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I don't interfere with regulators.
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Electricity can transform people's lives, not just economically but also socially.
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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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My father studied under a street light in a small town in Haryana.
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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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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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My solar energy programme alone will generate about a million jobs.
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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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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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Solar growth will support landowners to derive income and solar industry to build their business.
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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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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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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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Foreign and domestic investors will come only when they know that you have enough power.
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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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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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UDAY is meant for financial and operational turnaround of discoms.
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In most riots in India, Congress has had a direct or indirect involvement. History bears this out.
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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.
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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.
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India has been developing its green energy resources.
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More taxes mean more money to spend for public welfare.
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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.