Trade Liberalization and Food Security: Reconciling WTO Commitments with Indias Agricultural Policy

India is now at the nexus of two conflicting legal and policy goals as a result of the liberalization of agricultural trade: meeting its international obligations under the World Trade Organization (WTO) and guaranteeing domestic food and livelihood security for millions of farmers and consumers. The relationship between India's responsibilities under the WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) and the goals of the National Food Security Act, 2013 is examined critically in this essay. It investigates how India's public distribution system and minimum support price (MSP) mechanism are affected by export prohibitions, public stockholding limits, and subsidy caps. The study evaluates the potential for balancing international trade regulations with national food security requirements, drawing on WTO dispute-settlement precedents and comparative experiences from developing economies like Brazil and Indonesia. In order to encourage openness, sustainability, and compliance, the report makes the case for a dual legal approach that would update India's domestic agriculture laws and change the WTO's subsidy system. In the end, the study promotes a fair legislative framework that harmonizes commercial liberalization with constitutional duties to provide social justice and food security in India.