Productive and sustainable job creation, along with increased and better-targeted social expenditure, are the only routes to permanently beat the poverty trap and to bring our social indicators on par with developed countries.
Gujarat under Narendra Modi has focused on good governance in the power sector and implemented long-term reforms as opposed to the short-term and anarchic methods adopted by Sheila Dikshit and Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi.
Reforms ensure that everybody benefits and the state generates financial resources to provide for the really deserving.
It is important to take into account the total power cost borne by consumers after taking into account what they spend on inverters and gensets.
By using LED bulbs, one can contribute, in their way, to overcome global warming.
If India moves towards 100 percent LED lighting, we will reduce almost 79 million tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This will also reduce the electricity bills of people.
You only expect something from somebody you have confidence can deliver.
You can't sell thermal power without the competitive bidding.
India has been developing its green energy resources.
We have been working towards providing a clean environment to the people of India, and we are doing it out of our own conviction.
Unless you empower your domestic investor and domestic industry and domestic confidence in the sector, no foreigner is going to come.
Cost-plus is an inefficient way to do things.
Very often, state utilities do not buy electricity even if they need it, as every unit purchased increases their losses.
Use of energy-efficient LEDs, pumps, fans, and air-conditioners will save power consumption and reduces the peak load.
States are the architects of UDAY, not the central government.
Transparency is the hallmark of Prime Minister Modi's government.
I don't want projects to take 10 years to set up. That adds to the cost.
With transparency in renewables, the prices of renewables are coming down drastically.
As India becomes more tax-compliant, government revenues will improve, and we will be able to serve the poor better. We can have better roads, healthcare, education, and improve the life of farmers.
The Gujarat government knows what's in the interest of consumers. When they plan, they ensure they can save every single rupee or earn every single rupee for the state government and bring power at lowest cost to the consumer. They are tightfisted in their approach.
