Piyush Goyal
Skill development answer to India’s ageing population: Piyush Goyal
India needs to focus on developing skills of youth so that the country's growth is not hampered when the population aged 60 or above grows manifold by 2050, Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy Piyush G
Assam keen to join Uday Scheme: Piyush Goyal
Power Minister Piyush Goyal today said Assam is keen to join the Uday scheme, which is aimed at reviving the debt-laden power distribution companies.
Need to provide better vocational education to youth: Piyush Goyal
There is a need to further improve the quality of vocational education being provided to the youth...
Nominations for RS polls close, contest on cards in UP, Haryana
As nominations for Rajya Sabha biennial polls closed today, a contest is on the cards in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana even as Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram are among those set to be e
Creditworthy that we are now self sufficient in coal: Piyush Goyal, Power & Renewable Energy Minister
As the Narendra Modi-led government completes two years in office, the minister of states for coal, power and renewable energy Piyush Goyal...
BJP nominates Piyush Goyal from Maharashtra for Rajya Sabha election
The BJP has nominated Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal as its candidate from Maharashtra for the Rajya Sabha election slated on June 11.
Short-term power procurement: e-bidding results in savings
The first e-bidding process through the DEEP Portal for short-term power procurement has resulted in substantive savings for states such as Uttarakhand, Kerala, Bihar and also for private discom Torrent Power.
Power connection on demand soon, pay charges in EMIs: Piyush Goyal
In a bid to make electricity available to all, the government plans to launch a scheme under which consumers can pay for the new connection in monthly installments over a period of 5 years and will be able to avail the servic
Piyush Goyal: Poor don’t steal electricity, rich do
Rubbishing the myth that the poor people of India steal electricity, Union Minister for Power and Coal Piyush Goyal on Thursday said it is the big fish who plunder the nation's resources, while adding that the Centre will tak
Piyush Goyal tells Coal India to stick to fuel pact commitments to gencos
In what would enable power companies to scale up capacity utilisation and cut fuel costs, public-sector Coal India has been told to provide the full contracted quantity of coal to them under the fuel supply agreements (FSAs)
New power connection: Govt wants to keep it short and quick
Trying to make things quicker and hassle-free, the power ministry is going the distance by approaching people with a simple half-page application for a new connection...
Coal imports decline by 15% to 15.9 MT in April
Country's coal imports fell by 15 per cent to 15.9 million tonnes (MT) in April this year. The imports stood at 18.7 MT in the same month last year.
Electricity consumption to touch 4 trillion units by 2030: Piyush Goyal
India's electricity consumption will increase four times from about 1.1 trillion units to 4 trillion units by 2030.
Smart cities need to be customised to Indian context: Piyush Goyal
Development of smart cities in the country will have to be customised to the Indian context while leveraging on economies of scale to make the requisite technology affordable, Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal today said.
Cabinet approves flexible coal use policy; will save Rs 25,000 cr, cut generation cost by 40-50p/unit
The Union Cabinet today approved a proposal to relax norms for utilisation of domestic coal aimed at bringing down cost of power generation.
