There is no doubt that in the last years of the UPA's rule, a certain lethargy had set into the way the central government went about its business.

The first time I went to the Planning Commission was when it was under KC Pant, a long time ago. Since then I have been back there many, many times to the point where the many people who seem to spend their lives sitting outside the various offices and even the patches of grime in the hallways and stairwells began to look familiar.

Policy change is nothing if it's not patient work.

Abhijit Banerjee Quotes