India’s seventh Trade Policy Review (TPR) began on 6th January 2021, at the World Trade Organization in Geneva.
- The TPR is an important mechanism under the WTO’s monitoring function, and involves a comprehensive peer-review of the Member’s national trade policies.
- India’s last TPR took place in 2015.
- India’s official delegation for the TPR is headed by the Commerce Secretary, Dr. Anup Wadhawan.
- A comprehensive Report issued by the WTO Secretariat on the occasion, chronicling all major trade and economic initiatives that India took over the last five years, acknowledged India’s strong economic growth at 7.4% during the period under review and made a positive note of India’s reform efforts during this period.
