Quotes from Piyush Goyal

It's equal opportunity for all, and we don't play favourites.

We have been working towards providing a clean environment to the people of India, and we are doing it out of our own conviction.

I am very friendly with the people of India, and corporates are also a part of that.

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.

Wind developers have realised the importance of transparent method of price discovery, which was demonstrated in the solar sector. They realise that bidding brings in efficiency, and tariff is right-sized.

India's infrastructure deficit in terms of roads, railways, power, and ports needs to be addressed on a fast-track basis.

Ramifications of small decisions can be pretty large.

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

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

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.

When a product is market driven, it should be able to pay for all its raw materials at market prices.

India has been developing its green energy resources.

Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we are looking to make India self-reliant in terms of power requirement, along with providing carbon-free sources of power, thus improving India's position globally.

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.

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 feel there is huge potential for India and the U.K. to work together both on the technology space and on the investment space.

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.

Reforms ensure that everybody benefits and the state generates financial resources to provide for the really deserving.

We need to draw up a regime where government can be an enabler for manufacturing to compete at good quality and prices.

I trust the regulatory mechanism; it is a fair and independent mechanism, and the politicians and government do not interfere with the regulators.

Energy is not a political issue for the Modi government. It is our commitment to provide electricity to every household of the country.

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.

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.

I can't inject renewables into a grid that doesn't have base load.