It was good to launch the economy in the '50s. Japan did this; China did this; even South Korea did this. All the East Asians did this - import substitution. I think all countries followed import substitution in the '50s… — Jairam Ramesh Copy Share Image
I think toilets are more important than temples. No matter how many temples we go to, we are not going to get salvation. We… — Jairam Ramesh Copy Share
The rate of growth of the management skills of any country is inversely proportional to the number of MBAs. Germany produces no MBAs, but… — Jairam Ramesh Copy Share
If there is a Nobel prize for dirt and filth, India will win it, no doubt. — Jairam Ramesh Copy Share
WTO is not the forum for labour standards. Next, the U.S. will argue the time zone difference is an unfair competitive advantage enjoyed by… — Jairam Ramesh Copy Share
India needs to be liberated both from the 'high GDP growth hedgehogs' and the 'conservation at all costs hedgehogs.' — Jairam Ramesh Copy Share
Governments can't keep looking over the shoulder or at the constellation of stars. You have got to do what you have got to do. — Jairam Ramesh Copy Share
The Indian diaspora is not a capital-accumulating diaspora. The Indian diaspora is doctors, lawyers, professors. Or newspaper sellers. They are basically trade- or profession-oriented,… — Jairam Ramesh Copy Share
There never is a good time for tough decisions. There will always be an election or something else. You have to pick courage and… — Jairam Ramesh Copy Share
I think environmentalists do no service to their cause by taking fundamentalist stances. I am not defending corporate India's track record, but for many… — Jairam Ramesh Copy Share
It was good to launch the economy in the '50s. Japan did this; China did this; even South Korea did this. All the East… — Jairam Ramesh Copy Share
A country that cannot feed itself cannot have self-pride, and in the mid-'60s 20 percent of all the wheat produced in America came into… — Jairam Ramesh Copy Share
Industrialisation is necessary. But acquisition is by no means the only avenue through which it can be achieved. The Cochin Airport is a prime… — Jairam Ramesh Copy Share
