New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- On the 'White Paper' being tabled in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing budget session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the government could have brought the same in 2014, but the country would have lost its confidence.

The Prime Minister was adressing the Global Business Summit here in the national capital.

"10 years ago, before 2014, the policies on which the country was running were taking the country on the path of poverty. A 'White Paper' regarding economic conditions has also been placed in this session of Parliament...I could have brought this 'White Paper' in 2014 also. If I had to satiate my political selfishness, I would have brought it back in 2014," said PM Modi.

"I was shocked by the things that w...