April 20, 2016 5:52 PM

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WTO ruling on solar power: India to raise issue at UN event

India today said it will raise in the United Nations this week, the recent WTO ruling which decided that the country's solar power purchase agreements were inconsistent with international norms. <br/><br/>Speaking at New Delhi today, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, while terming the WTO ruling as unfortunate, noted that the developed world should not have objections on such a small thing. Earlier today, power minister Piyush Goyal had said that India will appeal against the ruling at the WTO's appellate body in the next few days.<br/><br/>During a recent meeting of BASIC countries – Brazil, South Africa, India and China – held in New Delhi, China had come out in support of India's decision to file an appeal against the WTO ruling. Supporting India's decision to challenge the WTO ruling, Greenpeace also had earlier said the ruling violates the spirit of the Paris Climate Change Agreement. The February ruling by the WTO came in the wake of a US complaint before the global trade body alleging discrimination against American firms.

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