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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Patna: Omission of the name and photograph of former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar from the site of NTPC power plant at Barh, where a unit is being dedicated to the people today, triggered a war
Patna: Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that the Narendra Modi government has decided to provide "uninterrupted electricity through dedicated feeders to farmers" across the country in the next two years."We have begun
Patna: Keeping politics at bay, the Narendra Modi government is paying special attention towards eastern states, including Bihar, for improving power situation, Union Minister for Power Piyush Goyal said today.“We have clear cut instruction from
New Delhi: Government is targeting doubling coal production to a billion tonnes in the next five years to meet rising energy demands in the country, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said here today.Referring to coal as
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the 'Make in India' campaign here next week at a mega function that will be attended by about a thousand global and domestic business leaders."On September 25,
Lucknow: Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal today said non-cooperation of the Uttar Pradesh government and poor law and order situation are responsible for power crisis in the state.“It is unfortunate that we have 71
New Delhi: Delhi, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh are all set to get 24-hour power supply like Gujarat, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said today.“The programmes for provision of 24-hour power supply in the states of Delhi,
New Delhi: Power ministers of five states have urged union Power Minister Piyush Goyal to help restore power supply to their states facing major blackouts caused by the closure of some generation units of Adani
New Delhi: The Supreme Court decision treating as illegal all coal block allocations since 1993 till 2010 will ultimately benefit the country's economy, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said today."Yesterday, Coal Minister Piyush Goyal has already
New Delhi: Welcoming Supreme Court judgement as ending of uncertainty, Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal today said the government is ready to act quickly once the court delivers its final view on the coal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday addressed a public gathering in Ranchi (Jharkhand) and Nagpur (Maharashtra). As usual people enjoyed his speech. Modi sent out a special message on conserving electricity. He also challenged to root
Ranchi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi tried his best to give an apolitical speech today in Ranchi but could not resist the temptation of reminding people the benefits of a full-majority government.Addressing a public meeting in
Ranchi: Union minister and senior BJP leader Piyush Goyal was today non-committal on the name of the BJP chief ministerial candidate ahead of the upcoming assembly polls in Jharkhand.“(There are a) galaxy of leaders in
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi has a unique quality of striking an instant chord with the masses as he delivers motivational speeches clubbed with satire and emotions. The entire nation was drawn to him during
New Delhi: Giving an indication of the fuel shortage in the country, Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal Monday said 22 coal-based power plants monitored by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) had stocks to last less
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh could emerge as a hub in solar power generation in the near future with the pro-active approach of the state government, Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal said here today. “I think, on
New Delhi: Power Minister Piyush Goyal today said the move to hike electricity tariff in Delhi is a decision taken by the DERC on the basis of costing. The State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERCs) and
New Delhi: Power Minister Piyush Goyal today said the move to hike electricity tariff in Delhi is a decision taken by the DERC on the basis of costing.The State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERCs) and Central
Mumbai: Coal scams during the tenure of the “previous government” have adversely impacted the availability of coal forcing the power generation projects with collective capacity of 65,000 MW being shut in the country, Union Power
New Delhi: With lack of transport infrastructure hampering coal production, the new government says it has brought on track one of the three critical rail links in Chhattisgarh and efforts are on to fasttrack other
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