India doesn't take responsibility for the problems that the world is facing because of thermal coal.
If inflation is brought down, interest rates will fall. Once rates fall, we have the opportunity to maybe achieve the goal of 'housing for all' faster; take roads, infrastructure to India's interiors.
I don't interfere with regulators.
Western countries have gone through their development cycle and enjoyed the fruits of ruining the environment over many years and are now giving us homilies and pontificating on responsibilities to the environment. I think they need to look inward.
The 100 gigawatt target for solar should not be a constraint. India won't stop at 100 GW.
More taxes mean more money to spend for public welfare.
I can't tell my people that you will get power only from 6 A.M. to 5 P.M., and after that, we live in darkness. You need 24-hour power; you need a baseload, and that baseload for India is coal. We are looking at clean coal technologies to reduce the impact of pollution.
I will reach out to all states uniformly... I can assure you I will take two steps for every step they extend.
If you are moving the informal economy into the formal economy, and if the transactions which for years were never reported as part of GDP are now transacted through banking channels, it will only add to the GDP, not reduce the GDP.
When PM goes for a foreign visit, he represents a country and not the party.
We aim to encourage investments that ease our supply-side bottlenecks, such as rural roads, cold-storage, and grain-warehouses, which will also help us combat inflation.
Our pollution out of carbon emissions is still very, very low compared to the world.
Of course we have to use coal... the renewable energy sources will supplement the supply from coal.
In New York, lights are on the whole night; there are offices where not a single person is working, but all lights are on. The street lights at the White House are lit all the day. Why? And we are being told not to use coal.
I am an optimist.
Anyone leaving the Congress' camp and joining - or even indirectly praising - the BJP-led NDA coalition immediately stands the risk of losing this Congress-issued certificate of secularism. It is a travesty!
In most riots in India, Congress has had a direct or indirect involvement. History bears this out.
Reaping political dividends out of tragedies is deeply engrained in the Congress' DNA.
India's infrastructure deficit in terms of roads, railways, power, and ports needs to be addressed on a fast-track basis.
A visionary leadership is required to harness rapid technological change for positive benefit rather than allowing to become disruptive and further exacerbate economic inequality.
