Piyush Goyal Quotes
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I do not think the Nobel institution gives you a certificate that everything you say is always right.
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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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When PM goes for a foreign visit, he represents a country and not the party.
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When you give a good offer, people take it.
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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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You can't sell thermal power without the competitive bidding.
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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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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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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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India doesn't take responsibility for the problems that the world is facing because of thermal coal.
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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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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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Indians have become very demanding. Gone are the days where you could get away with power outages.
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Cost-plus is an inefficient way to do things.
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I am an optimist.
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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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Corruption is the by-product of discretion when there is scope for interpretation of policies.
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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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Extra capacity makes manufacturing competitive, keeps pricing in control.
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Very often, state utilities do not buy electricity even if they need it, as every unit purchased increases their losses.
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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'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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Ramifications of small decisions can be pretty large.
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India's infrastructure deficit in terms of roads, railways, power, and ports needs to be addressed on a fast-track basis.