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TopicPiyush Goyal

Topic: Piyush Goyal

The rise & rise of Piyush Goyal – scourge of the IAS, go-to man for PM Modi & Amit Shah

It’s been a dizzying rise for Piyush Goyal — Modi and Shah’s blue-eyed boy — from BJP treasurer to its go-to man who holds coal, railways & finance portfolios.

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.

On Camera

Skin cancer is no more an ‘old person’s disease’

The sun isn’t acting alone—it has an accomplice in pollution. Environmental toxins weaken our skin’s natural barrier.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.