The premature migration of very large numbers of people from rural areas to urban areas can give rise to a lot of strains to the urban infrastructure, which can also create problems of crime - law-and-order problems.

The United States and India can work together.

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.

If we have access to nuclear energy, that adds to our maneuverability in ensuring energy security as India marches on, on the path to accelerated development.

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

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

I do recognize that India has to be the center, the hub of activity as far as the knowledge economy is concerned.