New Delhi, July 13: Government today ruled out dispensing with minimum support price scheme for agricultural crops even as it said measures would be taken 'step by step' to reduce subsidies. "MSP will not go. It will not end," Finance Minister Jaswant Singh said, adding that the Centre will work in tandem with the state government for better targetting of subsidies.

Indicating that softer interest regime will continue, Jaswant Singh said measures to boost savings would be taken.
Government would also strengthen the equity cult, Singh told reporters after the meeting of the Prime Minsiter's Economic Advisory Council where an eight-point agenda was unveiled to achieve eight per cent growth. Bureau Report