India is going to the Rio+Earth Summit determined to ensure the conference does not result in restrictive trade practices in the name of the green economy.

In a hurriedly convened media briefing on the eve of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s departure to Mexico and the Earth Summit, India’s chief negotiator at Rio, environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan pointed out that the G 77 nations and China, along with India, are expected to negotiate together to ensure that sustainable development goals (SDGs) remain voluntary and not binding as is being insisted upon by the industrialised countries.