“Lakhs of families in the country are deprived of energy connectivity. Fruits of development will not reach the common man until energy connectivity reaches every last household of the country. In the age of globalization, we have no option but to make a quantum leap in energy production and connectivity.” MenCountryAgeLastsEnergyCommonDevelopmentIndiaFruitProductionsLeapHouseholdQuantumGlobalizationGovernanceDeprivedCommon ManQuantum LeapEnergy Production Author:Narendra Modi
“The government must nurture an eco-system where the economy is primed for growth; and growth promotes all-rounddevelopment. Where development is employment-generating ; and employment is enabled by skills. Where skills are synced with production; and production is benchmarked to quality. Where quality meets global standards; and meeting global standards drives prosperity. Most importantly, this prosperity is for the welfare of all. That is my concept ofeconomic good governance and all round development.” GovernmentGrowthQualityEconomyDevelopmentSkillsStandardsConceptsIndiaMeetingsRoundsProsperityProductionsEmploymentWelfareNurtureGovernanceEcoGood Governance Author:Narendra Modi
“Development must be such that it positively transforms the lives of the common people.” PeopleCommonDevelopmentIndiaGovernancePositively Author:Narendra Modi
“Power is not just for TV sets and charging mobile phones. This electricity is critical to the industrial development of this area. If there is electricity, small scale industry will grow.” IfsGrowsTvsDevelopmentIndustryAreasIndiaPhonesCriticalScalesElectricityGovernanceMobileChargingMobile Phones Author:Narendra Modi
“Through Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, we want to give impetus to Demand driven development model instead of Supply driven development model. Let the villages say what has to be done, and what not.” WantGivingDoneDevelopmentDemandModelsIndiaDrivenVillageGovernanceImpetus Author:Narendra Modi
“It is our priority to win the hearts of people of Jammu and Kashmir. That could only be achieved through development and their welfare. We have a responsibility to see that people of the state are prosperous. We are not talking about Hindus or Muslims, but the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Development comes when there is integration.” PeopleHeartStatesWinningResponsibilityTalkingDevelopmentIndiaPrioritiesWelfareIntegrationGovernanceProsperousNot TalkingKashmirJammuJammu And Kashmir Author:Narendra Modi
“The government would devote all its effort to empower the poor and give them strength to fight poverty. Skill development would be accompanied by the spirit of Shrameva Jayate.” GivingGovernmentWould BeSpiritFightingPoorEffortPovertyDevelopmentSkillsIndiaEmpoweringGovernanceSkills Development Author:Narendra Modi
“Our education apparatus can't be one that produces robots. That can happen in laboratory. There has to be overall personality development.” HappensMotivationProducePersonalityDevelopmentIndiaRobotsLaboratory Author:Narendra Modi
“Skill development remains our priority. We are blessed with a demographic dividend that can take us to great heights.” MotivationDevelopmentSkillsIndiaBlessedRemainsPrioritiesHeightDemographicsDividendsSkills DevelopmentGreat Heights Author:Narendra Modi
“I have a vision of a Modern India. I have embarked on a huge mission to convert that vision into reality. My mantra is Development.” RealityVisionModernHugeDevelopmentEmpowermentIndiaMissionsMantrasModern India Author:Narendra Modi
“Economic development cannot take a nation forward on its own. We need a society and economy which complement each other. We need to take care of the poor, deprived and left behind sections of society.” NeedsCareLeftNationsPoorBehindsEconomyEconomicDevelopmentEmpowermentIndiaTake CareSectionsLeft BehindDeprivedEconomic DevelopmentComplement Author:Narendra Modi
“Development seems to have become the agenda only of government. It is seen as a scheme. That should not be the case. Development should be everyone`s agenda. It should be a people's movement.” PeopleShouldSeemsGovernmentCasesMovementDevelopmentEmpowermentIndiaAgendasSchemes Author:Narendra Modi
“Development has to result in jobs. What we need is not just more production, but mass production and production by masses.” NeedsJobsResultsYouthDevelopmentMassIndiaProductionsMass Production Author:Narendra Modi
“Homoeopathic treatment is my first choice not only for me but also for my family. Homoeopathy should be developed as full- fledged alternative system of medicine. More research and more development are essential to make Homoeopathy more popular and useful Homoeopath treats their patients in more compassionate way. Homoeopathy is second largest system of medicine being practiced in India.” WayShouldFirstsChoicesDevelopmentEssentialsResearchMy FamilyTreatsIndiaMedicinePatientAlternativesTreatmentCompassionateHomeopathy Author:K. R. Narayanan
“India is developing because of 125 crore strong Team India. We have to end the curse of casteism, communalism with the sweetness of development.” EndsStrongTeamDevelopmentIndiaDevelopingCurseSweetnessCommunalism Author:Narendra Modi
“Fortunately for India, it has got a growing economy. If it is doing the right things with taxation and focusing on the right areas for human development, it is going to have no problem, over a period of time, taking care of its own needs.” IfsNeedsHumansProblemCareEconomyGrowingDevelopmentPeriodsAreasIndiaRight ThingNo ProblemTaxationDoing The Right ThingHuman DevelopmentGrowing Economy Author:Bill Gates
“Imagine what would happen if the government were to take the wealth of 200,000 of India's richest people and redistribute it amongst 2 million of India's poorest? We would hear a lot about socialist appropriation and the death of democracy. Why should taking from the rich be called appropriation and taking from the poor be called development?” PeopleIfsShouldGovernmentHappensWealthPoorMillionsDemocracyRichImagineDevelopmentIndiaSocialistPoorestAppropriation Author:Arundhati Roy
“The first issue that compelled me was a very strange split between India being highly development scientifically (we were the third biggest scientific manpower in the world then) and yet at the same time struggling with amazing poverty. The linear equation that says that modern science equals progress and the reduction of poverty did not apply to India. It wasn't working.” WorldFirstsPovertyStruggleIssuesProgressModernStrangeDevelopmentThirdsIndiaSplitsCompelledEquationsReductionLinearModern ScienceManpowerLinear Equations Author:Vandana Shiva
“China is building cities for a 20 to 40 percent increase in population. India is quickly growing. The carbon footprints of that and other development around the world are overwhelming.” WorldCitiesGrowingBuildingDevelopmentPercentIndiaIncreasePopulationChinaAround The WorldOverwhelmingCarbonFootprintCarbon Footprint Author:Frank Gehry
“70 percent of India's imports of oil and oil products are imported from abroad. There is uncertainty about supply. There is uncertainty about prices. And that hurts India's development.” HurtProductsDevelopmentPercentIndiaOilUncertaintyImports Author:Manmohan Singh
“If we have access to nuclear energy, that adds to our maneuverability in ensuring energy security as India marches on, on the path to accelerated development.” IfsEnergyPathSecurityDevelopmentIndiaAddAccessNuclearMarchNuclear EnergyEnergy Security Author:Manmohan Singh
“There are diverse ways in which - right now, terror and all that goes with it is a prime concern. It's a concern of the United States. It's a concern of India. Joint strategies, cooperation, joint sharing of intelligence, in controlling terrorism, in making the world free from terror. I think that's the fundamental, I think, consideration if our development aspirations are to be fulfilled. And I think our two countries can cooperate.” IfsThinkingWorldWayTwoCountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesDevelopmentRight NowConcernIndiaFundamentalsStrategyTerrorTerrorismAspirationConsiderationPrimeCooperationDiverseFulfilledJointsTwo Countries Author:Manmohan Singh
“Working together in helping nascent democracies in the task of reconstruction, in the task of development is another area where our two countries [India and the USA] can work together.” HelpingTogetherDemocracyDevelopmentAreasTasksIndiaUsaWorking TogetherReconstruction Author:Manmohan Singh
“We have to see that all regions of India, particularly the east and west, are brought on par in development parameters.” DevelopmentIndiaWestEastRegionsParametersEast And West Author:Narendra Modi
“If we provide employment to people, if we ensure there's food on their plates, if we provide them with facilities and give them education, all the tension will end. And this is why, all those who want good for the nation, I request them to compete towards development and for development. This atmosphere should be created in India and I think such an environment is being created nowadays.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantGivingShouldEndsNationsEnvironmentDevelopmentIndiaEmploymentAtmosphereTensionPlatesFacilityRequest Author:Narendra Modi
“I actually did a quick survey of how caste plays out in contemporary India. The idea that democracy and development have in some ways eroded caste turned out not to be the case, that it has in fact been entrenched and modernised.” WayIdeasPlayFactsCasesDemocracyDevelopmentIndiaContemporarySurveysCastes Author:Arundhati Roy
“The higher education has always appealed to the South Asian social leaders across all the countries in South Asia. But primary education has been neglected. The oddity, by the way, is if you look at the contrast in India, there are some areas like Kerala where there's a long history of educational development.” IfsWayLooksLongHas BeensCountrySocialLeaderDevelopmentHigherAreasIndiaSouthEducationalPrimariesContrastAsiaAsianNeglectedHigher EducationOdditiesSouth AsiaPrimary Education Author:Amartya Sen
“Pakistan will never be able to match the Indian militarily and the effort to do so is taking an immense toll on the society. It's also extremely dangerous with all the weapons development. The two countries have already come close to nuclear confrontation twice and this could get worse. So dealing with the relationship with India is extremely important.” TwoImportantCountryAbleEffortDangerousDevelopmentWeaponsIndiaNuclearIndianImmensePakistanConfrontationTollsTwo Countries Author:Noam Chomsky
“The Prime Minister of India, at a meeting that I co-chaired a few months ago, stated that any development that is not sustainable is not development.” MonthsDevelopmentIndiaMeetingsMinistersPrimePrime Minister Author:Maurice Strong
“There are over 200 million illiterate women in India. This low literacy negatively impacts not just their lives but also their families' and the country's economic development. A girl's lack of education also has a negative impact on the health and well-being of her children.” WellsChildrenCountryGirlMillionsEconomicDevelopmentLowsNegativeIndiaImpactWell BeingLiteracyIlliterateEconomic DevelopmentLack Of Education Author:Sachin Tendulkar
“Out of its squalor and human decay, its eruptions of butchery, India produced so many people of grace and beauty, ruled by elaborate courtesy. Producing too much life, it denied the value of life; yet it permitted a unique human development to so many. Nowhere were people so heightened, rounded and individualistic; nowhere did they offer themselves so fully and with such assurance. To know Indians was to take a delight in people as people; every encounter was an adventure. I did not want India to sink [out of my memory]; the mere thought was painful.” PeopleKnowsWantHumansValuesMemoriesToo MuchGraceAdventureDevelopmentOffersUniqueIndiaMerePainfulDelightIndianEncountersDeniedDecayAssuranceCourtesyHuman DevelopmentValue Of LifeEruptionIndividualisticSqualorButchery Author:V. S. Naipaul