A biography for Piyush Goyalhasn’t been written yet.
“Of course we have to use coal... the renewable energy sources will supplement the supply from coal.”
“We need to draw up a regime where government can be an enabler for manufacturing to compete at good quality and prices.”
“With transparency in renewables, the prices of renewables are coming down drastically.”
“You only expect something from somebody you have confidence can deliver.”
“Foreign and domestic investors will come only when they know that you have enough power.”
“The 100 gigawatt target for solar should not be a constraint. India won't stop at 100 GW.”
“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.”
“I am still fairly confident we will come out better than the West in terms of our overall development versus damage.”
“I trust the regulatory mechanism; it is a fair and independent mechanism, and the politicians and government do not interfere with the regulators.”
“The speed of decision making is the essence of good governance.”
“Even a poor man doesn't ask alms unless he sees you have the ability to give.”
“When PM goes for a foreign visit, he represents a country and not the party.”
“Corruption is the by-product of discretion when there is scope for interpretation of policies.”
“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.”
“Prime Minister Modi keeps challenging the system to keep performing better and better. He sets aggressive targets, and the whole system has to act.”
“People of India deserve to be complimented for making the 2014 elections a referendum on the misrule of the Congress-led UPA and demonstrating their faith in a proven new leadership.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Western countries can cut down coal and replace it by renewables; I will need to have more coal.”
“24/7 power is going to happen; it is not a question of possible or impossible.”