Piyush Goyal Quotes
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States are the architects of UDAY, not the central government.
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For me, as the Government of India, the interest of the poorest of the poorest is paramount.
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The 100 gigawatt target for solar should not be a constraint. India won't stop at 100 GW.
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Energy is not a political issue for the Modi government. It is our commitment to provide electricity to every household of the country.
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I am a happier person living in a country which has surplus of everything rather than shortages.
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India doesn't take responsibility for the problems that the world is facing because of thermal coal.
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You can't sell thermal power without the competitive bidding.
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When PM goes for a foreign visit, he represents a country and not the party.
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Allocating coal linkage to a generating company rather than to a specific plant gives companies the freedom to use the fuel in the most efficient way.
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The Modi government believes that the industrialist, the capitalist, has to pay for the assets of the government which belong to the people of India.
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Cost-plus is an inefficient way to do things.
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We have been working towards providing a clean environment to the people of India, and we are doing it out of our own conviction.
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We can learn from all around the world. Germany, particularly, has been successful with rooftop solar generation. Other countries like Norway and Sweden have done work on it. Some of them have done offshore wind projects. So we're looking at learning from the best from all across the world. My approach is to get the best out of each one.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I am an optimist.
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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.
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Extra capacity makes manufacturing competitive, keeps pricing in control.
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I can't tell the people of India that we'll burden you with high costs because the West has polluted the world, now India will pay for it. Not acceptable to us.
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You have to decide that you will be the best.
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Prime Minister Modi keeps challenging the system to keep performing better and better. He sets aggressive targets, and the whole system has to act.
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The Gujarat government knows what's in the interest of consumers. When they plan, they ensure they can save every single rupee or earn every single rupee for the state government and bring power at lowest cost to the consumer. They are tightfisted in their approach.
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We need to draw up a regime where government can be an enabler for manufacturing to compete at good quality and prices.