New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- The trade deal being negotiated with the US is set to benefit India's agriculture exports, the same way trade liberalization in the last 25 years has helped Indian farm exports grow faster than global agricultural trade, Ramesh Chand, member, Niti Aayog has said in an interview.

Chand told Mint that the India-US deal is set to help meet rising domestic demand for items like edible oils and nuts that cannot be met entirely locally, while also opening up market for India's surplus farm produce including rice.

Chand said it may be early to comment on possibility of El Nina conditions developing later this year, but farm sector output is expected to grow faster than the projected 3.1% growth for FY26, in the next finan...