India took on the rich nations at the World Trade Organisation’s ministerial conference in Geneva over their one-sided proposal to limit the subsidies extended by developing countries to ensure the livelihood of poor fishermen while keeping their own subsidies to big fishing fleets intact. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal pointed out at the conference on Tuesday that India’s subsidy is only $15 per year for every fisherman’s family, in contrast to rich countries that pay as much as $42,000, $65,000, and $75,000 to one fisherman family.

According to estimates, global fisheries subsidies are between $14 billion and $54 billion a year.

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