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Piyush Goyal

Piyush Goyal

DOB: 13/06/1964

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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Delhi Polls: No caste reference, just political metaphor, says BJP on anti-AAP ad row

Politics | Feb 02, 2015, 06:42 PM IST

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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Delhi Polls: Delhi to have smart electricity meters and 24 hours electricity promises BJP

Politics | Feb 01, 2015, 06:39 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP leader and Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal assures Delhiites of 24hours electricity a week before Delhi Assembly polls. While speaking to the press, he said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's primary

coal auction to generate over 100 billion for states piyush

Coal auction to generate over $100-billion for states: Piyush Goyal

Jan 24, 2015, 04:51 PM IST

Davos: Asserting that investors have no concern about ordinance route being adopted for coal auction, Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal said the entire process would generate over $100 billion in royalties and auction proceeds

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Obama in India: US President, Michelle arrive Sunday, to visit Agra

India | Jan 22, 2015, 08:29 PM IST

New Delhi: US President Barack Obama will arrive in India Jan 25 along with his wife Michelle on a three-day state visit, described Thursday as the culmination of "qualitative reinvigoration" of bilateral ties since Prime

sentiments to convert into investments soon arun jaitley

Sentiments to convert into investments soon: Arun Jaitley

Politics | Jan 22, 2015, 12:14 PM IST

Davos:  India is back in the reckoning at the global centre-stage and the huge build-up in positive sentiments among investors should soon start converting into real investment flows on the ground, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

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Obama in India: Piyush Goyal appointed 'Minister in Waiting' for Barack Obama

India | Jan 20, 2015, 04:18 PM IST

New Delhi: Narendra Modi has appointed Piyush Goyal as the 'Minister in Waiting' for Barack Obama who will be on a 3-day visit to India starting from 25th January. Barack Obama will be the Chief

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Piyush Goyal hopeful of electricity bill clearance in budget session

Politics | Jan 15, 2015, 11:29 PM IST

Mumbai: The Electricity (amendment) Bill, 2014, which aims at unbundling the power distribution and transmission sector and opening it for competition, is likely to be passed during the coming budget session of the Parliament, Union

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Rs 3 lakh crore for building power infrastructure: Piyush Goyal

Politics | Jan 10, 2015, 11:55 PM IST

Bhubaneswar: An amount of Rs 3 lakh crore would be invested in building infrastructure for transmission and distribution of power in the country, Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal today said.This would facilitate a 24×7 power

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Confident about Coal India raising output: Piyush Goyal

Jan 10, 2015, 08:30 AM IST

New Delhi: Following his talks with unions to end the Coal India workers' strike, Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal is doubly confident of the state miner achieving its production target of a million tonnes

coal strike enters 2nd day may cripple power sector

Coal strike enters 2nd day, may cripple power sector

Jan 07, 2015, 11:03 AM IST

New Delhi: The nationwide strike called by hundreds of thousands of coal workers to protest against 'disinvestment and restructuring of state-run Coal India' and to press for their other demands including the roll-back of what

coal india transporting extra coal to power plants

Coal India transporting extra coal to power plants

Jan 05, 2015, 03:11 PM IST

New Delhi: State-owned Coal India is transporting extra coal to the power plants to help them tide over the likely disruption of supplies following the proposed five-day strike by the unions beginning tomorrow."Coal India (CIL)

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Energy conservation can help save Rs 50,000 crore: Piyush Goyal

Dec 15, 2014, 11:37 AM IST

New Delhi: Pursuing energy efficient ways will help reduce electricity consumption and save as much as Rs 50,000 crore, according to Power Minister Piyush Goyal.Emphasising the need for conserving energy, he said that within next

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Coal swapping to save Rs 6,000 crore: Government

Politics | Dec 11, 2014, 05:53 PM IST

New Delhi: The government is working on a swapping arrangement of coal, which will help save Rs 6,000 crore and improve fuel supplies to power plants, the Parliament was informed on Thursday.Coal and Power Minister

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Cabinet approves changes to Electricity Act, 2003

Politics | Dec 11, 2014, 12:29 PM IST

New Delhi: The union cabinet on Wednesday approved the various amendments to the Electricity Act, 2003 as per the power ministry's proposed amendment bill."The amendments will usher in much-needed further reforms in the power sector,

bill on coal mine allocation introduced in lok sabha

Bill on coal mine allocation introduced in Lok Sabha

Politics | Dec 10, 2014, 01:51 PM IST

New Delhi: The government on Wednesday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to begin allocation of coal blocks that were cancelled by the Supreme Court.The Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 2014, will replace an

no plans to give coal linkages to new private power plants

'No plans to give coal linkages to new private power plants now': Piyush Goyal

Politics | Dec 08, 2014, 03:03 PM IST

New Delhi: Government has no proposal at present to provide fresh coal linkages to private companies for new and upcoming power projects, Rajya Sabha was informed today.“At persent, there is no proposal to provide fresh

goyal promises to reduce coal sector woes in 8 9 months

Goyal promises to reduce coal sector woes in 8-9 months

Politics | Nov 30, 2014, 07:12 AM IST

Mumbai: Expressing confidence that the Bill to replace coal ordinance will be passed in the ongoing session of Parliament, Union Minister Piyush Goyal Saturday promised to significantly reduce the woes in the sector in the

12 states to set up solar parks ultra mega solar projects

12 states to set up solar parks, ultra mega solar projects: Goyal

India | Nov 28, 2014, 07:51 AM IST

New Delhi: Twelve states have agreed to set up of solar power parks and ultra mega solar projects totalling 22,100 MW capacity, including a 7,500 MW park to be set up in Leh and Kargil

power ministry for changes in renewable energy obligations

Power Ministry for changes in renewable energy obligations

Politics | Nov 26, 2014, 12:39 PM IST

New Delhi: The Power Ministry will soon approach the Cabinet with a proposal to introduce stringent rules for buyers and sellers of renewable energy, besides making amendments to the provisions in the overall tariff policy,

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Akhilesh blames centre for power crisis in UP

Politics | Nov 19, 2014, 02:55 PM IST

Lucknow: Holding the NDA government at the Centre responsible for the power crisis in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said the state was not getting its allocated quota of coal and power.  “We

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