Piyush Goyal, Union Commerce and Industry Minister, categorically rejected claims of agricultural concessions to the United States in the India-US interim trade agreement, emphasising that farmers’ and producers’ interests remain 100 per cent safeguarded. Goyal on Sunday (February 8) dismissed notions of yielding on sensitive items, calling out a few political elements for distorting facts and misleading simple farmers to stoke protests. Union Minister Piyush Goyal stressed the deal’s balanced negotiations across goods, services, and non-agricultural sectors, where both nations balanced offensive and defensive priorities without compromising India’s red lines.
