I think, overall, India is today on the move. The economic reforms that our salvation lies in - operating an open society, political system, an open economy, economic system - this has widespread support.

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.

So outside agriculture, in manufacturing and services, we must create a lot more jobs. But that also means that we must ensure that our systems of general education and technical education are in line with the job requirements that a more modern manufacturing and a more modern services sector would require.

The salvation of the world ultimately lies in moving towards universal nuclear disarmament, but that's a long distance away.

I think whatever I've done, I hope I've earned a footnote in India's long and tortuous history.

Economic policy and decision making do not function in a political vacuum.

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.