Piyush Vedprakash Goyal is an Indian politician. He was born on 13 June 1964. He is the son of Late Shri Ved Prakash Goyal who had served as a Union Minister for shipping in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee cabinet. He is the currently serving as minister of Railways, Coal and Corporate Affairs in the Government of India. He was elevated to Cabinet Minister position on 3 September 2017. He is currently a Member of Parliament for Rajya Sabha from the state of Maharashtra and was earlier the National Treasurer of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).He did his schooling from Don Bosco High School, Matunga. Also he is all-India second rank holder in Chartered Accountant and second rank holder in Law in Mumbai University. Piyush was a member of the Standing Committee on Finance and the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence. He headed the BJP's Information Communication Campaign Committee and oversaw the publicity and advertising campaign of the party including the social media outreach for the Indian General Elections 2014. Mr. Goyal is the 2018 Carnot Prize Recipient for distinguished contributions to energy policy.
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New Delhi: A day before Amit Shah is slated to return for a full-term as the BJP president, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host a dinner for party office-bearers on January 23.A BJP functionary said
New Delhi: In an overhaul aimed at ensuring round-the-clock availability of electricity and promoting clean energy, the government today unveiled a new power tariff policy.As per the reforms carried out by the government, taxes and
Jaipur: On the passage of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill currently stalled in the Rajya Sabha, the government said on Sunday it will "find another way" to bring benefits of the law to
New Delhi: Taking a step further in government's reform drive, Union Cabinet today took a number of decisions including approval of 10 per cent stake sale in state-owned Coal India Ltd besides initial public offer
Washington: India has invited US companies to invest in the Indian energy sector as India-US collaboration offered great potential, in view of India's enormous energy needs and the US resources, capabilities and technology.The invitation was
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a meeting of power producers like NTPC and NHPC today to review their performance. "The Prime Minister has called a meeting of power producers on Tuesday to review
Kolkata: India will be able to double its power generation in the next seven years, Union Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal has said."Very clearly, as we work to provide energy access to every citizen
New Delhi: India's Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said that boosting ties with Pacific Island countries could provide co-operation opportunities in sectors like fisheries, tourism, agriculture, IT, healthcare and energy.In his address at a
New Delhi: Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said the Centre cannot be considered as a bailout bank for helping debt-ridden power distribution companies and states will have to find a way out of the
New Delhi: About 63% of the total imports of solar power panels have been from China during the first two months of the current fiscal, Parliament was informed on Thursday.As many as 1.90 crore solar
New Delhi: As many as 55 cities in 27 states and union territories are currently being developed as solar or green cities, parliament was told on Thursday.So far, 55 existing cities in 27 states/UTs are being
1. Congress MPs plan to stage dharnaNew Delhi: Congress MPs plan to stage a dharna today in front of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the Parliament House complex to demand action against those involved
New Delhi: With the opposition warning of a stormy parliament session, top BJP leaders met party president Amit Shah here on Sunday to finalise their strategy for the session.The meeting comes a day ahead of
Kolkata: The government will create two separate e-auction windows for coal, targetted at stressed power companies without blocks or linkages till the new framework is out.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an interactive session
Raipur: Union Minister of State for Power and Coal (Independent charge) Piyush Goyal on Tuesday inaugurated the newly built International Institute of Information Technology campus at Naya Raipur in Chhattisgarh and said it will become
Lucknow: There is an ample amount of coal for every thermal power plant in the country in view of record production by Coal India Limited (CIL), Power Minister Piyush Goyal said today."There has been a
New Delhi: Union Minister Piyush Goyal today accused Congress of raking "divisive issues", days after party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi took a veiled dig at BJP cautioning against the "ideology that pits one against the another"."The
1. Delhi Government meeting with Nestle Officials on Maggi issueNew Delhi: Health Minister Satyendra Jain will today hold a meeting with Nestle officials amid the controversy on the hygiene quality of Maggi. Notably, 10 samples
New Delhi: Four proposed power sub-stations which can end electricity crisis in the national capital have failed to see the light of day as land has not been allocated to even one of them by
New Delhi: With the Reserve Bank of India's second bi-monthly monetary policy review of this fiscal coming up, the government on Saturday strongly urged central bank Governor Raghuram Rajan to cut interest rates."I only ask
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