# How Will PM Modi Double Farmers’ Income? EU Questions India at WTO

> Questions submitted to the WTO agriculture committee challenge large farm-support programmes in the US and India. The EU asked how India will fund its planned farm-income spending and whether it will avoid excess production. The US queried India's 5% export subsidy on non-basmati rice and its state wheat buying at rising prices.

- Date: 2019-06-18 · published 2019-06-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58560-how-will-pm-modi-double-farmers-income-eu-questions-india-at-wto
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Scrutiny of India's export subsidy and wheat procurement could eventually lead to changes in rice and wheat export incentives. Any reform would affect how much Indian supply reaches world markets.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral
- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2026-07-28 | [US calls out India for its farm protectionism, subsidy regime at WTO review](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18290-us-calls-out-india-for-its-farm-protectionism-subsidy-regime-at-wto-review.md) | +3.9% | +6.6% |
| RICE | 2018-07-05 | [India may face greater scrutiny at WTO after 13% MSP hike for paddy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63993-india-may-face-greater-scrutiny-at-wto-after-13-msp-hike-for-paddy.md) | -1.6% | -1.0% |
| RICE | 2020-12-08 | [Govt needs to encourage more remunerative cropping patterns, while addressing farmer anxieties \| The Indian Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49610-govt-needs-to-encourage-more-remunerative-cropping-patterns-while-addressing.md) | +0.9% | +0.9% |
| 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 | 2026-07-28 | [US, Japan urge India to address export restrictions in farm sector \| Economy & Policy News - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18288-us-japan-urge-india-to-address-export-restrictions-in-farm-sector-economy-and.md) | +3.9% | +6.6% |
| WHEAT | 2024-09-16 | [India's farm trade measures to placate farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28270-india-s-farm-trade-measures-to-placate-farmers.md) | -2.2% | +4.0% |
| WHEAT | 2026-07-28 | [US calls out India for its farm protectionism, subsidy regime at WTO review](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18290-us-calls-out-india-for-its-farm-protectionism-subsidy-regime-at-wto-review.md) | -1.0% | +2.3% |
| WHEAT | 2016-11-02 | [Wheat industry plans for farm bill, examines USTR China complaint \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73850-wheat-industry-plans-for-farm-bill-examines-ustr-china-complaint-agri-pulse.md) | +0.5% | -3.8% |

## Sources

- krishijagran.com: https://krishijagran.com/agriculture-world/how-will-pm-modi-double-farmers-income-eu-questions-india-at-wto/

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