Piyush Goyal

“My father studied under a street light in a small town in Haryana.”

“I don't want projects to take 10 years to set up. That adds to the cost.”

“Gujaratis are smart people.”

“Solar growth will support landowners to derive income and solar industry to build their business.”

“When a product is market driven, it should be able to pay for all its raw materials at market prices.”

“You can fool the people once, twice, but you can't fool them all the time. You should tell them honestly what you can do for them.”

“We aim to encourage investments that ease our supply-side bottlenecks, such as rural roads, cold-storage, and grain-warehouses, which will also help us combat inflation.”

“I have told many times I am always a student willing to learn new things.”

“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.”

“Indians have become very demanding. Gone are the days where you could get away with power outages.”

“I don't interfere with regulators.”

“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.”

“I like to set aggressive targets; without them, you will get ordinary performances.”

“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.”

“India has been developing its green energy resources.”

“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.”

“I do not think the Nobel institution gives you a certificate that everything you say is always right.”

“I have very often held a view - and I am public about it - that if you run your operations inefficiently, you can't expect your consumer to pay for your inefficiencies.”

“India doesn't take responsibility for the problems that the world is facing because of thermal coal.”

“I am a person always with an open mind.”