Quotes from Piyush Goyal

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

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

People have seen the Modi government's track record, and now they believe that if we say something, it will happen.

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

Cost-plus is an inefficient way to do things.

I don't interfere with regulators.

Centrally, I cannot interfere in states.

Reaping political dividends out of tragedies is deeply engrained in the Congress' DNA.

If you are moving the informal economy into the formal economy, and if the transactions which for years were never reported as part of GDP are now transacted through banking channels, it will only add to the GDP, not reduce the GDP.

Electricity can transform people's lives, not just economically but also socially.

With transparency in renewables, the prices of renewables are coming down drastically.

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

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.

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

I want to reignite the interest in hydro-electric investments.

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.

Foreign and domestic investors will come only when they know that you have enough power.

In most riots in India, Congress has had a direct or indirect involvement. History bears this out.

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.

Gujaratis are smart people.

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

I am a tough minister.

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.

There is no room any more for the divisive agenda which has been sought to be foisted on the common man.