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.

We should put more money in health. We should put more money in devising credible social safety nets for the poor.

I'm a small person put in this big chair.

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.

China's influence is bound to rise.

All necessary steps needed to be taken to tackle terrorism will be adopted...but we will keep in mind that a particular religion or section of society does not face problems unnecessary

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