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    70 percent of India's imports of oil and oil products are imported from abroad. There is uncertainty about supply. There is uncertainty about prices. And that hurts India's development.

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    Agribusiness and food processing are important parts of modernizing our economy, of modernizing our agriculture and moving into a phase where a more modernized agriculture helps not only farmers but also helps consumers.

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    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

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    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.

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    As the largest and most developed democracies of Asia (India and Japan), we have a mutual stake in each other's progress and prosperity.

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    Because the Chinese insistence on one child, I think the proportion of older, non-working age population is going to rise sharply in China.

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    Capitalism historically has been a very dynamic force, and behind that force is technical progress, innovation, new ideas, new products, new technologies, and new methods of managing teams.

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

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    China is very important. The future growth of China, China's influence is bound to rise.

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    Economic policy and decision making do not function in a political vacuum.

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    Ethical and responsible behavior needs to become the cornerstone of corporate behavior

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    Globalization offers us enormous opportunities in the race to leapfrog in development processes. It also obliges us to set in motion processes which would minimize its risks.

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    I am convinced the entrepreneurial spirit of the Indian people, if allowed to express itself freely in the marketplace, India will be all right.

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    I am not very good at statistics. I am also a poor thinker.

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    I believe a large part of humanity will draw appropriate lessons from what is the wave of the future in the 21st century.

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    I believe all societies, all thriving societies of the future are going to be multicultural societies.

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    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.

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    I believe whether it is the United States or Europe, they will all end up as multicultural societies.

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    I can assure you we are a responsible nuclear power.

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    I do believe that India is a unique case. And you need I think exceptional skills I think to incorporate Indian into the world nuclear order.

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    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.

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    I do believe that the future of civilization belongs to those who would lay emphasis on working together instead of talking about clash of civilizations.

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    I don't see, I think, any problems between India and the United States.

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    I do recognize that India has to be the center, the hub of activity as far as the knowledge economy is concerned.

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    If certain facilities, local facilities have to be arranged, the local authorities have to come. And that makes the Indian system slow moving, Indian administrative system slow moving.

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    If Pakistan honors in letter and in spirit the commitment that it gave to Mr. Vajpayee in 2004, that Pakistan territory will not be used for promoting terrorist acts against India, the sky is the limit of cooperation between our two countries. Basically, we are the same people. There are ties of religion. There are ties of language. There are ties of culture.

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    If the economy grows enough, fast enough, the tech system should be modernized so that the tax revenues rise fast enough also, and we should put more money in education.

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    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.

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    If the economy is not expanding, the redistribution of income becomes a zero-sum game. And therefore, all the class struggle - and it becomes much more vicious.

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    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.

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    If you don't have a functioning financial system the world economy won't be revived. All the major economies have their responsibility to assist at a pace which is required to clean up the balance sheet of the banking system and to ensure that credit flows are resumed.

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    If you have a rigidly controlled economy, cut off from the rest of the world by infinite protection, nobody has any incentive to increase productivity and to bring new ideas.

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    I have always believed India is a country blessed by God with enormous entrepreneurial skills.

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    I have always believed that the ultimate purpose of economic policies and development policy is to meet the basic needs of our people. And for that, we need a fast-expanding economy.

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    I have always regard nonalignment as a statement that India's policies, foreign policy will be guided by what I describe as enlightened national interest. That we will make judgments on an independent basis, with the sole concern being what is enlightened India's national interest. In that sense, nonalignment remains as relevant today as it was in the early 1950s.

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    I have to create in India a macroeconomic environment where the employment in aggregate can go up at a handsome rate. Once that happens, people losing jobs in one sector will not mean that they will become perpetually unemployed. From one sector, they can move on to other sectors.

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

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    I look upon India-U.S. nuclear cooperation as an act of historic reconciliation.

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    In a country where employment opportunities are not growing fast enough, the fear of change tends to be very acute.

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    In a world in which technology is changing at such a fast pace, where demand conditions change very fast, we need to look at a more innovative mechanism to cut down on this rigmarole of many tiers of decision-making processes.

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    India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.

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    India has, of course, aspirations of getting out of its poverty, ignorance, and disease which still afflict millions of people. But I do believe that we have something to offer to the rest of the world, including the United States.

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    India is a functioning democracy despite its extreme poverty, India has stayed the course.

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    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.

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    Indians, we would like to be a part of the nuclear world order, accepting all the responsibilities that go with being a responsible nuclear power, and at the same time enlarging our options with regard to energy security of our country.

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    India's future lies in being an open society, an open polity, a functioning democracy respecting all fundamental human freedoms, accepting the rule of law and, at the same time, to emerge as a successful, internationally competitive market economy.

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    India's growth rate will be accelerated, but in the process, America would also benefit.

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    India's infrastructure has to be modernized, has to be expanded at a rate which will I think be consistent with the growth requirements.

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    India's political system also would need to be modernized.

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