Business leaders: Walk the talk

"Corruption is a bad thing but from the micro perspective in which we work, India is still a good opportunity and we are investing here."
Jeff Immelt, Global CEO, General Electric, on the company's India plans, in The Economic Times

"For another Green Revolution, you need technology... Services like electricity and water; marketing… and lastly, farmers' enthusiasm. The last is the most important input and it is totally absent."
M.S. Swaminathan, member of the National Advisory Council and father of the Green Revolution, discussing the budget allocation for agriculture, in Business Standard

CLASSIC BUSINESS QUOTE "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." Walt Disney

"One of the frustrations that foreign bankers have in India is that it's very difficult to make inorganic investments."
Stuart T. Gulliver, CEO, HSBC Holdings Plc, in Mint

"The government runs hundreds of schemes… abolish all of them and run only 10 or 12 which are absolutely necessary. There should be one in every infrastructure sphere and ensure that they are monitored properly."
Yashwant Sinha, former Finance Minister, on welfare schemes, in Parliament

"If I were taking favours from people, I would be doing far bigger things."
Robert Vadra, New Delhi-based entrepreneur and son-in-law of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, in The Economic Times