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" Our pollution out of carbon emissions is still very, very low compared to the world. "

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" Renewable energy is not more expensive than fossil fuel when you factor in life-cycle costs. "

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" It's equal opportunity for all, and we don't play favourites. "

" 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. "

" I can't inject renewables into a grid that doesn't have base load. "

" 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. "

" Ramifications of small decisions can be pretty large. "

" I am a tough minister. "

" Power for all includes people who are interested in getting a connection. It cannot be for people who don't want the connection. Having said that, I am confident everybody will apply for power once they are sure that they will not be short-charged. "

" I believe if we simplify the process of tariff-fixing with lesser tariff slabs and rationalise the process, it will reduce corruption, and simultaneously, it will enable supply of adequate and cheap power to the poor as well as to farmers. "

" Western countries can cut down coal and replace it by renewables; I will need to have more coal. "

" Even a poor man doesn't ask alms unless he sees you have the ability to give. "

" 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. "

" Reaping political dividends out of tragedies is deeply engrained in the Congress' DNA. "

" We have been working towards providing a clean environment to the people of India, and we are doing it out of our own conviction. "

" Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we are looking to make India self-reliant in terms of power requirement, along with providing carbon-free sources of power, thus improving India's position globally. "

" Of course we have to use coal... the renewable energy sources will supplement the supply from coal. "

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" Transparency is the hallmark of Prime Minister Modi's government. "

" 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 still fairly confident we will come out better than the West in terms of our overall development versus damage. "

" The 100 gigawatt target for solar should not be a constraint. India won't stop at 100 GW. "

" India's infrastructure deficit in terms of roads, railways, power, and ports needs to be addressed on a fast-track basis. "

" My father studied under a street light in a small town in Haryana. "

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" We cannot have a system that everything can be passed on to the final consumer in the garb of cost being recovered without being sensitive to their own problems and affordability. "