Secretary of State John Kerry dismissed on Friday as "a myth" suggestions that the United States was withdrawing from world affairs.

India wants the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to capitalise on the success of the ministerial meeting in Bali and move ahead with the Doha development agenda for a global trade deal.

Attributing the decline in India's growth rate mainly to domestic factors, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said the government needs to anticipate obstacles and take quick decisions.