China's Influence Is Bound To Rise.

I Sincerely Hope That The Difficulties That Are There In Iraq And Iran Can Be Resolved, That Iraq Will See A New Era Of Hope In Which Its People Will Enjoy A Full Sovereignty. And Also The Problems That There Is With Iran Can Be Resolved Through Dialogue Through Giving Diplomacy A Chance.

When I Became Finance Minister In 1991, I Discovered That The Wealth Tax Rates Income - There Was Taxation On Wealth. It Was So Atrocious And So High That Actually Nobody Could Accumulate Money In An Honest Way. I Removed That Tax, And The Result Was That Indian Companies For The First Time Acquired An Incentive To Grow Big, To Grow Rich.

I Believe All Societies, All Thriving Societies Of The Future Are Going To Be Multicultural Societies.

Let Me Say That I Think The Economic History Of The Last 150 Years Clearly Shows That If You Want To Industrialize A Country In A Short Period, Let Us Say 20 Years, And You Don't Have A Well-developed Private Sector, Entrepreneurial Class, Then Central Planning Is Important.

Outsourcing, Information Technology Revolution, The Access To India's Human Resources, India's Pool Of Scientists. It Will Help American Companies To Become Leaner, Meaner, More Efficient, And They Become More Competitive, Both In The United States And In Dealing With The Rest Of The World.