4 Quotes & Sayings By Jairam Ramesh

Jairam Ramesh (born as Jairam Ramanathan on 26 March 1964) is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian Parliament from the constituency of Dharwad in the state of Karnataka. He is currently the Union Minister for Rural Development in the Government of India. He has been elected to various posts in the Indian National Congress, including 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Lok Sabha.

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A country that cannot feed itself cannot have self-pride, and in the mid-'60s 20 percent of all the wheat produced in America came into India. We were agriculturally a basket case. And 15 years later, 20 years later, we have become an agricultural power. This is the famous Green Revolution. Jairam Ramesh
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There never is a good time for tough decisions. There will always be an election or something else. You have to pick courage and do it. Governance is about taking tough, even unpopular, decisions. Jairam Ramesh
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I think environmentalists do no service to their cause by taking fundamentalist stances. I am not defending corporate India's track record, but for many environmental problems, there are technological solutions. Jairam Ramesh