WTO and India — Prelims Strategy

Prelims Strategy

Focus on memorizing specific WTO agreements affecting India (GATS, TRIPS, AoA, TFA), key dispute cases with outcomes, and recent developments like fisheries subsidies agreement and Appellate Body crisis.

Create timeline of India's WTO journey from 1995 to present with major milestones. Practice elimination techniques by understanding the difference between WTO principles (MFN, National Treatment) and their practical applications.

Pay special attention to current affairs integration, particularly 2022-2024 developments in WTO negotiations and India's positions. Use acronyms for complex agreements and their provisions. Focus on numerical data like India's tariff rates, number of disputes, and timeline of key events.

Also build Paper II skills

Dense constitutional and IR passages mirror CSAT-style comprehension and argument evaluation—build those skills in parallel. CSAT hub.

• Valid & invalid arguments
• Syllogisms
• Critical reasoning