Don't think govt is in a great hurry to sign BTA with US: Ashwani Mahajan

Since the US has announced the imposition of reciprocal tariffs, their markets are down, and there are fears that inflation will increase

Ashwani Mahajan, a professor of Economics at Delhi University and national co-convenor of the Swadeshi Jagran Manch, an economic think tank affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, tells Indivjal Dhasmana and Archis Mohan in an interview in New Delhi that he believes the government would heed the outfit’s concerns about protecting the interests of India's agriculture, farmers, dairy, and small-scale industries before signing the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) with the US. Edited excerpts: 

How does the SJM view the proposed India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement? 

When the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements were being inked, even then, the SJM believed that