India, Aug. 27 -- As the Donald Trump tariffs on India officially doubled to 50 per cent from Wednesday, Congress called the levies a "MAHA headache", saying that it will undoubtedly hit country's labour-intensive exports to the US -- especially textiles, gems and jewellery, leather, marine products, and engineering.

Donald Trump's additional tariffs of 25 per cent over Russian oil purchase took effect from Wednesday, adding to the already existing 25 per cent duties on Indian imports going to the US.

Taking a swipe at the central government, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge termed the tariffs a result of its "superficial" foreign policy that would result in "huge job losses".

Congress general secretary in-charge communications, J...