New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- Former Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Wednesday said that Trump's tariffs on India are not about its purchase of Russian oil as US kicked off its 50 per cent levies on almost all Indian export.

Describing the situation as an irony, Kant said that US tariffs must be a "wake-up call for India".

"Trump's tariffs must be a wake-up call for India. The irony is striking: the U.S. is actively negotiating with Russia and China, the latter being the largest buyer of Russian oil, yet chooses to target India with tariffs instead. Let us be clear, this is not about Russian oil," Kant said in a post on X.

He said that India must not yield to global pressure.

"It is about India's energy security and strategic autonomy, which w...