We will ensure that the important characters of what make 'Make in India' an important flagship programme for PM Modi is given full play for defence production. 'Make in India' needs to take over so we benefit from what is manufactured in India and finds an international market.

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Bilaterals are like building blocks for multilaterals.

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blocks like building-blocks building

PM Modi believes in detailed planning through extensive consultation. He is an example as a listener - no interruptions, no urgent phone calls, no distractions; he absorbs every input. He doesn't hesitate to say he needs more inputs, another round of briefing, or more time to mull over.

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phone say planning time

Since when has the Congress become protector of judiciary? Do I have to remind how Indira Gandhi treat the judiciary when one verdict went against them? Rajeev Gandhi in 1988 almost brought the bill, and during that phase, how many cases were filed against the media? And their son and grandson is talking about press freedom.

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treat freedom media son

There is something different between defence deal and deal in defence.

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deal something defence different

Many countries which are no longer able to afford their public health systems, which have made certain promises within their countries to purchase from free market or from other economies, are approaching us seeking help with the supply of generic drugs, which is opening a very big room of opportunity for us.

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promises free health opportunity

Free trade agreements are never for one sector alone.

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alone free never trade

We should be proud of the soldiers who laid down their lives for our motherland. We should be proud of them.

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soldiers down who proud

Nobody has a right to call me or the prime minister a thief and a liar.

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liar thief nobody me

A border is a border. I have to be conscious of both my borders. I will also have be conscious of my sea. It is less talked about.

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border about will sea

With South East Asian nations, ASEAN countries, with some of them, we do have defence cooperation, and we continue with them.

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continue some cooperation defence

It's one thing to get the money apportioned in the budget; the other is to utilise it completely.

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budget get one-thing money

Most of the expressions we use in economics are relative terms. All of us are votaries of free trade.

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us free economics trade

I will be the defence minister round-the-clock.

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minister will defence

It will be a priority for me to ensure the smooth and speedy implementation of defence deals and projects.

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will me smooth defence

I am saying this with a certain sense of confidence and not arrogance. The defence ministry is being run without any middleman and in a transparent way. We have proved that defence procurement can happen without middlemen.

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i-am confidence arrogance way

We want our exports to perform better. We want more exports. We want to reach out to more countries selling our products, and for that, a weaker rupee will be anytime better.

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reach will better want

The strategy of any party would be to see how best it can defeat the party in power.

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best see defeat power

WTO is the only multilateral system in which developed and developing countries sit together at par.

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system sit only together

Obviously, defence is very sensitive and very challenging ministry.

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very sensitive ministry defence

We have heard the Chinese refer to the Shangri-La Dialogue speech at various points. You have a lot of articulations about the top leadership itself about what is the spirit of India-China relations. There is a very clear understanding between the two countries about the defence relationship.

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you speech leadership relationship