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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Washington: The BJP-led government has laid a “solid foundation” for ease of doing business in the country, and is working hard to achieve its goal of keeping it corruption-free, Union Energy Minister Piyush Goyal has
London: India has asked the West to take responsibility for the damage caused by carbon emissions of the past and propose innovative financing solutions to tackle the global menace posed by climate change.“The West will
1. Rajya Sabha to take up Companies billNew Delhi: Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2014 will be presented in Rajya Sabha today. Government's attempt to pass it became scuttled by opposition members from various parties pressed for
New Delhi: As Narendra Modi government completes one year in office, BJP today lauded the Prime Minister's efforts towards cooperative federalism and setting in motion a strategy for inclusive development and hoped it will succeed
New Delhi: BJP today came out strongly in defence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi after Arun Shourie's attack on his government and said he was a “fair weather friend” and could be having a “grouse”
New Delhi: The auction of 67 coal blocks is expected to fetch a revenue of nearly Rs.3,35,370 crore for seven states where the mines are located, besides additional benefit of Rs.69,310.97 crore to consumers "in
Guwahati: The government aims to provide round-the-clock cheap electricity to everyone across the country, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said today. “The states have been asked to prepare action plans (that are) specific to their particular states
Ranchi: Jharkhand government today asked the union power ministry to issue a direction to Power Finance Corporation to accelerate work on the 4000-MW mega power project in Deoghar district.In a letter to Union Power Minister
Mumbai: The government is ready to launch the next round of coal block auctions from April even as it is facing litigation by JSPL, which saw its bids being cancelled in the last round of
Nagpur: Union minister of state for coal and power, Piyush Goyal said today that Mumbai will be able to save up to Rs 80 crore per year with installation of LED bulbs as street lights.He
New Delhi: Congress today charged that the passage of the coal and mines and minerals Bills in Parliament would “take away the rights” of states and enable “backdoor de-nationalisation”.“Earlier, they (BJP) used to make allegations
Mumbai: A war of words has ensued between ruling partners BJP and Shiv Sena after a leader of Uddhav Thackeray-led party alleged “wrongdoing” in a project to install LED lights in 100 cities, including Mumbai,
New Delhi: Ahead of the budget session of Jammu and Kashmir, Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh along with Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu met Union ministers Piyush Goyal and Arun Jaitley and discussed about needs of
New Delhi: The next phase of auction of coal mines will begin shortly, government told the Lok Sabha today.“In the first phase, the government had auctioned 19 coal mines. The second phase, under more mines
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government intends to bring Bills on all the eight ordinances including the Land Acquisition Bill, Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill and the Coal Mining Bill in the Lok Sabha soon after
New Delhi: Virtually rebutting criticism by leading banker Deepak Parekh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the government is being criticised for rather being “too fast”.While Jaitley parried a question on Parekh's criticism yesterday that
New Delhi: On the sixth day of coal blocks auction Thursday, Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal said the ongoing auction, as well as the allocation, of the mines will fetch the respective home states
New Delhi: India's renewable energy sector is poised to attract $200 billion in investments, Power and Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday."In terms of companies which are participating, several have committed to invest
New Delhi: Five days to go for Delhi polls, allegations today flew thick and fast with BJP and a break-away group of AAP accusing the Arvind Kejriwal-led party of receiving Rs 2 crore last year
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has denied having made any caste reference in an election advertisement that mocked Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief Arvind Kejriwal. The saffron party has accused the AAP of
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