Top 97 Quotes & Sayings by Piyush Goyal
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Indian politician Piyush Goyal.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
We have been working towards providing a clean environment to the people of India, and we are doing it out of our own conviction.
We aim to encourage investments that ease our supply-side bottlenecks, such as rural roads, cold-storage, and grain-warehouses, which will also help us combat inflation.
I am an optimist.
By using LED bulbs, one can contribute, in their way, to overcome global warming.
Reaping political dividends out of tragedies is deeply engrained in the Congress' DNA.
Renewable energy is not more expensive than fossil fuel when you factor in life-cycle costs.
You only expect something from somebody you have confidence can deliver.
Of course we have to use coal... the renewable energy sources will supplement the supply from coal.
More taxes mean more money to spend for public welfare.
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.
Cost-plus is an inefficient way to do things.
Gujaratis are smart people.
States are the architects of UDAY, not the central government.
I trust the regulatory mechanism; it is a fair and independent mechanism, and the politicians and government do not interfere with the regulators.
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.
Anyone leaving the Congress' camp and joining - or even indirectly praising - the BJP-led NDA coalition immediately stands the risk of losing this Congress-issued certificate of secularism. It is a travesty!
Transparency is the hallmark of Prime Minister Modi's government.
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.
Prime Minister Modi keeps challenging the system to keep performing better and better. He sets aggressive targets, and the whole system has to act.
You have to decide that you will be the best.
I don't interfere with regulators.
It's equal opportunity for all, and we don't play favourites.
You can't sell thermal power without the competitive bidding.
Even a poor man doesn't ask alms unless he sees you have the ability to give.
Corruption is the by-product of discretion when there is scope for interpretation of policies.
The speed of decision making is the essence of good governance.
India has been developing its green energy resources.
There is no room any more for the divisive agenda which has been sought to be foisted on the common man.
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.
People have seen the Modi government's track record, and now they believe that if we say something, it will happen.
In most riots in India, Congress has had a direct or indirect involvement. History bears this out.
A visionary leadership is required to harness rapid technological change for positive benefit rather than allowing to become disruptive and further exacerbate economic inequality.
I don't want projects to take 10 years to set up. That adds to the cost.
Reforms ensure that everybody benefits and the state generates financial resources to provide for the really deserving.
Productive and sustainable job creation, along with increased and better-targeted social expenditure, are the only routes to permanently beat the poverty trap and to bring our social indicators on par with developed countries.
When you give a good offer, people take it.
Unless you empower your domestic investor and domestic industry and domestic confidence in the sector, no foreigner is going to come.
Very often, state utilities do not buy electricity even if they need it, as every unit purchased increases their losses.
We can learn from all around the world. Germany, particularly, has been successful with rooftop solar generation. Other countries like Norway and Sweden have done work on it. Some of them have done offshore wind projects. So we're looking at learning from the best from all across the world. My approach is to get the best out of each one.
Allocating coal linkage to a generating company rather than to a specific plant gives companies the freedom to use the fuel in the most efficient way.
I am a person always with an open mind.
I am a tough minister.
24/7 power is going to happen; it is not a question of possible or impossible.
You can fool the people once, twice, but you can't fool them all the time. You should tell them honestly what you can do for them.
I do not think the Nobel institution gives you a certificate that everything you say is always right.
The 100 gigawatt target for solar should not be a constraint. India won't stop at 100 GW.
It is important to take into account the total power cost borne by consumers after taking into account what they spend on inverters and gensets.
With transparency in renewables, the prices of renewables are coming down drastically.
When a product is market driven, it should be able to pay for all its raw materials at market prices.
In New York, lights are on the whole night; there are offices where not a single person is working, but all lights are on. The street lights at the White House are lit all the day. Why? And we are being told not to use coal.
For me, as the Government of India, the interest of the poorest of the poorest is paramount.
Use of energy-efficient LEDs, pumps, fans, and air-conditioners will save power consumption and reduces the peak load.
If India moves towards 100 percent LED lighting, we will reduce almost 79 million tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This will also reduce the electricity bills of people.
Gujarat under Narendra Modi has focused on good governance in the power sector and implemented long-term reforms as opposed to the short-term and anarchic methods adopted by Sheila Dikshit and Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi.
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.
Electricity can transform people's lives, not just economically but also socially.
I don't get carried away by any praise; I know I have miles to go.
My father studied under a street light in a small town in Haryana.
India's infrastructure deficit in terms of roads, railways, power, and ports needs to be addressed on a fast-track basis.
I can't inject renewables into a grid that doesn't have base load.
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