Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath left for Geneva on Wednesday to attend a meeting of the G-20 alliance which will make renewed efforts to work out a global trade deal on the Doha Round of WTO negotiations.
"We will look for a satisfactory outcome," Nath told reporters before leaving for the meeting of G-20 which is spearheaded by India, Brazil and other developing countries having an overwhelming interest in agriculture.
However, Nath said the developing countries like India which have defensive interest in agriculture would not make any compromise on "subsistence farming".
Trade ministers from the influential G-20 are meeting on Thursday
and are likely to come up with "better" proposals for opening their markets in return for commitments from the rich nations to substantially cut their farm subsidies.
Earlier this week, Nath had said, "I am going with optimism as never before. We want to see that the G-20 also comes up with better papers... We will discuss how to narrow down differences."
Nath said members of the G-20 wanted to recognise some of the sensitivities of developed countries as long as their own concerns of livelihood and food security are taken on board.
The G-20 members are presently discussing the draft text prepared by the negotiation group on agriculture.
