Piyush Goyal

Gujaratis are smart people.

— Piyush Goyal

I don't interfere with regulators.

— Piyush Goyal

I am a tough minister.

— Piyush Goyal

When you give a good offer, people take it.

— Piyush Goyal

Centrally, I cannot interfere in states.

— Piyush Goyal

I am a person always with an open mind.

— Piyush Goyal

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

— Piyush Goyal

States are the architects of UDAY, not the central government.

— Piyush Goyal

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

— Piyush Goyal

Cost-plus is an inefficient way to do things.

— Piyush Goyal

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

— Piyush Goyal

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

— Piyush Goyal

I don't get carried away by any praise; I know I have miles to go.

— Piyush Goyal

India has been developing its green energy resources.

— Piyush Goyal

Prime Minister Modi keeps challenging the system to keep performing better and better. He sets aggressive targets, and the whole system has…

— Piyush Goyal

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

— Piyush Goyal

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

— Piyush Goyal

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

— Piyush Goyal

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

— Piyush Goyal

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

— Piyush Goyal

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

— Piyush Goyal

The 100 gigawatt target for solar should not be a constraint. India won't stop at 100 GW.

— Piyush Goyal

As India becomes more tax-compliant, government revenues will improve, and we will be able to serve the poor better. We can have…

— Piyush Goyal

I believe if we simplify the process of tariff-fixing with lesser tariff slabs and rationalise the process, it will reduce corruption, and…

— Piyush Goyal

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

— Piyush Goyal

We cannot have a system that everything can be passed on to the final consumer in the garb of cost being recovered…

— Piyush Goyal

People of India deserve to be complimented for making the 2014 elections a referendum on the misrule of the Congress-led UPA and…

— Piyush Goyal

If you are moving the informal economy into the formal economy, and if the transactions which for years were never reported as…

— Piyush Goyal

If inflation is brought down, interest rates will fall. Once rates fall, we have the opportunity to maybe achieve the goal of…

— Piyush Goyal

If India moves towards 100 percent LED lighting, we will reduce almost 79 million tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This…

— Piyush Goyal

More taxes mean more money to spend for public welfare.

— Piyush Goyal

By using LED bulbs, one can contribute, in their way, to overcome global warming.

— Piyush Goyal

Extra capacity makes manufacturing competitive, keeps pricing in control.

— Piyush Goyal

My solar energy programme alone will generate about a million jobs.

— Piyush Goyal

I like to set aggressive targets; without them, you will get ordinary performances.

— Piyush Goyal

Our pollution out of carbon emissions is still very, very low compared to the world.

— Piyush Goyal

24/7 power is going to happen; it is not a question of possible or impossible.

— Piyush Goyal

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

— Piyush Goyal

You have to decide that you will be the best.

— Piyush Goyal

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

— Piyush Goyal