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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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Union Textile Minister Piyush Goyal

Centre approves 20 strategic research projects under National Technical Textiles Mission

India | Nov 02, 2022, 04:15 PM IST

National Technical Textiles Mission: The projects were cleared under the leadership of Piyush Goyal, Minister of Textiles, Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

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Suvendu Adhikari writes to Piyush Goyal; alleges 'Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee befooling people'

India | Oct 16, 2022, 07:29 AM IST

Suvendu Adhikari, through his letter to Piyush Goyal, took a dig at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Festive Schemes.

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India would be happy to discuss trade pact with US: Piyush Goyal

Business | Sep 06, 2022, 04:20 PM IST

India is negotiating all trade pacts to boost the country's exports and create jobs in the domestic market. It is aiming to take exports of goods and services to USD 2 trillion by 2030.

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Cyrus Mistry death: PM Modi, Eknath Shinde, others react to former Tata Sons chairman's demise

India | Sep 04, 2022, 08:41 PM IST

Cyrus Mistry death: Several people expressed their condolences to the death of former Tata Sons chairman, Cyrus Mistry.

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PM Modi greets people on Ganesh Chaturthi, attends programme at Union Minister Piyush Goyal's reside

India | Aug 31, 2022, 11:24 PM IST

PM Modi attended a religious programme at his cabinet colleague Piyush Goyal's residence. Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi and businessman Sunil Bharti Mittal also attended the puja there.

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to release assessment report of states, Union Territories

Business | Jun 30, 2022, 10:12 AM IST

According to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the BRAP report includes 301 reform points that cover 15 business regulatory areas such as access to Information, single window system, labour, environment, sectoral reforms and other reforms spanning across the lifecycle of a typical business.

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Piyush Goyal pitches for permanent solution for food security with WTO DG at G33 meeting in Geneva

India | Jun 12, 2022, 08:34 PM IST

Taking to Twitter, Union Minister Piyush Goyal wrote "fighting for the rights of our farmers within an hour of landing WTO Geneva at the G33 Ministerial Meeting."

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BJP releases list of 16 candidates for Rajya Sabha elections, Sitharaman to contest from Karnataka

India | May 29, 2022, 07:50 PM IST

The BJP has released the list of candidates for elections to the Rajya Sabha. Nirmala Sitharaman to contest from Karnataka, Piyush Goyal from Maharashtra.

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UP Election 2022: BJP's policy can't be understood by SP that thinks for family only, says Goyal

Elections | Feb 17, 2022, 08:17 AM IST

Goyal said the Yogi Adityanath govt has done a remarkable job in all fields, including agriculture, industry, infrastructure, health and education, and asserted that UP will leave a mark as a "golden state".

Union Minister for Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal 

Hyundai must be more forceful in apology: Piyush Goyal

India | Feb 08, 2022, 02:14 PM IST

Hyundai had issued a clarification after it faced calls for a boycott of its cars, but there have been demands for the company to apologise unequivocally over its Pakistan partner expressing solidarity with the cause of separate Kashmir. 

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Apologise to nation, action to maintain dignity of House: Piyush Goyal on suspension of 12 MPs

India | Nov 30, 2021, 04:06 PM IST

The Rajya Sabha on Monday suspended 12 MPs for the entire Winter Session of Parliament for creating ruckus in the House during the Monsoon Session on August 11.

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India poised to achieve Services export target of USD 1 trillion by 2030: Piyush Goyal

Business | Nov 10, 2021, 08:41 AM IST

The theme of the Global Services Conclave 2021 was 'India Serves: Exploring Potential Growth Sectors Beyond IT/ITes'.

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USTR Katherine Tai, Piyush Goyal to take comprehensive look at bilateral trade relationship

World | Nov 04, 2021, 08:12 AM IST

The WTO conference will be held from November 30 to December 3.

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Developed nations enjoyed fruits of energy for several years, should go for net-zero faster: India

India | Nov 01, 2021, 12:25 AM IST

"The developed countries, which have already enjoyed the fruits of low-cost energy for several years have to go in for net-zero much faster and if possible going for net-negative," said India's Sherpa at G20 and Union Minister Piyush Goyal.

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Cabinet approves setting up of 7 PM MITRA parks with outlay of Rs 4,445 crore over 5 years

Business | Oct 06, 2021, 06:31 PM IST

PM MITRA will offer an opportunity to create an integrated textiles value chain right from spinning, weaving, processing/dyeing and printing to garment manufacturing at 1 location.

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Indian diaspora immensely contributed towards UAE's growth: Piyush Goyal

World | Oct 03, 2021, 11:57 PM IST

Speaking at an event of ICAI, Dubai, Goyal said that chartered accountants in UAE can help expand investment, interest in India.

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Air India disinvestment: Centre has not taken any decision on winning bid so far, says Piyush Goyal

India | Oct 02, 2021, 02:52 PM IST

"I have been in Dubai since...day before and I don't think there is any such decision that has happened at all," Piyush Goyal told reporters.

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World is looking towards India as trusted partner: Piyush Goyal at Dubai Expo 2020

Business | Oct 01, 2021, 10:47 PM IST

Piyush Goyal inaugurated India Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, which showcases India's vibrant culture, along with diverse partnership opportunities that India is capable of offering. 

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India, UAE have shared interest, not in competition: Piyush Goyal at Dubai Expo 2020

World | Oct 01, 2021, 06:22 PM IST

"Throughout the pandemic, Indians wanted to come back home. But UAE didn't let any Indian go because they did not want them to go. They took care of them like their own family members. It's a huge message about love and affection," Piyush Goyal said.

India to host G-20 summit in 2023; Piyush Goyal appointed sherpa for grouping

India to host G-20 summit in 2023; Piyush Goyal appointed sherpa for grouping

India | Sep 07, 2021, 11:14 PM IST

Making the announcement, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday that India will hold the G20 presidency from December 1, 2022, and will convene the G20 leaders' summit in 2023 for the first time.