Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called upon World Trade Organisation (WTO) members to find a permanent and lasting solution on public stockholding of grains for food security programmes. <br/><br/>Speaking at the Graduate Institute in Geneva yesterday, she said a successful resolution of this issue without any undue concessions, compromise or unreasonable conditions would send out a strong signal that trade openness and addressing hunger need not be in conflict. <br/><br/>She also said India has often been perceived as being less than enthusiastic towards new issues such as e-commerce in the negotiations and is even sometimes accused of standing in the way of the WTO's progress.<br/><br/>Developed countries, including the US, are pushing for inclusion of certain new issues like investment facilitation and e-commerce in the WTO agenda. The Minister said discussions on new issues divert attention from priority areas for which mandates exist.