EU-India FTA to adversely impact agriculture, livelihoods, health:FAFTA  http://www.bilaterals.org/spip.php?article17263

A beleaguered UPA Government reeling under pressure from a united opposition on rising food prices, came under further attack from a coalition of groups representing farmers unions, trade unions, hawkers, public health and other civil society organisations on the ongoing, secret negotiations on a European Union–India Free Trade Agreement (EU-India FTA).

In a demonstration organised under the banner of `Forum Against FTAs’ outside the Commerce Ministry, groups protested against the last round of negotiations between EU and Indian bureaucrats currently underway in Brussels. Reports from Ministry sources indicate that the FTA will be signed in October 2010.