Quotes from Piyush Goyal

The speed of decision making is the essence of good governance.

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!

I have told many times I am always a student willing to learn new things.

Very often, state utilities do not buy electricity even if they need it, as every unit purchased increases their losses.

Even a poor man doesn't ask alms unless he sees you have the ability to give.

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

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.

I will reach out to all states uniformly... I can assure you I will take two steps for every step they extend.

I do not think the Nobel institution gives you a certificate that everything you say is always right.

I am a person always with an open mind.

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.

I am an optimist.

My father studied under a street light in a small town in Haryana.

I don't want projects to take 10 years to set up. That adds to the cost.

Power for all includes people who are interested in getting a connection. It cannot be for people who don't want the connection. Having said that, I am confident everybody will apply for power once they are sure that they will not be short-charged.

I am still fairly confident we will come out better than the West in terms of our overall development versus damage.

A visionary leadership is required to harness rapid technological change for positive benefit rather than allowing to become disruptive and further exacerbate economic inequality.