Tag: Piyush Goyal

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Railways today turned down the proposal for expanding the jurisdiction of East Coast Railway (ECoR) to unify Odisha under one zone by setting up of three new railway divisions. Members of Parliament of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) led by Bhartruhari Mahatab today reiterated the state’s demands in a […]

New Delhi: The Railways has decided to refund examination fee to candidates who are set to apply for 90,000 posts. Candidates of the exempted categories will get refund of Rs 250 examination fee whereas general category candidates will be refunded Rs 400. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday, “I want to make it clear […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday urged the Centre to consider expanding the jurisdiction of East Coast Railway (ECoR) to unify Odisha under one zone. As part of the reorganization, the Chief Minister has also demanded the Union Ministry of Railways for creating three new railway divisions at Rourkela, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road and Rayagada under […]

New Delhi: The Indian Railways is likely to start offering tickets at discounted price by completely revamping the flexi-fare scheme. The railways could soon rope in discounts on tickets if trains were not fully booked, just like the airlines and hotels, informed Railway Minister Piyush Goyal. “We have been deliberating on a dynamic pricing policy. […]

New Delhi: Rail commuters in Odisha have something to cheer about as the Ministry of Railways will soon introduce a new Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express which will run via Sambalpur. “I am very happy to share with you that the Ministry of Railways has decided to commence a Rajdhani train between New Delhi and Bhubaneswar […]

The MPs submitted a memorandum to the Union Minister and also raised the demand for early evacuation of surplus rice from Odisha and the gunny bags shortage issue. The delegation also apprised Goyal about no lifting of surplus rice by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) from Odisha.

Bhubaneswar: Union Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal and Union Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan are scheduled to attend the ‘Make In Odisha’ conclave as guests at the Janta Maidan here on the last day of the summit today. Besides, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Industries minister Debi Prasad Mishra, Odisha Skill Development Authority chief Subroto Bagchi […]

Union Coal and Power minister Piyush Goyal today assured Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik that he would see to it that the State gets maximum revenue out of coal auction

In the coming monsoon session starting from July 19, Goyal will take the place of Thaawarchand Gehlot, who has been appointed governor of Karnataka.

New Delhi: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal was on Wednesday given charge of Finance Ministry in the absence of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who is in the US for medical treatment, apparently ruling out his recuperation in time for the interim budget to be presented on February 1. Goyal will hold the portfolios of Finance and […]

New Delhi: In a first-of-its-scale heritage mapping and digitization project, Google and Ministry of Railways on Friday launched a project that aims to preserve the cultural heritage of the Indian Railways. The two-year digitization project “The Railways-Lifeline of a Nation” is a comprehensive digital document viewable on Google’s Arts and Culture website. It was launched […]

New Delhi: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that railways is planning to change the century-old signalling system with a modern network. “Few days ago we had a meeting to discuss the century old signalling system which is currently in use. And in the coming years we will change the entire signalling system on […]

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is not running away from facing Parliament and it would soon take a call on holding the Winter Session, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday. “I don’t think there is any situation to run away from Parliament,” Goyal said at a press conference here. There is a lot […]

New Delhi: India is fully prepared to finance carbon-capture technology but the developed world’s approach in this area leaves much to be desired, New and Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal has said. “The government is ready to fully finance carbon-capture technology and is in favour of opening up the technology to all. However, this idea […]

New Delhi: Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that the central government plans to introduce electric vehicles (EVs) on a mass scale within the next three years. The Minister of State (Independent Charge) Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy, and Mines was speaking at the 2017 annual session of the Confederation of Indian Industry […]