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104Uncorrected/ Not for publication- 08.12.2009these areas of subsidy, which the Government of India thinking ofputting across as far as the negotiations are concerned.Sir, the second question on agriculture is equally important, and,the question is, what is the proposal on the table to reduce the customstariffs on various agricultural products as far as the developed and thedeveloping countries are concerned? Sir, India has an approximately692-odd tariff lines, unless the figure has now somewhat altered. Now,these changes are going to be brought about in the duty-structures onthe bound rates. If we go by the figures -- which we are now reading,particularly, in the international media -- of reduction of approximately30-odd per cent as far as countries like India is concerned, on howmany of our tariff lines, will our bound rates come down in comparisonto our present applied rates. If many of them in the Doha Round getprotected, the real danger will then arise in the post-Doha Round, thatis, the next round, where the figure, instead of 70 - 80 products, willprobably reach 200 or 300 products. I mean, India is an economy,where even if in relation to five products, the farmer gets distressed bythe inflow of foreign goods, then, his own goods, the pricing getsdistressed, then, it is lakhs of farmers or millions of farmers in each tariffline, who are going to be adversely affected.Lastly, Sir, what is the state of negotiations as far as the NAMAnegotiations are concerned, or, is it completely stalemated without anyprogress at all?Finally, Sir, before I conclude, I just want to give one suggestionto the hon. Minister. There have been in different areas of governance,several illustrations -- Mr. Singh referred to the climate change