“ I had done everything in consultation with the Prime Minister. After demitting office, I told everyone that whatever I did was in consultation with the Prime Minister. After I was arrested, I advanced the same argument in court and at the time of framing of charges, the same argument was forwarded. My stand has been very clear .”

Former Telecom Minister A. Raja on 2G telecom allocation

“ I think the right way to look at it is we are not restricting. We are opening up in a gradual manner… In the space of 22 years we have opened practically 90 per cent of India’s economy… Steel, power, roads, airports, seaports, all this is open… Therefore, there’s a huge opportunity for investors .”

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram

“ Now, with strong interconnections, and uneven recovery, that three-speed recovery is not the healthiest recovery we could think of. The three-speed recovery is not enough and what we need is a full-speed global economy — growth that is solid, sustainable, balanced, but also inclusive and very much rooted in green developments .”

IMF Chief Christine Lagarde on uneven global economic recovery

“ For me, it is a trade issue and not an immigration issue. Like we have free flow of goods either side, I think it is as important to have free flow of highly skilled people, it is part of the business… It will be discriminatory and will impact our competitiveness as well as ability to service our customers. We have feasible information that such regulations are being put inside the current draft, which is to be released soon .”

Nasscom President Som Mittal on proposed business and work visa restrictions in US

“ Business is integral to the development of any nation. CII plays its own important role. We are working with the Government, shaping policy and agenda. I see this as a partnership, rather than anything else. We have a role to influence policy. But it is not directed towards any particular industry or company. CII also has a very important social role to play through its centres of excellence to improve the competitiveness of companies .”

CII President and Infosys Co-Founder

S. Gopalakrishnan

“ As of now, there is no plan to disinvest in BHEL ”

Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Praful Patel

“ I am betting my future on India. We have already made significant investments in setting up our research and development here. We will have 30 per cent of our talent base from India and going forward we want to partner the Government in enabling socially relevant projects such as in education and healthcare .”

Cisco Chairman and CEO John T. Chambers

“ IT industry, analysts and the media have been using some metrics to gauge the performance of IT companies in the last 20 years... With our size today, some of these metrics need to be re-evaluated .”

Tata Consultancy Services Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director N. Chandrasekaran

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