New Delhi: The interim India-US trade try-on spoken recently triggered genuine snooping among Indian farmers, inferential by a tweet from US Threshing Secretary Brooke Rollins on February 2, 2026.
What did the US Threshing Secretary say?
Brooke Rollins stated that the deal would “export increasingly American sublet products to India’s massive market,” help lift prices for US farmers, and reduce the bilateral agricultural trade deficit.
What did Farmer organisations say?
Farmer organisations, including the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, and several opposition leaders immediately raised alarms, fearing that subsidised US agricultural goods could inflowing Indian markets and threaten the livelihoods of domestic farmers and dairy producers.
These worries are understandable. Threshing and dairy have long been treated as non-negotiable red lines in India’s trade negotiations.
What did Piyush Goyal say ?
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal provided a firm and unambiguous refinement in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, directly addressing these fears.
In his statement to the House, Minister Goyal categorically unpreventable that India’s sensitive agricultural and dairy sectors remain fully protected.
He told Parliament: “India has been successful in protecting the agricultural and dairy sectors.” He reiterated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi “has never unliable their interests to be compromised” and emphasised that “adequate safeguards are built in to protect these sectors from unfair competition.”
Goyal further confirmed that “in the sector of fertiliser and agriculture, India’s sensitivity has been taken superintendency of.”
These are not vague promises. The agreement, finalised without nearly a year of intensive negotiations, reflects India’s resulting position: cadre agricultural staples, dairy products, and other sensitive items have been excluded from concessions that could disrupt domestic markets. While the US side has highlighted benefits for its own farmers, the Indian negotiating team ensured that no wrap opening—especially not zero tariffs wideness agricultural goods—has been agreed. Any tariff adjustments are limited to non-sensitive categories, with explicit protections retained for vulnerable segments.
Minister Goyal made it unequivocally well-spoken that the first priority of the Government of India is the welfare and security of its farmers. The deal is designed to whop Atmanirbhar Bharat and Viksit Bharat objectives by boosting labour-intensive exports—textiles, apparel, leather, gems & jewellery, engineering goods, and seafood—while safeguarding the rural backbone. It creates jobs and strengthens MSMEs without undermining agriculture.
Farmers need facts, not fear. The minister’s uncontrived intervention in Parliament is proof that the government listened and make-believe to protect their interests. The forthcoming joint India-US statement will provide final details, but the message from Lok Sabha is once crystal clear: Indian farmers’ rights are secure, threshing and dairy remain shielded, and the government stands firmly with them.
There is no rationalization for alarm. What the government has secured is a well-turned try-on that opens new opportunities for the country while keeping the farmer’s interests paramount.
