14Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  India
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1997-98
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Marketing year
1997-98Non-product-specific
budgetary outlays
US$ millionOther non-product-
specific support
(include calculation
details)Associated
fees/leviesTotal non-product-specific
support
US$ millionData sources
12 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7
Fertilizer subsidy 515.90 - - 515.90 Ministry of Chemicals and
Fertilisers, Government of
India
Subsidy on electricity 342.52 - - 342.52 Annual report on Working
of State Electricity BoardsMinistry of Power (RE)
Irrigation subsidy 144.94 - - 144.94 Ministry of Water
Resources
Subsidy on average
supply of seeds0.12 - - 0.12 Ministry of Agriculture
TOTAL de minimis
Notes: Data in US$ million.
Exchange rate: US$1 = Re 37.16.
Value of total agricultural production = US$84,972 million (at current prices)
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