A proposal by Finance Minister Jaswant Singh to set up an advisory committee on agriculture within the finance ministry has run into rough weather.
Agriculture Minister Ajit Singh is believed to have resisted the move, claiming it would undermine the status of his ministry.
Ajit Singh has told the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leadership that the agriculture ministry would become irrelevant if the finance ministry decided to accept suggestions from the advisory committee, highly placed sources in the government said.
They said Jaswant Singh