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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New Delhi: Heads of India's leading energy companies met Power Minister Piyush Goyal ahead of the union budget announcement due in July. The list included Reliance ADAG chairman Anil Ambani, Gautam Adani of Adani Power,
New Delhi: Long power outages continued to haunt residents of the national capital for the fourteenth consecutive day even as Delhi Government announced that it will take at least ten more days to restore the
New Delhi: Railways today stepped up efforts to expedite rail connectivity projects for smooth coal movement required for power generation. It was decided at a joint meeting held between Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda and Coal
New Delhi: Assuring that there would be no “blackout” like situation in the country's northern region, Power Minister Piyush Goyal has said the government is making adequate arrangements for supplying coal. As per latest CEA
New Delhi: Congress today came down hard on Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal hours after he blamed the 15-year rule of Sheila Dikshit for poor power transmission network and long outages in the city.In a
New Delhi: Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal today called an emergency meet with Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung and officials over the prevailing electricity crisis amid the sweltering summer."I called an meeting with LG and
New Delhi: As Delhi reeled under long spells of power outages and scorching summer heat, Power Minister Piyush Goyal today said it will take 15 days to restore normal power supply even as temporary measures
New Delhi: Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal has said that his ministry will address the electricity issues of states on a fast-track basis.Goyal, who met Gujarat Energy Minister Saurabh Patel, tweeted, “My 3 (power,
New Delhi: Coal Minister Piyush Goyal has sought an update on missing coal block allocation files and ordered “micro-filming” of all documents to prevent such problems in the future.“I have asked for a report to
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