30 Facts About Piyush Goyal

Piyush Vedprakash Goyal was born on 13 June 1964 and is an Indian politician and chartered accountant serving as a cabinet minister in the Government of India, having portfolios such as Minister of Textiles, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

Piyush Goyal was elevated to the Cabinet Minister position on 3 September 2017.

Piyush Goyal headed the BJP's Information Communication Campaign Committee where he oversaw the publicity and advertising campaign of the party including the social media outreach for the Indian General Elections 2014.

Piyush 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.

Piyush Goyal's mother was a three-time Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Legislative Assembly from Maharashtra and his father served as the Union Minister for shipping in the Third Vajpayee ministry from 2001 to 2003.

Piyush Goyal's father served as the National Treasurer of the BJP for over two decades.

Piyush Goyal is Chartered Accountant and he did Law in Mumbai University.

Piyush Goyal did his schooling from Don Bosco High School, Matunga.

Piyush Goyal was a member of the Standing Committee on Finance and the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence.

Piyush Goyal was nominated by the Government of India to the Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers.

Piyush Goyal was elected as the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Maharashtra for the Rajya Sabha in 2010.

Piyush 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.

Piyush Goyal introduced the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana to revive debt-ridden power distribution companies and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana to improve India's energy access.

Piyush Goyal initiated and completed the government program to electrify all the 18,000 remaining unelectrified villages of the country.

Piyush Goyal 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.

Piyush Goyal worked for energy efficiency in the country through the Unnat Jyoti by Affordable Lighting for All scheme and reduced the prices of LED bulbs to 38 per piece from 310 in 2014.

Piyush Goyal became the Minister of Railways on 3 September 2017 taking charge from Suresh Prabhu.

Piyush Goyal launched the first indigenous semi-high speed train Vande Bharat Express between Delhi and Varanasi.

On 27 February 2019, Piyush Goyal announced a Railway Zone for Andhra Pradesh named South Coast Railway with Waltair Division in Andhra Pradesh along with Guntur, Guntakal and Vijayawada Divisions with the headquarters of the zone being in Visakhapatnam, according to the AP Reorganisation Act 2014.

Piyush Goyal presented the 2019 Interim-Union budget of India in the Lok Sabha on 1 February 2019.

In May 2019, Piyush Goyal continued at the Ministry of Railways and got the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Piyush Goyal aims to discard restrictive States Government policies pertaining to License Raj, Land Permissions, Foreign Investment Proposals, and Environmental Clearances.

Piyush Goyal aims to provide equal opportunities to all marketplace players to make optimum use of the e-commerce ecosystem in the larger interest of the country and its citizen.

Piyush Goyal inaugurated 'Prarambh' International Summit, an initiative by Startup India in New Delhi.

In July 2021, Piyush Goyal was appointed the Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha succeeding his colleague Thawar Chand Gehlot.

Piyush Goyal emphasised that the procurement system at Minimum support price will continue and Food Corporation of India will be committed to serving farmers.

At the 3rd Governing Council meeting of the Bureau of Indian Standards, Piyush Goyal directed to cut quality testing charges for MSMEs, Startups and Women Entrepreneurs.

Piyush Goyal directed the Department of Consumer Affairs to focus and ensure on quality and quantity of products, processes and services to the consumers by way of the BIS Act, 2016 and Legal Metrology Act, 2009.

Piyush Goyal is married to Seema Goyal, an active social worker, and they have two children.