Countries and world leaders have changed their perspective towards India. This is the biggest benefit.

The amount of respect with which I engage Saudi Arabia, I engage Iran with the same amount of respect. The amount of respect with which I speak to America, I speak to Russia with the same amount of respect.

I'm not the "not-working" type. I derive pleasure from my work. Work gives me relaxation too. Every moment I am thinking of something new: making a new plan, new ways to work. In the same way that a scientist draws pleasure from long hours in the laboratory, I draw pleasure in governance, in doing new things and bringing people together. That pleasure is sufficient for me.

Lab to land - how to get what is done in the lab to the land, to the farmer.

Modi winning or not winning is not important. I can go home tomorrow & open a tea stall but the nation must not suffer.

This budget is a Sanjeevani (new life) and an Arunoday (sunrise) for the last man in the line. This budget converts hopes and aspirations of the people into trust. It adds a new ray of hope for the poor and downtrodden sections of the society.

In a vast & huge country like India, e-governance is the only way for effective delivery unto the last.