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“India is content with itself, and driven by the will to sit on the high table of prosperity. It will not be deflected in its mission by noxious practitioners of terror.”

India Tables Terror Prosperity Missions Driven

Author:Pranab Mukherjee

“Yes, I think India's economy always has been a mixed economy, and by Western standards we are much more of a market economy than a public sector-driven economy.”

Thinking Has Beens Economy Standards India Western Driven Market Economy Public Sector Mixed Economy

Author:Manmohan Singh

“The way to end corruption is a progressive, policy driven state with proper implementation.”

Way Ends States Policy India Corruption Driven Progressive Governance Implementation

Author:Narendra Modi

“People see poverty all around them in India, but they are desensitized or immune to it. I came to the conclusion that poverty is driven by lack of education.”

People Poverty India Driven Conclusion Immune Lack Of Education

Author:Mohnish Pabrai

“For Hindus to expect Islam, Christianity or Zoroastrianism to be driven out of India is as idle a dream as it would be for Mussalmans to have only Islam of their imagination rule the world.”

World Dream Would Be Imagination Christianity India Islam Driven Hinduism Idle

Book:Christian Missions, Their Place in India

Source: Christian Missions, Their Place in India

“I dream of a Digital India where quality education reaches the most inaccessible corners driven by Digital Learning.”

Dream Quality India Corners Driven Digital Inaccessible Quality Education Digital India

Author:Narendra Modi

“Through a policy driven approach we have wage a war against poverty and we are confident we will win this war.”

War Winning Poverty Policy Approach India Driven Governance We Will Win

Author:Narendra Modi

“Government systems suffer from two weaknesses. They are complex. And they are slow. We need to change this. Our systems need to be made sharp, effective, fast and flexible. This requires simplification of processes and having trust in citizens. This needs a Policy Driven State.”

Needs Made Two States Government Suffering Process Policy Citizens Weakness India Complexes Driven Flexible Governance Need A Change Simplification

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.”

Want Giving Done Development Demand Models India Driven Village Governance Impetus

Author:Narendra Modi

“BRICS should be driven by 'People to People' contact. It should explore developing innovative mechanisms of Youth engagement.”

People Should Youth India Driven Contact Developing Engagement Mechanism Governance Innovative Brics

Author:Narendra Modi

“The agrarian crisis [in India] is an unnecessary tragedy, resulting directly from an economics of greed and a politics driven by the economies of greed.”

Economy Economics India Tragedy Crisis Greed Driven Unnecessary

Author:Vandana Shiva

“East India Company weren't an evil organization that went around deliberately oppressing people, but they were driven by profit, and how familiar is that now?”

People Evil Company Organization India Profit East Driven Familiar

Author:Steven Knight

“In the forests of central India and in many, many rural areas, a huge battle is being waged. Millions of people are being driven off their lands by mining companies, by dams, by infrastructure companies, and a huge battle is being waged. These are not people who have been co-opted into consumer culture, into the western notions of civilisation and progress. They are fighting for their lands and their livelihoods, refusing to be looted so that someone somewhere far away may "progress" at their cost.”

“You will find that hardly a soul who will say that it was a bad thing. Almost everybody will say it was a good thing. 'But what about today? Do you think we should have free immigration?' 'Oh, no,' they'll say, 'We couldn't possibly have free immigration today. Why, that would flood us with immigrants from India, and God knows where. We'd be driven down to a bare subsistence level.'”

Thinking Knows Should Soul Today Levels Should Have India Good Things Driven Immigration Immigrants Bad Things Flood God Knows Subsistence

Author:Milton Friedman

“I think the Tata Group's greatest contribution to the growth of the Indian economy and Indian industry probably happened in the pre-independence era. The Group's investments in industries such as steel, textiles, power and hotels were certainly driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, but they were driven even more, I think, by a desire to make India self-sufficient and independent of its colonial masters then.”

“My wish is to help design the future of learning by supporting children all over the world to tap into their innate sense of wonder and work together. Help me build the School in the Cloud, a learning lab in India, where children can embark on intellectual adventures by engaging and connecting with information and mentoring online. I also invite you, wherever you are, to create your own miniature child-driven learning environments and share your discoveries.”