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" Reforms ensure that everybody benefits and the state generates financial resources to provide for the really deserving. "

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" I am a happier person living in a country which has surplus of everything rather than shortages. "

" Politics is involved when you don't tackle inefficiency and burden people with higher tariffs. "

" You can't sell thermal power without the competitive bidding. "

" Electricity can transform people's lives, not just economically but also socially. "

" 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. "

" PM Modi has provided visionary leadership with his focus on the welfare of the poor and inclusive nature taking along his whole team, including states, parties, all schools of thought, all sections of society. "

" I have very often held a view - and I am public about it - that if you run your operations inefficiently, you can't expect your consumer to pay for your inefficiencies. "

" 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. "

" UDAY is meant for financial and operational turnaround of discoms. "

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

" I trust the regulatory mechanism; it is a fair and independent mechanism, and the politicians and government do not interfere with the regulators. "

" 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. "

" As more and more money is coming into the formal economy, one can look at more attractive tax rates and lower tax slabs. Even if half the people who were in the informal sector move in to the formal economy and more taxes get collected, more money can be spent on the welfare. "

" People of India deserve to be complimented for making the 2014 elections a referendum on the misrule of the Congress-led UPA and demonstrating their faith in a proven new leadership. "

" Extra capacity makes manufacturing competitive, keeps pricing in control. "

" 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. "

" With transparency in renewables, the prices of renewables are coming down drastically. "

" I feel there is huge potential for India and the U.K. to work together both on the technology space and on the investment space. "

" 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. "

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

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" I have told many times I am always a student willing to learn new things. "

" I am very friendly with the people of India, and corporates are also a part of that. "

" I'm not crying over surplus capacity... Surplus capacity is good for India. Surplus capacity means we can get more investors, can get more households and promise them 24/7 power. "

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

" There is no room any more for the divisive agenda which has been sought to be foisted on the common man. "

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

" Foreign and domestic investors will come only when they know that you have enough power. "

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

" Centrally, I cannot interfere in states. "

" My solar energy programme alone will generate about a million jobs. "