Need to engage with China on market access, says FM

SHE SAID THAT the government would come out with something to hand-hold those who are hit by the 50% tariffs by the US.

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"There is a package that consists of very many different ways in which we want to help them. We will wait for the cabinet to clear it," she said.

Sitharaman also said the country will continue buying Russian oil. "Where we buy our oil from, especially a big-ticket foreign exchange item where we pay so much, highest in terms of import, we will have to take a call on what suits us best," Sitharaman said. "We will undoubtedly be buying."