G/AG/N/IND/13  
 
20 July 2018  
(18-4583) Page: 1/8 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 19 July 2018 is being ci rculated at the request of the d elegation of 
India . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table  DS:1 and the relevant 
Supporting Tables) for the marketing year  2016-2017. 
 
 
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- 2 - Table DS :1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: IN DIA 
REPORTING PERIOD: MA RKETING YEAR 201 6-2017 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Total AMS  commitment for period in question  Currency  Current Total AMS  
(from Section 1 of Part IV of the Schedule)  (from Section 1 of Part IV of the Schedule)  (from attached Supporting Tables)  
1 2 3 
 
India has no specific total AMS reduction commitments in its  schedule. Domestic support to agricultural producers was provided through operations of the 
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and other government agencies. All support is covered by the domestic support cat egories which are exempt from 
reductio n commitments under the Agreement on Agriculture. The attached supporting tables provide details of these exempt measures.  
 
   
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: INDIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 201 6-2017 
Measures exempt from reduction commitment  - "Green Box"  
Measure type  Name and description of measure with 
reference to criteria in Annex  2 Monetary value of measures in 
year in question  
(USD million)  Data sources  
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services  Research  875.25  Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers 
Welfare/Various Board s 
Pest and disease control  37.90  " 
Training services  19.37  " 
Extension and advisory services  855.80  " 
Inspection services  0.00 " 
Marketing and promotion services  378.74  " 
Infrastructure services  645.90  " 
(b) Public stockholding for food security 
purposes  Allocation for Distribution and Buffer stock  16,271.46  Ministry of Consumer Affairs , Food  & 
Public  Distribution (FCI)  
TOTAL   19,084.41    
Exchange rate USD to INR:  2016-2017 = 67.072/USD.  
 
   
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- 4 - Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: IN DIA 
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 201 6-2017 
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  
(USD million)  Data sources  
(b) Agricultural input subsidies to low income or 
resource poor producers  Other input subsidies1 22,831.27  Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Ministry 
of Power, Ministry  of Statistics  and Progr am 
Implementation , Central Statistics Office  
TOTAL    22,831.27    
Note:      As per the agricultural census for 20 10-2011, 99.297% of farm holdings are of low -income or resource poor farmers.  
1 Includes support for Irrigation, Fertilizers and Electricity.  
 
 
   
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- 5 - Supporting Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: INDIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 201 6-2017 
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 and DS:7 below)  
(USD million)  Product -specific equivalent 
measurements of support  Current Total AMS 
(aggregate)  
(USD million)  
1 2 3 4 
Product -specific AMS     
Rice  2,524.19  - de minimis  
Wheat  -841.15  - de minimis  
Coarse cereals(bajra, jowar, maize, barley)  -1.52 - de minimis  
Pulses (gram, arhar, urad, moong and lentils)  397.67  - de minimis  
Groundnut  24.15  - de minimis  
Sunflower  0.37 - de minimis  
Non-product -specific AMS  
(from Supporting Table  DS:9) * 2,652.52  - de minimis  
* Insurance Premium Subsidy. It is an input subsidy and also qualifies under Article 6.2 of the AoA.  
 
 
   
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: INDIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 201 6-2017 
Product Specific Aggregate Measurement of Support:  Market Price Support  
Description of Basic Product  Marketing Year  
2014 -2015 Measure 
type(s)  Applied 
administered Price  External 
Reference 
Price  Eligible 
Production  Associated 
fees/levies  Total Market 
Price support  Data Sources  
      USD/tonne  USD/tonne  million tonnes    USD million   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
              ((4-5)*6-7)  
Rice  October -September  Price support  328.75  262.51  38.11  - 2,524.19  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Farmers Welfare, 
FCI, NAFED and SFAC  
Wheat  April-March  Price support  227.37  264.00  22.96  - -841.15  " 
Coarse cereals(bajra, jowar, 
maize, barley)  October -September  Price support  217.52  238.57  0.072  - -1.52 " 
Pulses (Gram, Arhar, Urad, Moong 
& Lentils)  October -September  Price support  692.54  345.66  1.15 - 397.67  " 
Groundnut  October -September  Price support  629.17  514.58  0.21 - 24.15  " 
Sunflower  April-March  Price support  588.92  513.39  0.005  - 0.37 " 
 
1 ERPs are at the average exchange rate prevalent in the base period (1986 -89). 
2 Applied administered price is the procurement  price for common paddy. For converting price of paddy into the equivalent price of rice, a coefficient of 1.5 has been used.  
3 Support for each of the listed products is below the relevant "product -specific" de minimis level (Refer Article 6.4(b) of the A greement on Agriculture).  
 
Exchange rate USD to INR: 2016 -17 = 67.072  
1986-89 (Financial year average) = 13.409  
 
 
   
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- 7 - Supporting Table DS:7  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: IN DIA 
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 201 6-2017 
Description of 
basic product  Marketing year 
2014-2015 Measurement 
type(s)  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  Other product -
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  Associated 
fees/  
levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support  Market price 
support  
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
(USD  
million)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  Total 
Product -
specific 
AMS 
(USD 
million)  Data sources  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
(4+5-6) (7+8+9)  
Rice  October -September  Price support  - - - - 2,524.19  - 2,524.19  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Farmers Welfare,  
FCI, NAFED and SFAC  
Wheat  April-March  Price support  - - - - -841.15  - -841.15  " 
Coarse 
cereals(bajra, 
jowar, maize, 
barley) October -September  Price support  - - - - -1.52 
- -1.52 " 
Pulses (Gram, 
Arhar, Urad, 
Moong & Lentils)1 October -September  Price support  - - - - 397.67  
- 397.67  " 
Groundnut  October -September  Price support  - - - - 24.15  - 24.15  " 
Sunflower  April-March  Price support  - - - - 0.37 - 0.37 " 
Exchange rate USD to INR: 2016-17 = 67.072 . 
1  The marketing year for pulses namely Arhar , Moong and Urad is October -September and for Gram and Lentils it is April -March.  
 
 
   
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- 8 - Supporting Table DS:9  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: INDIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 201 6-2017 
Non-Product -Specific AMS  
Measure type(s)  Marketing year  
2014-15 Non-product -specific 
budgetary outlays  
USD million  Other non -product -specific 
support (include 
calculation details)  Associated 
fees/levies  Total non -product -
specific support  
USD million  Data sources  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(3+4-5) 
Insurance Premium Subsidy   2,652.52  - - 2,652.52  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Farmers Welfare   
Total          2,652.52   
Exchange rate USD to INR: 2016-17 = 67.072/USD . 
 
 
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