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Mar 03, 2021 04:13 PM IST Piyush Goyal also said the investments in the Sagarmala project will boost the country's maritime infrastructure, expand freight corridors, make freight more cost-effective and bring down the current logistics cost, which is estimated to be about 13-14 percent.
Feb 28, 2021 08:38 AM IST Narrating an experience from his childhood about a toy setup for planes that influenced him aspire to become a toy manufacturer, the minister said, "It is another matter that I don't think I will be able to do it, but I'm actively pursuing Airbus to try and get them to come to India to start manufacturing aeroplanes in India".
Feb 26, 2021 04:16 PM IST Piyush Goyal added that the Indian education system has to attain that level wherein students from even the developed nations would come for higher studies, even in institutes other than IITs and IIMs.
Feb 25, 2021 12:47 PM IST In October 2020, India and South Africa submitted a proposal suggesting a waiver for all WTO (World Trade Organisation) members on the implementation, application and enforcement of certain provisions of the TRIPS Agreement in relation to the prevention, containment or treatment of COVID-19.
Feb 21, 2021 09:31 AM IST Piyush Goyal encouraged the officials from across the railway zones to share with the board their best practices and policy suggestions for national optimisation, according to an official release.
Feb 17, 2021 11:02 PM IST Amazon is known to be having a set of preferred vendors who get a majority of the business generated by the e-commerce giant.
Feb 12, 2021 01:48 PM IST The exports include grant of the vaccine doses to friendly countries and commercial shipments.
Feb 09, 2021 07:44 PM IST Sugar mills of Uttar Pradesh owed Rs 7,555.09 crore, followed by Karnataka at Rs 3,585.18 crore and Maharashtra at Rs 2,030.31 crore, the data showed.
Feb 09, 2021 06:19 PM IST "We are also considering certain clarifications to ensure that the e-commerce sector works in the true spirit of the law, " Piyush Goyal told a news conference.
Feb 07, 2021 07:43 PM IST Goyal said Modi government is sensitive towards the farmers' concerns and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the whole government was ready to resolve the issue through dialogue.
Feb 07, 2021 03:36 PM IST Speaking at the Delhi BJP office, the Minister of Commerce and Industry said the five Atmanirbhar Bharat packages announced over the course of several months last year and this budget can be compared with the finance minister "hitting a sixer" in cricketing terms.
Feb 03, 2021 09:10 PM IST In written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, the minister said this decline in revenue was due to the adverse impact of COVID-19 pandemic, consequential lockdown and partial operation of passenger services.
Jan 24, 2021 10:19 PM IST Railway Minister Piyush Goyal informed about the starting of the new train this in a tweet on Sunday.
Jan 05, 2021 03:47 PM IST The Indian Railways' freight business development portal will act as a "one-stop, single-window" solution for all the needs of its freight customers, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said.
Dec 30, 2020 08:09 PM IST There was, however, no agreement on the two other key demands - chalking out modalities of repealing the three legislation and giving a legal guarantee on the Minimum Support Price (MSP).
Dec 30, 2020 01:22 PM IST Indian Railways’ new design Vistadome tourist coach has been manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory (ICF).
Dec 22, 2020 10:10 PM IST Under phase-I, employees engaged in the organisations rendering essential services were permitted to travel.
Dec 22, 2020 09:29 PM IST In a letter to 40 union leaders, the Joint Secretary in the Union Agriculture Ministry, Vivek Aggarwal, had on Sunday asked protesting farmer leaders to specify their concerns over its earlier proposal of amendments in the laws and choose a convenient date for the next round of talks so that the ongoing agitation could end at the earliest.
Dec 18, 2020 08:53 PM IST Addressing the 86th annual general meeting (AGM) of industry body ISMA, Goyal was not in favour of the industry's demand to hike the FRP of the sweetener from the current level of Rs 31 per kg, as it would lead to rise in retail prices.
Dec 15, 2020 09:40 PM IST The commerce and industry minister also expressed confidence in the capabilities of the business community as well as startups which can make India the top economy globally in the next 25-30 years.
Dec 15, 2020 02:42 PM IST For certain sectors such as telecom, media, pharmaceuticals and insurance, government approval is required for foreign investors. There are nine sectors where FDI is prohibited and that are lottery business, gambling and betting, chit funds, Nidhi company, real estate business, and manufacturing of cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes using tobacco.
Dec 05, 2020 07:18 PM IST Ministry of Railways also stated that the services will be available every 7 minutes during morning and evening peak hours.
Dec 04, 2020 07:33 AM IST Farmers' Protest highlights: Farmers' protest against the Centre's new farm laws has entered 9th day. The government will hold another round of talks with leaders of farmer unions tomorrow.
Dec 03, 2020 07:30 PM IST Farmers' leaders told the government to focus on resolving the issues instead of trying to be a good host by offering lunch, Shinde said.
Dec 03, 2020 07:30 AM IST Farmers' Protest highlights: Farmers' protest against the Centre's new farm laws has entered 8th day. The government held second another round of talks with leaders of farmer unions today.
