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	Electricity can transform people's lives, not just economically but also socially.   
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	My father studied under a street light in a small town in Haryana.   
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	When a product is market driven, it should be able to pay for all its raw materials at market prices.   
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	I trust the regulatory mechanism; it is a fair and independent mechanism, and the politicians and government do not interfere with the regulators.   
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	I don't interfere with regulators.   
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	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.   
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	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.   
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	People have seen the Modi government's track record, and now they believe that if we say something, it will happen.   
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	A visionary leadership is required to harness rapid technological change for positive benefit rather than allowing to become disruptive and further exacerbate economic inequality.   
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	UDAY is meant for financial and operational turnaround of discoms.   
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	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.   
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	Solar growth will support landowners to derive income and solar industry to build their business.   
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	My solar energy programme alone will generate about a million jobs.   
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	I will reach out to all states uniformly... I can assure you I will take two steps for every step they extend.   
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	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.   
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	India has been developing its green energy resources.   
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	Use of energy-efficient LEDs, pumps, fans, and air-conditioners will save power consumption and reduces the peak load.   
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	I don't want projects to take 10 years to set up. That adds to the cost.   
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	Even a poor man doesn't ask alms unless he sees you have the ability to give.   
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	I like to set aggressive targets; without them, you will get ordinary performances.   
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	Foreign and domestic investors will come only when they know that you have enough power.   
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	Reaping political dividends out of tragedies is deeply engrained in the Congress' DNA.   
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	I am a person always with an open mind.   
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	More taxes mean more money to spend for public welfare.   
