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Rs 139.20 crore earned from platform tickets in 2018-19, Piyush Goyal
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The government earned around Rs 139.20 crore from the sale of platform tickets in the year 2018-19, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal told Rajya Sabha on Friday.
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Railway Ministry studying profiles of corrupt officials: Piyush Goyal
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 15 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal here on Monday said that his ministry is studying profiles of corrupt officials in a bid to send "right message" to the people.
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Goyal says no privatisation of Railways, targets Congress
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said there is "no question and no meaning" of privatising Railways, but public-private partnership will be encouraged and there will be corporatisation of some units.
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Goyal credits Modi with turnaround of Rae Bareli coach factory, targets Co
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 12 (ANI) Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the NDA government for the turnaround of Rae Bareli's Modern Coach Factory (MCF) while lambasting UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi saying not a single coach was produced during the rule o
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No question of privatising railways, PPP to be encouraged: Goyal
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI) Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said there was "no question, no meaning" of privatising railways but the government was keen to boost investment to create more facilities for passengers and improve technology and public-private investment will be enc
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UPA did not "reply" to 2006 train blasts, Modi would have responded, says
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday accused the UPA government of failing to give an "appropriate answer" after the train blasts in Mumbai 13 years ago in which 209 people were killed and said Modi government would have given a befitting response to a
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Cong takes a dig at investment plans in railways
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday took a dig at the budget announcement of investing Rs 50 Lakh crore in railway infrastructure by 2030.
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800 people arrested in crackdown against spurious water sold in trains, sa
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): More than 800 people were arrested and 48,860 bottles recovered in a major crackdown against spurious mineral water being sold in trains, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday.
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Railways needs an investment of Rs 50 lakh crore by 2030 to make it world'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], July 7 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that Indian Railways needs an investment of Rs 50 lakh crore by 2030 to make it the "world's best."
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Budget perfectly encapsulates PM Modi's vision of New India: Piyush Goyal
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday congratulated Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for presenting the Union Budget 2019-20, which, he said, perfectly encapsulates Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of New India.
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Corporatisation of railways' production units will offer jobs, bring inves
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI) A day after Congress leader Sonia Gandhi raised the issue, 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
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50% of over 9,000 vacancies in Indian Railways will be for women: Piyush G
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday announced that 50 per cent of about 9,000 vacancies that are coming up for the posts of Constables and Sub-Inspectors in the Railway Protection Force (RPF) will be for women.
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