India's economy is growing at seven to eight percent over the last 15 years,

To sustain this growth, we need energy, and to get that energy, we are trying to tap all the sources - Cuba is one of them.

Despite our best effort, it is possible that nothing will happen and that getting a permanent seat at UNSC would not be a cakewalk,

Once this is completed, we will be able to address a major constraint affecting our economy,

Yes, I think India's economy always has been a mixed economy, and by Western standards we are much more of a market economy than a public sector-driven economy.

If you have a rigidly controlled economy, cut off from the rest of the world by infinite protection, nobody has any incentive to increase productivity and to bring new ideas.