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

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

Agribusiness and food processing are important parts of modernizing our economy, of modernizing our agriculture and moving into a phase where a more modernized agriculture helps not only farmers but also helps consumers.

Meaningful solutions to the problems of mass poverty that prevails in India I believe can only be found in the framework of an expanding economy.

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 am not very good at statistics. I am also a poor thinker.

We all know the epicentre of terrorism in the world today is Pakistan. The world community has to come to grips with this harsh reality.