Our vision is not just of economic growth, but also of a growth which would improve the life of the common man.

I sincerely believe what happens in India has, I think, lessons, morals for the future evolution of humankind in the 21st century.

We have to walk on two legs. We have to create conditions in which manufacturing and services - the economy outside agriculture - move and move fast enough. And at the same time the working force that is available must have skills which will fit the kind of jobs which will be in demand.

I have to create in India a macroeconomic environment where the employment in aggregate can go up at a handsome rate. Once that happens, people losing jobs in one sector will not mean that they will become perpetually unemployed. From one sector, they can move on to other sectors.

Jawaharlal Nehru wanted India to develop close ties with China and learn from its experience.

Democracy is good for everybody.

The emergence of India as a major global power is an idea whose time has come.