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Admitting that the government ‘lost focus’ on the disinvestment programme, Finance Minister Jaswant Singh asserted there was no rethinking on the issue and the government will go ahead with it. “The discussions issue wandered a bit and we lost focus. But there is no illusion in government’s mind, no deviation from purpose. The government will disinvest”, Singh said addressing.
Singh, however, clarified that in the process of disinvestment, the government will seek to address all the relevant questions raised. He, however said he was not in a position to reduce agriculture subsidy and pointed out that US, China and countries in the Western Europe have subsidies of around one billion dollars.
