Quotes by Nirmala Sitharaman - Page 2

From the beginning of this century, for a decade as chief minister of Gujarat and for just over four years as India's PM, Modi has made an indelible mark in the annals of our history.
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Indelible
Chief
Decade
Minister
Pm
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Rupee fluctuation is not so significant compared with the other currencies. Fluctuations in currencies has been fairly steady. As the finance minister often says, fluctuation is the new normal.
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Finance
Fluctuation
Significant
Steady
Fairly
Minister
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A lot of discussions and debates happen in our party. Isn't it good to have a democratically run party rather than a dynastic one? So obviously, discussions do happen, and they are for the good.
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Debates
Democratically
Discussions
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For me, representing India, as much as I can give, I need reciprocal things to be given to me. If I am willing to offer tariff concessions on goods, I want something to be offered by them to boost India's services.
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Boost
Goods
Reciprocal
Representing
I Am Me I Can
Offered
Tariff
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India lived in hopelessness, as the government was not responsive. It did not know what the poor needed. There was complete policy paralysis. Corruption was rampant, and terrorists used to play havoc in the country.
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Havoc
Hopelessness
Paralysis
Rampant
Responsive
Terrorists
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The challenge we face as a government is meeting expectations - not specific expectations, but the larger expectations: things that need to be changed and that Narendra Modi will do it as though he has a magic wand.
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Magic Wand
Wand
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People have realised that for want of anything substantial, the Congress is using Rafale to question the government. But people are not responding or reacting positively to them. They've had enough of this muck-raking.
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Had Enough
Positively
Reacting
Realised
Responding
Substantial
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I am saying this with a certain sense of confidence and not arrogance. The defence ministry is being run without any middleman and in a transparent way. We have proved that defence procurement can happen without middlemen.
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Arrogance
Defence
Ministry
Transparent
Proved
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A buyer can buy anything from wherever he gets it cheap. Where will the Indian trader or farmer go in this case? Are we ready to see people sitting with their product and no international retailer wanting to buy from them?
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Buyer
Cheap
Trader
Wherever
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The government took a decision to implement 'One Rank, One Pension' for defence personnel in 2015 and promised to pay arrears in four instalments. I can say that all OROP arrears have been cleared, with over Rs 10,788 crore being spent.
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Defence
Pension
Personnel
Cleared
Implement
Promised
Rank
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None of us should play party to any corporate warfare. We cannot become pawns in the hands of corporate giants' warfare to constantly bully the government, to throw misinformation to the public, tell part-truth and part-story to the public.
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Corporate
Giants
Misinformation
Warfare
Pawn
We Cannot
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On shipbuilding, on submarine building, warship building, coastal surveillance or small vessel building, we have both public and private sector. The capacities have really been scaled up, and the skill sets, hi-tech skill sets, have been acquired.
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Coastal
Private Sector
Surveillance
Vessel
Acquired
Capacities
Sector
Sets
Skill
Submarine
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Major reforms include optimisation of the Signals establishments, restructuring of repair echelons, redeployment of ordnance echelons, better utilisation of supply and transport echelons, besides closure of military farms, and Army postal establishments in peace locations.
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Army
Closure
Farms
Restructuring
Signals
Transport
Besides
Establishments
Include
Reforms
Locations
Postal
Repair
Supply
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Much to my surprise, not a moment have I been made to feel, 'Alright, a woman - probably the prime minister wanted to make a token gesture.' The ease with which people have taken this thought of a woman minister has been a great strength for me and has made my job far easier.
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Alright
Ease
Prime
Prime Minister
Surprise
Taken
Wanted
Job
Strength Great Me
Far
Gesture
Minister
Moment
Token
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I respect the Forces... but civil services also have a contribution to make. They are there to bridge administration with Forces. They are critical, and I give credit to them. I don't claim to have done miracles in bridging it, but I have just said the two lines can go parallel.
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Respect
Administration
Contribution
Credit
Lines
Said
Bridge
Civil
Forces
Miracles
Parallel
Services
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We will ensure that the important characters of what make 'Make in India' an important flagship programme for PM Modi is given full play for defence production. 'Make in India' needs to take over so we benefit from what is manufactured in India and finds an international market.
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Defence
Ensure
Finds
Pm
Programme
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PM Modi believes in detailed planning through extensive consultation. He is an example as a listener - no interruptions, no urgent phone calls, no distractions; he absorbs every input. He doesn't hesitate to say he needs more inputs, another round of briefing, or more time to mull over.
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Briefing
Consultation
Input
Interruptions
Phone Calls
Planning
Urgent
Absorb
Believes
Calls
Detailed
Distractions
Extensive
Round
Hesitate
Listener
Pm
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Dassault could not progress in the negotiations with HAL because if the aircraft were to be produced in India, a guarantee for the product to be produced was to be given. It is a big ticket item, and the IAF would want the guarantee for the jets. HAL was in no position to give the guarantee.
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Aircraft
Guarantee
Hal
Item
Jets
Negotiations
Produced
Ticket
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The first thing I have done for the Tejas is that their capacity to annually produce eight aircraft has now been increased to 16. I have doubled it. For which we have given enough support, we have told them that if they need additional space for testing and trials, we are willing to give it.
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Aircraft
Capacity
Trials
Additional
First Thing
The First Thing
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We have heard the Chinese refer to the Shangri-La Dialogue speech at various points. You have a lot of articulations about the top leadership itself about what is the spirit of India-China relations. There is a very clear understanding between the two countries about the defence relationship.
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Defence
Refer
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Many countries which are no longer able to afford their public health systems, which have made certain promises within their countries to purchase from free market or from other economies, are approaching us seeking help with the supply of generic drugs, which is opening a very big room of opportunity for us.
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Free Market
Generic
Opening
Public Health
Seeking
Approaching
Promises
Purchase
Supply
Systems
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Since when has the Congress become protector of judiciary? Do I have to remind how Indira Gandhi treat the judiciary when one verdict went against them? Rajeev Gandhi in 1988 almost brought the bill, and during that phase, how many cases were filed against the media? And their son and grandson is talking about press freedom.
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Cases
Grandson
Judiciary
Protector
Verdict
Gandhi
Phase
Remind
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