With the Trump Administration announcing sweeping new tariffs 10% on all imports starting on April 5, 2025, followed by additional ‘reciprocal tariffs’ from April 9 on countries with which the US runs the largest trade deficits-the sector fears rising costs and long-term damage to its supply chain.

This made it the highest-earning monument protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), according to government data shared in the Rajya Sabha.