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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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Piyush Goyal, Farmer Welfare Minister meet Punjab farmer leaders in Delhi

News | Nov 13, 2020, 09:20 PM IST

Union Minister of Railways, Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar held a meeting with farmer leaders from Punjab at Vigyan Bhawan.

Piyush Goyal extends Diwali wishes highlighting Centre's efforts to overcome COVID impact

News | Nov 13, 2020, 05:00 PM IST

Union Minister of Railways, Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on November 13 extended his to everyone for Diwali with the hope that coming year will be a good one.

Integrated Check Post construction begins at Nepalgunj to boost connectivity

News | Nov 13, 2020, 10:29 AM IST

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Nepali Urban Development Minister Krishna Gopal Shrestha on November 12 virtually witnessed the ground-breaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction of an Integrated Check Post at Nepal

Cabinet approves revised cost of Rs 8,575 crore for East-West Metro Corridor project

News | Oct 07, 2020, 07:32 PM IST

Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on October 07 briefed today's cabinet decisions to media in Delhi. He said cabinet today gave the approval to complete the East-West Metro Corridor project at the cost of Rs 8,575 crores in Kolkata.

Indian Startups doing excellent work in logistic sector: Piyush Goyal

News | Sep 11, 2020, 10:17 PM IST

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said the Indian Startups are doing excellent work in the logistic sectors.

Have to move towards a world where we are net-zero in terms of carbon emissions: Piyush Goyal

News | Sep 09, 2020, 01:40 PM IST

Addressing the second edition of Rail Connect, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) through a virtual platform, Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said, "We ultimately have to move towards a world where we are net-zero in terms

Confident of adding Rs 20-lakh crore manufacturing output in next 5 years: Piyush Goyal

News | Sep 05, 2020, 07:54 PM IST

Central Government will soon be unveiling a programme, called 'One Product One District'. Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal talked about the programme while addressing a press conference.

India, Japan will come out successful in all matters: Piyush Goyal

News | Aug 06, 2020, 05:00 PM IST

While addressing at the 'Digital Edition of Make in India, Japan Roadshow 3.0' in the national capital on August 06, the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry.

India making strong policy decisions to help investors take advantage of growth opportunities: Piyush Goyal

News | Aug 06, 2020, 04:41 PM IST

While addressing at the 'Digital Edition of Make in India, Japan Roadshow 3.0' in the national capital on August 06, the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry.

S Jaishankar, Piyush Goyal hand over 10 locomotives to Bangladesh Railways

News | Jul 27, 2020, 08:30 PM IST

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal flagged off 10 diesel locomotives on July 27.

International trade can be successful only in peaceful environment: Piyush Goyal

News | Jun 25, 2020, 11:48 PM IST

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal during Indo-American investment series talk on June 25 said that US was largest trading partner but last year, it has now become the largest merchandise trading partner also.

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal immerses mother's ashes in Maharashtra's Nashik

News | Jun 09, 2020, 08:26 AM IST

Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal immersed his mother Chandrakanta Goyal's ashes in Ramkund of Godavari river on June 8.

Railways worked overtime to ensure Maharashtra get the number of trains they wanted: Piyush Goyal

News | May 29, 2020, 03:26 PM IST

PM Modi took charge of the situation by announcing lockdown when the whole world was being ravaged by the coronavirus: Piyush Goyal

85 out of 145 trains were to run from Maharashtra till 6:00 PM today, of which only 27 could run

News | May 26, 2020, 08:10 PM IST

85 out of 145 trains were to run from Maharashtra till 6:00 PM today, of which only 27 could run. My request to the Maharashtra government again, please help us to take the poor laborers to their homes: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal

Politicizing migrants issue is unfortunate, we need to work together: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal

Kurukshetra | May 26, 2020, 09:02 PM IST

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said that the Maharashtra government has demanded 145 trains from us, which we have accepted, but the state government is able to make migrants reach the station properly. The trains are standing empty and if the passengers are not been made available on time, then these trains will be canceled again.

Migrant workers' issue in Maharashtra turns into a political debate

News | May 26, 2020, 06:47 PM IST

145 Shramik Special trains planned for Maharashtra, state gave info on only 41 trains, says Railways. The railways accused the state of not providing details of the passengers, as a result of which many Shramik Special trains had to be cancelled.

EXCLUSIVE: Uddhav Thackeray's statement on migrant trains ‘baseless, unfortunate’, says Piyush Goyal

News | May 25, 2020, 08:27 PM IST

In an exclusive interview to India TV Railway Minister Piyush Goyal slammed Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and called his statement on migrant tarins as baseless and unfortunate.

Twitter war between Piyush Goyal & Uddhav Thackeray over Shramik trains list | Debate

News | May 25, 2020, 12:40 PM IST

Did Maharashtra government arrange for migrant trains? Watch debate with Sushant Sinha

Railways ticket counters reopen at Mumbai's CSMT

News | May 22, 2020, 06:38 PM IST

Locals queued at ticket counter of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai after Indian Railways allowed operation of reservation counters at selected stations.

WB govt didn't cooperate to run special trains for migrant workers: Piyush Goyal

News | May 21, 2020, 04:19 PM IST

The Union Railways Minister, Piyush Goyal on May 21 said that the West Bengal Government not actively cooperated with Railways Ministry to let migrant workers reached their home via special trains amid the coronavirus uncertainty.