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I respect the view of a rating agency, but I do not make a budget for the rating agency. I make a budget for the people of India.
Police can only act on intelligence.
'Big business' was a bad phrase in India. To be accused of being big business was the worst accusation you could make. All that has gone now. The whole mindset has changed.
Independence is a very subjective assessment.
I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively.
People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.
Today, to allege corruption seems to be the pastime of most people. All kinds of allegations are leveled. I think it is self-defeating.
All wisdom does not reside in Delhi.
In income tax, there is no case for amnesty.
Two successive commissioners in London police were fired by the mayor that came into office. That doesn't mean the police in London is not independent and does not exercise powers. Ultimately it is the political executive that has to answer.
Let me tell you, very frankly, when I went to the Harvard Business School I was more or less a committed socialist.
It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.
Criticism of a policy is welcome. But in the garb of criticizing a policy, if you allege that the policy was made for corrupt purposes, I reject it.
I have maintained that the people of India are ahead of their governments. The people of India are at least 10 to 15 years ahead of their governments.
Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling.
Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many.
People understand what is good for them in the long run. In the long run, what is good for people is that India's economy continues to grow at clipping pace, 8% and above, that itself brings host of benefits to the people. It brings better roads, it brings better schools, brings more money to the communities, it brings more jobs.
The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government.
What we will become depends on us
If you go back to any period in India's history, all the hard decisions this country had to take were taken when the Congress was in power.
I know my limitations. I live and work according to my limitations. And my party only two weeks ago has clearly declared that the leader of the party after Ms Sonia Gandhi will be Mr Rahul Gandhi. And all of us, including me, have expressed our solid support to Mr Rahul Gandhi.
