Piyush Ved Prakash Goyal is an Indian politician and the current minister of Railways and Commerce 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 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. Goyal is the 2018 Carnot Prize Recipient for distinguished contributions to energy policy. Piyush Goyal has been allocated the cabinet ministry for Narendra Modi led NDA government in May 2019. He is currently taking charge as Minister of Railways and Minister of Commerce and Industry.
Indian railways has manufactured a high-speed locomotive in West Bengal's Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, achieving a top speed of 180 kmph, Union minister Piyush Goyal said in a tweet on Monday. He.. IndiaTimes - Published
The US is one of India's largest trading partners and the strategic partnership between the two countries have strengthened significantly over the past two decades. DNA - Published
Goyal, who also heads the Ministries of Industries and Railways, was to visit Beijing from August 2 to 3 to take part in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional.. IndiaTimes - Published
Sharing the roadmap to enable the shift to clean energy sources, minister for railways Piyush Goyal said in Rajya Sabha on Friday that besides focussing on electrification of tracks and moving to.. IndiaTimes - Published
Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour, he said there was no proposal at present to change Railway fares, after the recent hike in diesel costs due to increased excise duty in the general.. IndiaTimes - Published
Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR), also known as Bullet Train Project, has been sanctioned with a target to be completed by 2023, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Friday. DNA - Published
The railways is planning to bring down travel time of Rajdhani trains on the busy Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes by over three hours with an investment of about Rs 14,000 crore in infrastructure,.. IndiaTimes - Published
The profiles of officials in the railway ministry are being studied as part of a wider anti-corruption drive to set an example of transparency, railway minister Piyush Goyal said here. IndiaTimes - Published
The two-day India US trade talks came to an end on Friday with no big breakthrough but sides agreeing to continue discussions on trade issues. Commerce minister Piyush Goyal will be going to Washington.. DNA - Published
Rejecting the opposition's allegation that the government is working to privatise the national transporter, railway minister Piyush Goyal Friday asserted there is "no question" of privatisation, but.. IndiaTimes - Published
India Tuesday raised concerns about widening trade deficit with Indonesia and called for diversifying the export basket for sustainable trade. The issue was flagged by Commerce and Industry minister.. IndiaTimes - Published
The heightened political crisis in Karnataka showed no signs of abating after the 10 of the 13 Cong-JD(S) MLAs, who submitted their resignations to the Speaker’s office on Saturday morning, were.. IndiaTimes - Published
A high-level trade delegation from the US is expected to visit India next week to find ways to resolve the recent trade tensions between the two countries, official sources said Thursday Firstpost - Published
The railways has set a target to install CCTV cameras in more than 7,000 coaches of mainline passenger trains by March 2021, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal informed Parliament Wednesday. DNA - Published
Goyal said there were 21,340 Manned Level Crossings (MLCs) and 1,048 Unmanned Level Crossings (UMLCs) in the country as on April 1, 2019 DNA - Published
The number of women constables in the Railway Protection Force (RPF) is less at present and the government has decided to fill up 50 per cent of the 9,000 vacant posts notified with lady constables,.. DNA - Published
The Railways has set a target of 2021-2022 to electrify its entire broad gauge network, railway minister Piyush Goyal told Parliament on Wednesday. Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Goyal said.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Railways on Saturday dropped its plan to offer massage services to passengers on board, days after a BJP MP wrote to Union minister Piyush Goyal raising objections against the proposal. IndiaTimes - Published
Commerce minister Piyush Goyal will lead the Indian delegation on trade and digital economy at two-day G20 ministerial meeting beginning Saturday in Tsukuba city, Japan. He will also hold dialogue with.. IndiaTimes - Published
Amid economic slowdown and rising unemployment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday constituted two new Cabinet committees under his chairmanship to spur economic growth, investment and.. IndiaTimes - Published
Home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday presided over a meeting of top ministers including finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and external affairs minister S Jaishankar. The meeting is understood to have.. IndiaTimes - Published
Piyush Goyal Friday took charge of the commerce and industry ministry at a time when global protectionism is rising at trade front and the need to push India's exports is pressing. DNA - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes
Piyush Goyal, having achieved the lowest accident figures in his previous tenure, had repeatedly said that his goal was to reach the zero accident standard. He has been reassigned the charge of the.. IndiaTimes - Published
While speculations ride high as to who will be part of the new government led by Narendra Modi, some BJP leaders confirmed that they have been called to meet the PM and party president Amit Shah ahead.. IndiaTimes - Published
Veteran BJP leaders Nitin Gadkari, Prakash Javadekar, Piyush Goyal, Suresh Prabhu and newly-elected MP from Dindori Bharati Pawar are tipped off to be ministers in the PM Narendra Modi-led Cabinet DNA - Published
A gazette notification, issued by the MHA Joint Secretary Piyush Goyal on Thursday, said the terror outfit has also plans of "spreading its network in south India with an overarching motive to.. IndiaTimes - Published
On the other hand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has only a single agenda the development of the country and Jharkhand," he said while addressing an election rally here.. Modi has set up a Rs 6000 crore.. IndiaTimes - Published
“For getting into public life, you do not come 60 days before the election and expect that 130 crore people of this country will understand what you are and what you stand for … we need serious.. IndiaTimes - Published
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday renamed his Twitter handle to "Chowkidar Narendra Modi" in a bid to amplify the BJP's campaign ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Soon after this, BJP leaders,.. IndiaTimes - Published
Chidambaram said he was prepared to "believe the government" as a "proud citizen", but the Centre has to "make efforts for the world to also believe" its stand. He recalled party chief Rahul Gandhi was.. IndiaTimes - Published
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