PIYUSH GOYAL

Piyush Goyal dedicates series of projects for rail infrastructure in poll-bound West Bengal

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday dedicated a series of projects for the development of rail infrastructure in poll-bound West Bengal...

Efforts should be made to end atmosphere of violence in West Bengal: Piyush Goyal

"I hope that attempts will be made to put an end to the atmosphere of violence so that the people of West Bengal can live in peace, and the...

No rise in food grain prices for poor covered under NFSA: Piyush Goyal

The Economic Survey said that as the food subsidy bill is “becoming unmanageably large” and while it is difficult to reduce the economic co...

Concerned about behaviour of some Big Tech firms: Piyush Goyal

Piyush Goyal added that India is concerned about big corporations holding a lot of data of Indian citizens and that data often being used b...

India's commerce minister Piyush Goyal says will work with USTR on 'fresh' trade package

"I will also engage with the new USTR to try and put together a fresh package. I think the old one is now off the table," Goyal said at a U...

India exports COVID-19 vaccines worth about Rs 338 cr so far: Piyush Goyal

India's exports of the COVID-19 vaccine stood at around Rs 338 crore till February 8, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said in t...

Smriti Irani, Ramesh Pokhriyal, Piyush Goyal inaugurate ‘The India Toy Fair-2021’ website

Union Ministers Smriti Irani, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Piyush Goyal jointly inaugurated the website of ‘The India Toy Fair-2021’on Febr...

SCALE committee working to up localisation, component manufacturing, says Piyush Goyal

Goyal also said that the government has taken steps such as raising import duty and issuing quality control order to promote the toys indus...

Government may issue clarification on e-commerce sector: Piyush Goyal

Separately, the minister also said that India is waiting for the confirmation of the new United States Trade Representative before starting...

India's MSP operations are WTO-compliant: Piyush Goyal

Under the global trade norms, a WTO member country's food subsidy bill should not breach the limit of 10 per cent of the value of productio...

Farmers' protest: Govt ready to resume talks, says Piyush Goyal

The government has held 11 rounds of talks with farmer leaders, the last one being held on January 22 before the tractor parade on January ...

This budget foundation stone for future India: Piyush Goyal

Speaking at the Delhi BJP office, the Minister of Commerce and Industry said the five Atmanirbhar Bharat packages announced over the course...

Farm laws drafted in Mumbai, Piyush Goyal speaks for corporates: Digvijaya Singh

Congress veteran leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh slammed Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Unio...

Monetisation of freight corridor assets to be done in stages: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the budget on Monday said that the Indian Railways will go for monetising the DFC asse...

Railways to be catalyst of change for Aatmanirbhar Bharat: Piyush Goyal

Goyal said Indian Railways is marching ahead on its bigger plan like achieving 100 per cent electrification by 2023, net zero carbon emissi...

Piyush Goyal asks ICAR to explore possibilities to grow imported fruits

Commerce minister Piyush Goyal said that there is lot of scope in the cultivation of flowers and horticulture crops in the country.

94% of beneficiaries satisfied with free grain scheme: Piyush Goyal

He said that FCI distributes 47.5 million tonnes of food grains every year to 800 million poor people at subsidised rates under national fo...