AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to impose a 75 per cent tariff on US imports in response to Washington’s duties on Indian goods. He warned that exempting duty on US cotton would harm Indian farmers
The government has waived the 11 per cent duty on raw cotton imports till September 30 to ease supply pressures on the textile industry. The relief coincides with Indian exporters facing a steep 50 per cent tariff in the US