I do believe that India needs a lot more foreign direct investment than we've got, and we should have the ambition to move in the same league many other countries in our neighborhood are moving. We may not be able to reach where the Chinese are today, but there is no reason why we should not think big about the role of foreign direct investment, particularly in the areas relating to infrastructure, where our needs for investment are very large. We need new initiatives, management skills, and I do believe that direct foreign investment can play a very important role.

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

India's saving rate will go up. India's investment rate will go up. And I believe that's a plus point.

I think there are enormous possibilities. And today there are no I think barriers to increased cooperation with India and the United States.

China is not I think a country which does not regulate, but there is a difference between the Chinese system and the Indian system.

There may be a difference of the pace at which India moves, but there should be no doubt whatsoever about the direction in which India is going to move in years to come.

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.