P. Chidambaram Quotes

Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling.

Today, to allege corruption seems to be the pastime of most people. All kinds of allegations are leveled. I think it is self-defeating.

It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.

Independence is a very subjective assessment.

All wisdom does not reside in Delhi.

People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.

Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many.

In income tax, there is no case for amnesty.

What we will become depends on us

Let me tell you, very frankly, when I went to the Harvard Business School I was more or less a committed socialist.

Congress is not a party which fades when not in power

Police can only act on intelligence.

I respect the view of a rating agency, but I do not make a budget for the rating agency. I make a budget for the people of India.

Criticism of a policy is welcome. But in the garb of criticizing a policy, if you allege that the policy was made for corrupt purposes, I reject it.

I don't think we should label budgets even before the budget is presented.

The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government.

'Big business' was a bad phrase in India. To be accused of being big business was the worst accusation you could make. All that has gone now. The whole mindset has changed.

When I came back to India after Harvard Business School, I started as a lawyer and as a trade union leader.

I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively.

I have maintained that the people of India are ahead of their governments. The people of India are at least 10 to 15 years ahead of their governments.

We cannot afford to leave the poor behind.

The voter does not vote only on one issue, the voter votes on a multiplicity of issues.

A government can do only what is feasible given the political and economic context.

If you go back to any period in India's history, all the hard decisions this country had to take were taken when the Congress was in power.

I think preaching equality among unequals is the worst form of discrimination.