PIYUSH GOYAL

The 100 gigawatt target for solar should not be a constraint. India won't stop at 100 GW.

The Gujarat government knows what's in the interest of consumers. When they plan, they ensure they can save every single rupee or earn every single rupee for the state government and bring power at lowest cost to the consumer. They are tightfisted in their approach.

You can't sell thermal power without the competitive bidding.

If inflation is brought down, interest rates will fall. Once rates fall, we have the opportunity to maybe achieve the goal of 'housing for all' faster; take roads, infrastructure to India's interiors.

I can't tell the people of India that we'll burden you with high costs because the West has polluted the world, now India will pay for it. Not acceptable to us.

When you give a good offer, people take it.

The Modi government believes that the industrialist, the capitalist, has to pay for the assets of the government which belong to the people of India.

As India becomes more tax-compliant, government revenues will improve, and we will be able to serve the poor better. We can have better roads, healthcare, education, and improve the life of farmers.

I'm not crying over surplus capacity... Surplus capacity is good for India. Surplus capacity means we can get more investors, can get more households and promise them 24/7 power.

Our pollution out of carbon emissions is still very, very low compared to the world.

Renewable energy is not more expensive than fossil fuel when you factor in life-cycle costs.

People of India deserve to be complimented for making the 2014 elections a referendum on the misrule of the Congress-led UPA and demonstrating their faith in a proven new leadership.

Western countries can cut down coal and replace it by renewables; I will need to have more coal.

Extra capacity makes manufacturing competitive, keeps pricing in control.

PM Modi has provided visionary leadership with his focus on the welfare of the poor and inclusive nature taking along his whole team, including states, parties, all schools of thought, all sections of society.

India doesn't take responsibility for the problems that the world is facing because of thermal coal.

Transparency is the hallmark of Prime Minister Modi's government.

Western countries have gone through their development cycle and enjoyed the fruits of ruining the environment over many years and are now giving us homilies and pontificating on responsibilities to the environment. I think they need to look inward.

I don't interfere with regulators.

Prime Minister Modi keeps challenging the system to keep performing better and better. He sets aggressive targets, and the whole system has to act.

Unless you empower your domestic investor and domestic industry and domestic confidence in the sector, no foreigner is going to come.

I believe investigative agencies should be run in an autonomous manner, and there shouldn't be any interference from the government's side.

Solar growth will support landowners to derive income and solar industry to build their business.

Indians have become very demanding. Gone are the days where you could get away with power outages.

I have very often held a view - and I am public about it - that if you run your operations inefficiently, you can't expect your consumer to pay for your inefficiencies.