There is a general feeling in this country that economic reforms
means FDI. If you do something for FDI, then you are a great reformer, says
Yashwant Sinha, BJP leader and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, in Mint.
Print Edition: 22 Jan, 2012
Pranab Mukherjee
Next year being a leap year, the Budget is likely to be placed on February 29. Elections to all state Assemblies, except in Goa, will be over by that date. So, I don't think there will be any problem. Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister, quoted by agencies
Yashwant Sinha
There is a general feeling in this country that economic reforms means FDI. If you do something for FDI, then you are a great reformer Yashwant Sinha, BJP leader and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, in Mint
Jayanthi Natarajan
Am I to write a blank cheque and sign away the livelihoods of 1.2 billion Indians without even knowing what the EU 'roadmap' contains? Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister for Environment and Forests, at the UN Climate Change talks at Durban, quoted by wire agencies
There was inadequate preparation, and some partners in the coalition developed cold feet. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, on the failure to push through foreign direct investment in retail, in Bloomberg News
Joseph E. Levine
Classic business quote You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough. Joseph E. Levine, Hollywood film-maker
