Tag: Piyush Goyal

At a time when there are speculations of privatisation of Indian Railways is making rounds, Tejas Express might be the first train to be operated by private players. The aircraft-like luxury chair car service will run between Lucknow and Delhi. The move is seen as an indication towards the Indian Railways going ahead with its […]

New Delhi: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said there was “no question” of privatisation of the railways, but said the ministry will invite investments for new lines and projects in national interest. Addressing the Lok Sabha on the issue of Demands for Grants of the railways, Goyal said track kilometre grew from 77,609 km […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged Railways Minister Piyush Goyal to run two independent trains Bhubaneswar-Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar & Bhubaneswar-Junagarh-Bhubaneswar for the convenience of the people in Kalahandi. In a letter released to the media on Friday, Pradhan sought the personal intervention of Goyal into the demands of the people of Kalahandi […]

New Delhi: There is no proposal to hike rail fare even as price of diesel has gone up as a result of increase in excise duty and cess, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said in the Rajya Sabha on Friday. “At present, there is no proposal to change fares because of diesel price increase,” he said. […]

The Railway Ministry in its 100-day plan has reportedly proposed that it will offer two trains to IRCTC, to operate on haulage concept, with ticketing, onboard services to be provided by them. However, the proposal has not gone well with the employees of the Indian Railways as it resulted in several assumptions. Alleging a move […]

Bhubaneswar: The State had organised two mega investment summits billed as Make in Odisha between 2016 and 2018, where industrial czars and who’s who of India Inc had graced the State’s premium business show. The big jolt is now, the State neither figures in the top-5 preferred industrial investment destinations nor could even carve one […]

New Delhi: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday inducted the Commando for Railway Security (CORAS) here and promised to set up a commando training centre in Haryana to modernize and train commandos of the Railway Protection Force (RPF). At a function at the New Delhi railway station, Goyal inducted the first batch of the CORAS […]

Bhubaneswar: In what could be a boon for train passengers, Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has okayed a proposal for running two independent trains between Bhubaneswar-Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar and Bhubaneswar-Junagarh-Bhubaneswar. Train no. 18437/18438 Bhubaneswar-Junagarh Road Express between Bhubaneswar & Junagarh Road and Train no. 18447/18448 Bhubaneswar-Jagdalpur Hirakhand Express between Bhubaneswar and Jagdalpur, will soon run as separate […]

In a major development, the Indian Railways has come up with a massive bonanza for the passengers by announcing that a discounted fare Scheme for AC Chair Car and Executive Class sitting accommodation is to be implemented from this month-end. The Scheme shall be applicable for AC Chair car and Executive chair car accommodation like […]

New Delhi: Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said the government is trying to unveil the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) at the earliest and the industrial policy for the domestic sector is also on the way with some discussion still continuing with states and with the Finance ministry. “We are engaged in finalising our industrial […]

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal was on Thursday trolled on the internet over an apparent gaffe in explaining that achieving the target of nearly doubling the size of the economy to USD 5 trillion should not be looked through the prism of maths. At the meeting of the Board of Trade, he […]

New Delhi: Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal’s “gravity” gaffe refuses to die down. Former RBI governor Raghuraman Rajan on Friday launched a scathing attack on Goyal dissecting every word of his remark and saying that he fails to understand the “gravity” of economic slowdown. “When you don’t understand the #GRAVITY of the economic slowdown, the words […]

Mumbai: Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday inaugurated facilities for passengers including 11 foot-overbridges (FOBs) at suburban stations here and launched increased services of the Rajdhani Express. At a function at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Goyal dedicated 11 FOBs at various stations, an escalator and a lift at Parel station, renovated passenger […]

Mumbai,: Union minister Piyush Goyal on Friday conceded that he committed a gaffe by crediting the discovery of gravity to Albert Einstein instead of Issac Newton. The minister, who faced much trolling on social media for the mix-up, quoted Einstein to say that mistakes are not all that bad. “Maths never helped Einstein discover gravity,” […]

New Delhi: Three stations in Rajasthan bagged top honours but none in the national capital figured in the top 10 list of railways’ cleanliness survey unveiled on Wednesday by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Jaipur, Jodhpur and Durgapura were the top three ranking railway stations […]