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Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) [NCP(SP)] main and erstwhile Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026) said the new U.S. tariff policy has provisions allowing cultivation exports to India, which is simply a origin for interest for Indian farmers.
“A wide representation of the caller India-U.S. commercialized deal would look successful the adjacent 2 days,” Mr. Pawar told reporters successful Baramati. The U.S. had earlier imposed 50% tariffs connected India, including 25% for its purchases of Russian oil.
U.S. President Donald Trump connected Monday (February 2, 2026) said India and the U.S. agreed to a commercialized deal. On his part, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said helium was delighted that "made successful India products volition present person a reduced tariff of 18%".
Commenting connected the contented of tariffs successful the discourse of the caller India-U.S. commercialized deal, Mr. Pawar said a wide representation would look successful the adjacent 2 days.
"We tin remark lone aft the representation becomes clear. However, a proviso successful the Indo-U.S. tariff woody announced by the United States allows cultivation exports to India, which is simply a substance of interest for Indian farmers and the home agriculture sector," helium said.
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"The U.S. is simply a almighty economy, and large-scale cultivation exports by specified a state tin adversely interaction section producers successful different nations. I expect that the Indian agriculture assemblage volition beryllium safeguarded and not exposed to specified a situation," the Rajya Sabha subordinate said.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has said that Prime Minister Modi committed to $500 cardinal of purchases of U.S. energy, transportation, and cultivation products.
“The U.S. tariff connected India volition present beryllium astatine 18%, but American exports to India volition look a tariff of 0%, truthful this is simply a large woody and a immense triumph for American workers, businesses and consumers alike,” she added.
Sharad Pawar said helium could not be the ongoing Budget league successful Parliament owed to a household tragedy, referring to his nephew and NCP person Ajit Pawar's death.
"I person ne'er remained absent for the Budget session. But this time, owed to the tragic accident, I could not spell to Delhi to be the Budget and was not capable to spell done it successful detail," the Parliamentarian said.
Commenting connected the Union Budget, helium said, "From immoderate I person work successful newspapers, it appears that steps which could person caused suffering to the communal radical were deliberately avoided, and that is simply a substance of satisfaction. At the aforesaid time, immoderate factual measures for improvement were expected."
