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.
Even a poor man doesn't ask alms unless he sees you have the ability to give.
Gujarat under Narendra Modi has focused on good governance in the power sector and implemented long-term reforms as opposed to the short-term and anarchic methods adopted by Sheila Dikshit and Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi.
States are the architects of UDAY, not the central government.
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.
Of course we have to use coal... the renewable energy sources will supplement the supply from coal.
A visionary leadership is required to harness rapid technological change for positive benefit rather than allowing to become disruptive and further exacerbate economic inequality.
Reforms ensure that everybody benefits and the state generates financial resources to provide for the really deserving.
The speed of decision making is the essence of good governance.
Politics is involved when you don't tackle inefficiency and burden people with higher tariffs.
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.
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.
India's infrastructure deficit in terms of roads, railways, power, and ports needs to be addressed on a fast-track basis.
More taxes mean more money to spend for public welfare.
When a product is market driven, it should be able to pay for all its raw materials at market prices.
Reaping political dividends out of tragedies is deeply engrained in the Congress' DNA.
With transparency in renewables, the prices of renewables are coming down drastically.
I can't inject renewables into a grid that doesn't have base load.
Western countries can cut down coal and replace it by renewables; I will need to have more coal.
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.
