'Otherwise, how is the government going to make more revenue?' 'The most important thing the GST does is to transfer money from the household consumers who are the most productive users of capital to the most unproductive users of capital, namely the government.'
Nisha Agarwal, commissioner of the New York Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs, recalls, with both anguish and elation, the events of the last fortnight after the US President's order banning entry for people from seven countries was put in place.
This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India.
The second and final part of former cabinet secretary Naresh Chandra's interview to Sheela Bhatt.