Nirmala Sitharaman Quotes.
We value our relationship with U.S.A. and are engaged with them at various levels.
The government’s intention is to function, to have debates in Parliament, and to work in the interest of the people.
Most of the expressions we use in economics are relative terms. All of us are votaries of free trade.
France has been maintaining a very special relationship with India on defence matters.
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.
In defence, ‘Make in India’ is happening in a big way, and it is not happening without orders coming from the ministry.
I would love to help the textile sector, but at the same time, a big red flag is held by the automotive parts and automotive sector. They don’t want to open up to the European Union.
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?
If exporters are looking at various factors which influence the performance, the fluctuating rupee will certainly be a factor.
Bringing in timely laws that are the need of the hour requires nimbleness to get through the necessary legislative processes.
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.
For a country like India, which, unlike China, has domestic market for which manufacturing happens, manufacturing also happens for export.
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.
Bilaterals are like building blocks for multilaterals.
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.
We should be proud of the soldiers who laid down their lives for our motherland. We should be proud of them.
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.
The language of any joint statement between two countries is mulled over many times before it becomes final.
It’s only under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership that the country can foresee a bright future.
I understand that the rupee is fairly market determined.
Every year, I have given Rs 20,000 crore worth of projects to HAL. But the previous UPA government gave just Rs 10,000 crore projects.
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.
You can’t hold the armed forces responsible for being firm with terrorists. We need to be firm with terrorists.
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.
Nobody has a right to call me or the prime minister a thief and a liar.
In a multi-party democracy, many issues which you want – or do not want – will be raised. It is for us to make it relevant or not so relevant with our answers.
The government doesn’t go about refuting everything that floats around.
Our manufacturing in India has grown with a lot of indigenous strength.
The Rafale deal narrative that the Congress is setting is a propaganda that has international ramifications.
Shouldn’t India, too, like other countries, protect its national interests?
WTO is the only multilateral system in which developed and developing countries sit together at par.
Even during negotiation with HAL, Dassault felt that the cost with which the HAL will produce will be far higher than the aircraft produced in France. That was the reality.
Guess ‘Make in India’ means I have to support India, whether private or public.
Having witnessed first-hand the prowess of the Western Fleet, I am confident that the Indian Navy is fully capable of defending the nation against any form of threat.
We want our exports to perform better. We want more exports. We want to reach out to more countries selling our products, and for that, a weaker rupee will be anytime better.
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.
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.
Obviously, defence is very sensitive and very challenging ministry.
In India, elections happen every year in at least a few states.
Bofors was a scam. Rafale is not.
I will be the defence minister round-the-clock.
There are several areas where the border is not completely defined and demarcated.
With South East Asian nations, ASEAN countries, with some of them, we do have defence cooperation, and we continue with them.
Post globalisation, the debate has been, ‘How much more are we going to liberalise?’
