In a country where employment opportunities are not growing fast enough, the fear of change tends to be very acute.

I believe that without looking at each other as rivals or as competitors, in a democratic India, operating in the framework of an open economy, an open society has, I think, some significance for developing countries, not only in Asia but outside Asia.

In a country where employment opportunities are not growing fast enough, the fear of change tends to be very acute.

If the economy is growing fast, there is call for a distributing income from the rich to the poor to to put in place social safety nets.

We are a mixed economy. We will remain a mixed economy. The public and private sector will continue to play a very important role. The private sector in our country has very ample scope and I am confident that India's entrepreneurs have the capacity, and the will to rise to the occasion.

Terrorists had the advantage of surprise.

[Urbanization] is the inevitable outcome of the processes of growth and the processes of modernization.