Benchmark for successful diplomacy is when consumer pays less for petrol, says Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that the benchmark for successful diplomacy is when Indian consumer pays less money for petrol and the farmers are assured of fertilizer at the right time.

Responding to a query about the agricultural industry in India at the IIM Calcutta, Jaishankar said, “Diplomacy is a bread and butter issue. At the end of my day, say today, I have made sure that an Indian consumer is paying less for petrol at the petrol pump, an Indian farmer is assured of fertilizer at the right time, an Indian household is getting its food and cooking oil at the right price, to me these are really my benchmark of what is successful diplomacy.”