Piyush Goyal

Quick Facts

Full Name	Piyush Goyal
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jun 13, 1964(1964-06-13)
Age	60
Birthplace	Mumbai
Country	India
Birth City	Maharashtra
Horoscope	Gemini

Piyush Goyal Biography

Piyush Goyal is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on June 13, 1964 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He was a politician who was elected the Minister of Railways and Coal of the Government of India in 2017. He was also a member of Rajya Sabha, and the National Treasurer for the Bharatiya Janata Party.

He was a member of the cabinet of Prime Minister NarendraModi.

During his 35-year-long political career, he has served on the National Executive and held several important positions in the BJP including the national treasurer. He was also nominated by the Government of India to the Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers. He was the Dy. Campaign In-charge for the Parliament elections in 1991 and played a key role at the central level in all elections since 2004.

Goyal started his career as an investment banker and served on the board of India’s largest commercial banks, the State Bank of India 2001-2004 and Bank of Baroda 2002-2004 as Government nominee.

His parents are Chandrakanta & Ved. Seema, his wife, has a son named Dhruv as well as a daughter called Radhika.

Piyush Goyal Net Worth

Piyush Goyal is one of the richest Politician from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Piyush Goyal 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a participant in leadership programs at Yale University, Oxford University, and Princeton Universities.

He served on the boards of India’s two largest commercial banks, State Bank of India (India) and Bank of Baroda (India).

Piyush Vedprakash Goyal (born 13 June 1964) is an Indian politician and the current minister of Railways and Commerce in the Government of India. He was elevated to the Cabinet Minister position on 3 September 2017. He is currently a Member of Parliament for Rajya Sabha from the state of Maharashtra, and the Deputy Leader of Rajya Sabha. He was earlier the National Treasurer of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He headed the BJP’s Information Communication Campaign Committee and oversaw the publicity and advertising campaign of the party including the social media outreach for the Indian General Elections

2014. Goyal is the 2018 Carnot Prize Recipient for distinguished contributions to energy policy. Piyush Goyal has been allocated the cabinet ministry for Narendra Modi led NDA government in May 2019. He is currently taking charge as Minister of Railways and Minister of Commerce and Industry.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Piyush Goyal Dating?

According to our records, Piyush Goyal married to Seema Goyal. As of December 1, 2023, Piyush Goyal’s is not dating anyone.

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Goyal became the Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy in the Modi government in 2014 and undertook multiple initiatives in his term. He accelerated the mission to provide 24X7 reliable electricity to all households and pushed towards the adoption of clean energy. He introduced the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) to revive debt-ridden power distribution companies and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) to improve India’s energy access. He successfully auctioned the coal blocks after the much talked about Coal scam of the previous government. He initiated and completed the government program to electrify all the 18,000 remaining unelectrified villages of the country. He was awarded the 2018 Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy and work in village electrification by the University of Pennsylvania’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. He also worked for energy efficiency in the country through the Unnat Jyoti by Affordable Lighting for All (UJALA) scheme and reduced the prices of LED bulbs to ₹ 38 (53¢ US) per piece from ₹ 310 (US$4.30) in 2014. He revised the Government’s target of 20 GW of solar power by 2022 to five times (i.e. 100 GW).

Facts & Trivia

Piyush Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Piyush Goyal celebrates birthday on June 13 of every year.

In 2017, Goyal tweeted a photo of a Russian street as an example of Indian street-lighting programme, he later deleted the tweet.

Where is Piyush Goyal today?

Currently a Member of Parliament for Rajya Sabha from the state of Maharashtra, he is also the current Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha.

Who is the current railway Minister of India?

Minister of Railways
Emblem of India
Incumbent Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw since 7 July 2021
Ministry of Railways
Member of| Cabinet of India

Who is the Minister of Commerce and Industry in Union of India?

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Piyush Goyal (57) is the Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs & Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Government of India. Leader of House in Rajya Sabha. He is a Member of the Upper House (Rajya Sabha) of the Parliament of India and the Leader ofHouse in Rajya Sabha.

Where is Piyush Goyal from?

Mumbai, India

How can I tweet a railway Minister?

Indian Railways twitter handle is @RailMinIndia. Travellers just need to go to the twitter handle account of Indian Railways @RailMinIndia and can tweet their grievances and suggestions.