US President Donald Trump’s latest salvo at India, threatening to impose new tariffs on rice imports, should not come as a shock, as it follows a familiar pattern
US President Donald Trump announced a $12-billion farm relief package and vowed tougher tariff action to shield American producers, singling out India and other Asian nations for allegedly dumping rice in the US market. He said tariffs would be used “aggressively” to protect farmers.
Telangana’s rice exports have fallen 20-30 per cent in 2025 due to high procurement costs and collapsing domestic demand amid subsidised PDS rice. Millers warn of losing global market share unless State policies and milling costs are urgently reviewed
Though there is a ban on rice exports, India is shipping rice to friendly and neighbouring countries on their request to meet their food security demands
Niranjan Reddy said that the confusion that prevailed over the rice exports as well as the curbs that came into effect on its shipments subsequently smacked of a clear lack of foresight
As the exports of 'red rice' grow, it would enhance the incomes of farming families of the Brahmaputra flood plains, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a release.
