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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicPiyush Goyal

Topic: Piyush Goyal

Interim budget last-ditch opportunity for PM Modi to woo voters ahead of 2019 polls

There are speculations that Modi’s fiscal plan includes a cash transfer program for farmers, support for small businesses and some reprieve for taxpayers. 

Economy has done much better during PM Modi’s term but not many have gained from it

The nature of higher growth under PM Modi has been such that it hasn’t helped the most employment-intensive sectors or created jobs.

Railways plans to electrify more than 6,000 km of rail network in fiscal 2019, says Piyush Goyal

Huge investment in railways over the past five years had helped improve safety and complete long-delayed projects, said the railway minister.

Full budget or interim budget, what’s in a name?

The Modi govt is rumoured to be presenting a 6th ‘full’ Budget instead of an interim one that is the norm in election years. There is a clear difference.

Expect Piyush Goyal to make big announcements on farm, retail & exports in Budget

Interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal is expected to present an almost full Budget on 1 February, and govt could breach the fiscal deficit target of 3.3%.

Piyush Goyal asks tax officers to refrain from being overzealous

The cabinet minister asked taxmen to trust customers with a great degree of intelligence, while adopting a customer-friendly approach.

Piyush Goyal back in charge of finance ministry as Arun Jaitley takes ill again

Arun Jaitley will be designated 'minister without portfolio' while Piyush Goyal takes charge of his ministries for the second time in a year.

Tea in kulhad cups will return to railway stations after 15 years

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has instructed caterers at Varanasi and Rae Bareli stations to use terracotta-made 'kulhads', glasses and plates.

Railways will soon show status of reserved & vacant seats just like airlines

Railway minister Piyush Goyal has instructed officials to make the reservation charts public with the help of the Centre for Railway Information Systems.

BJP leader takes a train from Amritsar to Ayodhya, says no ‘achhe din’ in railways

BJP’s Laxmi Kanta Chawla, travelling on Saryu-Yamuna Express, has a message for Modi & Piyush Goyal — stop thinking of bullet trains, Indian Railways.

On Camera

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.