Making a strong pitch for self-reliance, senior RSS functionary Ramlal on Sunday said India can turn the challenges posed by the imposition of 50 per cent tariff by the US into an opportunity to boost its economy and become a global leader.

Addressing a conclave of industry leaders, policy makers and foreign investors here, he said such "sanctions" were imposed on India in the past when a nuclear test was conducted in 1998 but the country stood firm and continued its march on the path of progress.

The conclave was organised at Bharat Mandapam here under the aegis of the Bharat Global Industry Forum (BGIF) to deliberate on the topic, `Making Bharat a Global Industrial Hub`.