India, March 9 -- Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Sunday stated that US President Trump had made tariffs a household name across the world.

Donald Trump recently claimed that India had agreed to reduce tariffs levied against US imports after slamming the country for having high duties.

Jairam Ramesh in a post on X, said, "Till the mid-1910s tariffs were the main source of revenue for the US government. In 1913, the US Constitution was amended to introduce a federal income tax for the first time."

He added, "One of the most influential economists who championed and campaigned for the federal income tax was Edwin Seligman, a Professor of Public Finance at Columbia University."

Jairam Ramesh stated that Seligman was also Baba...