new delhi faced with sullen allies and demanding supporting parties the government is not likely to push ahead with legislatives measures like lokpal insurance and pension reform without first ensuring that the initiatives enjoy solid political consensus in parliament despite the apparent climbdown by team anna government will wait for a rajya sabha select committee currently studying the lokpal bill to give its report the report is expected towards the end of the monsoon session there may not be time to pass a law sources said the government does not rule out bringing the lokpal bill to parliament if the select committee concludes its business earlier than anticipated but it is quite clear that the recommendations will play an important role in the final shape of the law with team annas insistent veto out of the way at least for now the government has an opportunity to forge an agreement among the political class that can then address an area of vulnerability for upa2 that has been reeling under the weight of corruption scams on reform initiatives too the mood is cautious as the proposals need to negotiate political roadblocks and are also being finetuned by the government congresss major ally trinamool is not ready to back pension reform and insurance is also hanging fire the step by step approach reflects the new finance minister p chidambarams view that big bang measures could prove counterproductive if not backed by political support in the meanwhile it would be better to take incremental steps like trimming nonplan expenditure to correct the fiscal position in keeping with this thinking the government plans to rework its proposal for foreign direct investment in retail by making the option of states having the right not to adopt the opening up of the sector if they so wish this would be stated in as many words a rethink in fdi was brought about by the centre paying attention to chief ministers like bihars nitish kumar who are opposed to the move as kumar is not seen as an obstructionist like trinamool chief mamata banerjee the government would like to allay reservations of influential cms like him