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.
Read MoreGoyal was speaking at a conference on 'Indian Mining Industry 2030 - Way Forward', which was organised by FICCI jointly with the Ministry of Mines.
Hitting out at the BJP, Banerjee had said it was stoking communal fire but people had not fallen into its trap.
The GST, India's biggest tax reform since Independence, was rolled out past midnight Friday at a gala event organised in the Parliament's Central Hall.
NPAs of state-run banks at the end of last September rose to Rs 6.3 lakh crore (almost USD 100 billion), as compared to Rs 5.5 lakh crore at the end of June 2016.
Goyal said the country is facing a situation of many projects having being initiated despite the fact that the demand growth at a particular trajectory did not warrant that.
The government's policy think-tank NITI Aayog has recently recommended breaking up of Coal India into various subsidiaries.
Goyal remarks came within hours of the CBI conducting searches at Roy's residence in New Delhi and three other locations for allegedly causing a loss of Rs 48 crore to ICICI Bank.
Union Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal today said that instead of assuming everything to be good, India needs to innovate and work towards a better tomorrow.
Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal today said that companies from countries that do not allow Indian firms to do business will not be permitted to come to India.
Besides, Goyal, who also holds the New and Renewable Energy and Mines portfolios, said the higher tax of 18 per cent levied on solar modules will not impact solar tariffs.
He also exuded confidence that by 2019, three years ahead of its original schedule, the government would able to take power to every household.
In his inaugural address, Goyal, who also is a chartered accountant, clearly told the missing ‘not to expect help from him’ if they don’t take the meet seriously.
In a significant turn of events for a country known earlier for its crippling power situation and severe infrastructural woes, India has now become a net exporter of electricity for the first time during the
After ending all the speculations and meetings, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday chose Nongthombam Biren Singh as its chief minister candidate for Manipur. Biren Singh, who was elected BJP legislature party leader, will meet
In an embarrassment for the country, the Indian tricolour was seen hoisted upside down during Power Minister Piyush Goyal’s meeting with his counterpart in Abu Dhabi last week.
Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal has denied any plans to break Coal India Ltd, saying ‘there was no value in splitting up country’s biggest coal producer’.
The Rajya Sabha is presently debating on the issue of demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.
New Delhi: Marking a near twofold growth from the previous year, power generation in the country has risen up to 9.5 per cent in 2016 so far, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said today. The power
Piyush Goyal has warned the state governments to ensure that they don’t indulge in any irregular activities that affect Centre’s flagship schemes for rural electrification and urban upgradation of power infrastructure.
Mumbai: Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal and senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram were today elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra. The deadline for withdrawal of nominations ended this afternoon.
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