If the economy is growing fast, there is call for a distributing income from the rich to the poor to to put in place social safety nets.

As the largest and most developed democracies of Asia (India and Japan), we have a mutual stake in each other's progress and prosperity.

Protectionism has to be avoided. Protectionism is not only on goods but also in the area of services. Financial protectionism is also bad and should be avoided.

If certain facilities, local facilities have to be arranged, the local authorities have to come. And that makes the Indian system slow moving, Indian administrative system slow moving.

In a country where employment opportunities are not growing fast enough, the fear of change tends to be very acute.

India's political system also would need to be modernized.

India's infrastructure has to be modernized, has to be expanded at a rate which will I think be consistent with the growth requirements.

My vision is to work for the relationship between India and Pakistan which would be like the relation between Canada and the United States.

If the economy is not expanding, the redistribution of income becomes a zero-sum game. And therefore, all the class struggle - and it becomes much more vicious.

If the economy grows enough, fast enough, the tech system should be modernized so that the tax revenues rise fast enough also, and we should put more money in education.