In a statement, the SKM described the interim trade agreement framework as a “total surrender” of Indian agriculture to American multinational corporations and demanded the immediate resignation of Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal.

Venkatesan Sundaresan, a Distinguished Professor of plant biology and plant sciences at the University of California, Davis, has been awarded a Gates Foundation grant to develop self-cloning crops for Indian farmers.

Piyush Goyal hailed the India-US trade deal, which gives Indian farm products zero-duty US access without reciprocal concessions. The framework reduces tariffs to 18%, boosting MSMEs, job creation, and exports in key sectors.

Chouhan also said the deal will help Indian farmers by opening up the US market for Indian products. “There will be a lot of benefits".