Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government.

I don't see, I think, any problems between India and the United States.

The first and foremost priority is to finish the unfinished task which the founding fathers of India set out for us at the time of our independence: to get rid of chronic poverty, ignorance, and disease, which have afflicted millions and millions of our people.

Protectionism has to be avoided. Protectionism is not only on goods but also in the area of services. Financial protectionism is also bad and should be avoided.

I look upon India-U.S. nuclear cooperation as an act of historic reconciliation.

India's saving rate will go up. India's investment rate will go up. And I believe that's a plus point.

Let me say that I think the economic history of the last 150 years clearly shows that if you want to industrialize a country in a short period, let us say 20 years, and you don't have a well-developed private sector, entrepreneurial class, then central planning is important.