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.

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.

A new India which realizes its destiny in the framework of an open society, in the framework of an open economy, respecting all fundamental human freedoms great respect for pluralistic, inclusive value system. I think that's what unites India and the United States. And I do hope that working together, our two countries can write a new chapter in the history of our relationship.

India is this great experiment of a billion people of such great diverse persuasions working together, seeking their salvation in the framework of a democracy. I believe it will have some lessons for all the multicultural societies.

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.

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

I have to do my duty, whatever task is allotted to me.