Roundtable Session on “Agricultural Policies in India”
on
October 11, 2017, Juniper Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi
SCHEDULE
10.00 am – 10.30 am Registration / Tea, Coffee
10.30 am – 10.40 am Welcome & Opening Remarks
• Ashok Gulati, Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture (ICRIER)
• Carmel Cahill, Deputy Director, Trade and Agriculture Directorate (OECD)
10.40 am – 11.40 am SESSION: 1 -The Agricultural Policy Context in India
Chair:
• Shobhana K. Pattanayak (IAS), Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India
Presentation by
• Silvia Sorescu, Policy Analyst, Development Division, Trade and Agricultural Directorate (OECD)
• Ashok Gulati, Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture (ICRIER)
Discussant:
• Pravesh Sharma, Visiting Senior Fellow, ICRIER and Chief Executive Officer, Sabziwala.com
Open Discussion
11.40 am – 12 noon Tea / Coffee Break
12 noon – 01.00 pm SESSION: 2 – Improving Agriculture’s Contribution to Food Security in India
Chair:
• Sudhir Kumar, IAS (Retd.), Secretary, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India
Presentation by
• Annelies Deuss, Agricultural Policy Analyst, Trade and Agricultural Directorate (OECD)
• Jared William Greenville, Senior Agricultural Policy Analyst, Trade and Agricultural Directorate (OECD)
• Shweta Saini, Senior External Consultant (ICRIER)
Discussant:
• Pramod Kumar Tiwari, Joint Secretary (PD), Department of Food and Public Distribution, Government of India
• Siraj Hussain, IAS (Retd.), Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India & Visiting Senior Fellow, (ICRIER)
Open Discussion
01.00 pm – 02.00 pm Lunch Break
02.00 pm – 03.15 pm SESSION: 3 -Trends and Evaluation of Agricultural Policy (and Level of Support) in India
Presentation by
• Lars Brink, Consultant (OECD)
• Anwarul Hoda, Chair Professor of ICRIER’s Trade Policy and WTO Research Programme
• Florence Bossard, Statistician, Development Division, Trade and Agricultural Directorate (OECD)
• Ashok Gulati, Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture (ICRIER)
• Prerna Terway, Research Associate (ICRIER)
Discussant:
• Santosh Kumar Sarangi, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India
• Hanish Yadav, OSD to Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of India
Open Discussion
03.15 pm – 04.00 pm Concluding Remarks & Vote of Thanks
• Ashok Gulati, Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture (ICRIER)
• Carmel Cahill, Deputy Director, Trade and Agriculture Directorate (OECD)