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UP dithering on 24X7 power supply document: Piyush Goyal

He claimed about 15 mn rural and 3 mn urban households in UP are deprived of power connections

Piyush Goyal not keen on revising coal production target

Govt is aiming at 1 bn tonne coal production by Coal India and another 500 mn tonne by 2022

PSUs, private sector companies can swap coal: Piyush Goyal

The guidelines, which were being framed, would be out in the next 30 days

Piyush Goyal to launch GARV-II app to ensure power access to all

In 'GARV' data of only 18452 un-electrified villages has been mapped and 12-stage milestone based monitoring mechanism has been put in place

Govt committed to bring power to all households by 2019: Piyush Goyal

Piyush Goyal lauded students of Kashmir for taking Class XII board examinations amid continuous unrest and terror threats

Coal minister says no value in splitting Coal India: Piyush Goyal

Coal India's strength comes from it being one company, claims Power and coal minister

Govt to come up with pro-active hydro power policy: Piyush Goyal

Hydro power potential in the country is estimated at about 150 GW, with 50 GW coming from Arunachal Pradesh alone

India can't stop using fossil fuels totally: Piyush Goyal

It is important to strike a balance between the conventional and renewable sources of energy, said Goyal

Social security incomplete without energy security: Piyush Goyal

However, he also expressed happiness to see renewable energy taking centre stage in discussions on power sector recently

Piyush Goyal to open 'Switch Global Expo Summit' in Vadodara tomorrow

This innovation and technology summit gives innovators and start-ups the opportunity to showcase ideas to India's biggest mentors

Time of free lunches is over: Piyush Goyal to mining industry

Minister said that argument on reducing import duty on iron ore does not hold much ground

Govt working to eliminate coal import: Piyush Goyal

Goyal said there is an availability of almost 20 days stock and there is not a single plant in the country which is shut due to shortage of coal.

Indian power plants have enough coal to overcome strike: Piyush Goyal

More than a million workers across multiple sectors plan to strike in India on Friday for higher wages and to protest against labour reforms

No reason to hold minority stake in Hindustan Zinc, says Piyush Goyal

In 2002, the government sold 26% stake in HZL for Rs 445 crore to Vedanta and now owns 29.54% share in the company

CIL strike: Government open to discussions, says Piyush Goyal

In September last year, a majority of about 4 lakh coal workers across the country had gone on strike, which hit production in a big way

Coal e-auction rose 29% in 2015-16: Piyush Goyal

The power minister also said that auctions garnered about 33% higher prices over the notified prices

Centre says Bengaluru power outages could be a thing of past

This, only if Karnataka government provides power line support, says Power Minister Piyush Goyal

India poised to ramp up nuclear energy sector: Goyal

Says, The country is close to setting a technology framework and is very close to getting into the nuclear suppliers group

Piyush Goyal emerges strongest MoS

Piyush Goyal said the outgoing minister had done an outstanding job by improving the basic infra of mining

Will work on increasing minerals' share in GDP by 1% : Goyal

At present, mining's share in the country's GDP is 2.4 per cent