# India invokes peace clause again as rice subsidies exceed 10% cap - Civilsdaily

> India has invoked the WTO peace clause for a second time after its rice subsidies reached 13.7% of production value in 2019-20, above the 10% ceiling. The clause shields its food procurement programmes from challenge.

- Date: 2021-04-20 · published 2021-04-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47565-india-invokes-peace-clause-again-as-rice-subsidies-exceed-10-cap-civilsdaily
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

The WTO protection keeps India's public stockholding and rice support intact, supporting continued Indian rice exports and sustaining competition in global rice markets.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2020-09-24 | [Agri Commodity Update: India's Sugar Subsidies, Transport Assistance & Food Stock Scrutinized by WTO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51079-agri-commodity-update-india-s-sugar-subsidies-transport-assistance-and-food.md) | -0.1% | -2.4% |
| RICE | 2025-02-11 | [India introduces new HS code to allow exports of GI-recognized rice varieties.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26012-india-introduces-new-hs-code-to-allow-exports-of-gi-recognized-rice-varieties.md) | +0.6% | -1.3% |
| RICE | 2025-10-04 | [India imposes new condition on non-basmati rice exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22357-india-imposes-new-condition-on-non-basmati-rice-exports.md) | -3.9% | -7.6% |
| RICE | 2020-12-29 | [EXPLAINER How India's grain policies have stoked FCI's debt binge \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49613-explainer-how-india-s-grain-policies-have-stoked-fci-s-debt-binge-reuters.md) | +3.0% | +12.2% |
| RICE | 2018-09-14 | [Rice, wheat producing countries should be concerned about India's domestic support policy: US](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62997-rice-wheat-producing-countries-should-be-concerned-about-india-s-domestic.md) | -7.4% | +0.2% |

## Sources

- civilsdaily.com: https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/408803/

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