Wedidn'tagreeon the test ban treaty, butIalreadyknew that, becauseStrobe Talbotthad beenworkingwithForeign Minister JaswantSinghand othersfor months on nonproliferationissues.
In his own budget speech, India's finance minister, Jaswant Singh, proposed a modest dent in the subsidies poured into both food and agriculture by announcing an increase in the price of fertiliser.