Overview

• A 50% US tariff on Indian goods took effect on Wednesday, with opposition leader Akhilesh Yadav urging a special relief and protection package for Uttar Pradesh’s ODOP exporters.
• Yadav said export payment cycles have broken down and suppliers and vendors are under strain, calling the situation a tariff emergency for local industries.
• He claimed products worth billions of rupees are stuck on ships at sea, affecting sectors such as textiles, handicrafts, leather goods and engineering items from the state.
• The Samajwadi Party leader warned that 500 industries in UP are at risk of closure and that lakhs of workers could lose jobs if support is not provided; these figures were presented as his estimates.
• The tariffs were described in one report as a decision by President Donald Trump following a lapsed 21‑day negotiation window tied to India’s Russian oil purchases, and no official central government relief response was reported in these articles.