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Railway Minister Piyush Goyal. (Photo: ANI)

Need few lakh crores to eliminate level crossings: Piyush Goyal

The money is required to construct underpass or overbridges to replace the railway level crossings.

04 Jul 2019 10:47 AM

Currently, 411 pairs of trains of Indian Railways are operating with Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches. (Representational Image)

Linke Hofmann Busch rail coaches replacing conventional ones in a phased manner

Actions have been initiated to acquire technology for making aluminium body coaches, said the Government.

03 Jul 2019 4:38 PM

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday admitted that the government is moving towards corporatisation of its production units, including Rae Bareli Modern Coach Factory and said that the move will offer jobs, bring investments and ensure growth. (Photo: ANI)

Corporatisation of railways' production units will bring jobs, investments: Goyal

Responding to the charges, Goyal said the charge by the Congress leader shows the grand old party's 'double standards.'

03 Jul 2019 3:15 PM

Piyush Goyal said a joint feasibility study has been conducted to explore possibility of a free trade agreement with EAEU which includes Russia, Armenia, Belarus are the other three countries. (Photo: File)

Language, banking system impeding trade with central Asia: Piyush Goyal

Goyal said efforts are being made to boost trade through existing mechanisms between India and Central Asian countries.

03 Jul 2019 1:42 PM

Railway minister Piyush Goyal (Photo: File)

Railways working towards safety of women, says Union minister

Officials said that the RPF is also keeping a watchful eye on trafficked children and women or those who have run away from homes.

01 Jul 2019 12:35 AM

Union minister Piyush Goyal (Photo: File)

No plan to privatise railways or express trains, says Piyush Goyal

The plan proposes the trains will run on important routes like the Gold-en Quadrilateral and Dia-gonals and connecting major cities.

29 Jun 2019 12:48 AM

Responding to a query on the privatisation of these trains and the entire network, Goyal told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply that 'no plan has been made'. (Photo: File)

No plan to privatise railways or trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi: Piyush Goyal

The ministry in its 100-day plan has proposed that it will offer two trains to IRCTC, to operate on haulage concept.

28 Jun 2019 5:55 PM

50 percent of over 9,000 vacancies in Railways will be for women: Goyal

Around 2.32 lakh vacancies are to be filled in the Railways as 1.32 lakh seats are presently vacant and 1 lakh employees will retire.

28 Jun 2019 4:27 PM

It is movable advertising and this means that the client will get greater publicity across the route, said an official. (Photo: Representational)

Branding on wheels: Freight trains to display ads for first time

South Eastern Railway has awarded a contract under 'Branding on Wheels' scheme to Dalmia Cement for a period of five years.

28 Jun 2019 2:56 PM

Piyush Goyal directed the ministries of railways, road transport and highways, shipping and civil aviation, to work in coordination so that the 14 per cent logistics cost may be brought down to 9 per cent. (Photo: File)

Goyal asks ministries to work in coordination to cut logistics cost to 9 pc of GDP

Policy was prepared in consultation with ministries of railways, road transport and highways, shipping and civil aviation.

27 Jun 2019 5:16 PM

Piyush Goyal said "we believe" that the US decision of withdrawing GSP (Generalised System of Preferences) benefits "is not exactly as per the norms of WTO and GATT which have been mutually agreed and which are multilateral trade agreements". (Photo: File)

India won't bargain national interest in trade talks with US: Goyal

India exported goods worth over USD 6 billion under GSP in 2018.

27 Jun 2019 9:44 AM

The central bank also clarified that the data can only be shared with the foreign regulators after its approval.

Data related to payments to be stored only in India

RBI says data processed abroad to be brought in 24 hours & deleted.

27 Jun 2019 1:35 AM

RBI had advised all system providers to ensure that within a period of six months, the entire data relating to payment systems operated by them is stored in a system only in India. (Photo: File | Pixabay)

Data related to payments to be stored only in India: RBI

In case payment processing is done abroad, data should be deleted there and brought back to India within 24 hours, said RBI.

26 Jun 2019 6:47 PM

Both companies, and the US government, protested against the rules in January, saying they would force firms to change their business structures.

Govt warns foreign e-commerce firms like Amazon, Flipkart over discounts: sources

Amazon and Flipkart say they’ve complied with the rules and deny any wrongdoing.

26 Jun 2019 8:46 AM

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal

Retail policy draft in 10 days

The draft released in February had proposed setting up a legal and technological framework for restrictions on cross-border data flow.

26 Jun 2019 3:40 AM

An inter-ministerial panel under DPIIT would be formed to address stakeholder grievances on FDI and draft e-commerce policy.

Govt to come out with national e-commerce policy within 12 months

We will put an institutional framework to bring out a national policy on e-commerce within next 12 months, an official said,

25 Jun 2019 4:30 PM

Besides, the passengers also complained about non-availability of POS bill machines with vendors hampering cashless transaction. (Photo: Pixabay)

Rail officials get first hand experience of public woes

Based on their train travel, action ordered in several cases.

23 Jun 2019 1:55 AM

Addressing members of the CII, Piyush Goyal said there are ways to resolve the problem of inadequate and expensive credit without putting a significant stress to the exchequer. (Photo: File)

Discussing with banks to provide foreign currency loans to exporters: Goyal

Government is taking steps to boost growth of economy with an aim to take it to USD 5 trillion in next 5 years, said Piyush Goyal.

21 Jun 2019 8:14 PM

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha that a draft national e-commerce policy has been drafted and placed in public domain. (Photo: PTI)

Group constituted for resolving ecommerce issues: Piyush Goyal

The policy addresses broad areas of e-commerce ecosystem such as infra development, market places, regulatory issues among others.

21 Jun 2019 7:46 PM

The total duty concessions accruing on account of the GSP were USD 240 million in 2018 which was about 3.8 per cent of the value of India's exports to the US availing GSP benefits in 2018, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. (Photo: File | ANI)

India's exported USD 6.3 bn worth of goods in 2018 under export incentive of US

The US has rolled back incentives under its Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) programme from June 5.

21 Jun 2019 5:12 PM

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