CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -India appoints Brajendra Navnit as Ambassador to WTO.

Detailed explanation-2: -Brajendra Navnit assumed charge as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the WTO, Geneva on 29th June, 2020.

Detailed explanation-3: -Who has been appointed as the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to World Trade Organisation? Notes: Veteran Bureaucrat and 1999-batch IAS officer, Brajendra Navnit has been appointed as the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India (PRI) to the World Trade Organisation for a period of three years.

Detailed explanation-4: -The WTO General Council The current chair is Ambassador Didier CHAMBOVEY (Switzerland).

Detailed explanation-5: -What is the role of India in WTO? Thus, India leads efforts to reform WTO subsidy rules to enable developing countries to engage in public food stockholding for food security purposes. It also calls for making the multilateral trading system more fair and inclusive.