About Piyush Goyal
Piyush Vedprakash Goyal is an Indian politician who is serving as the 13th Minister of Commerce and Industry since 2019, also being the longest serving minister for the same. He also served as Minister of Textiles and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. He was elevated to the Cabinet Minister position on 3 September 2017. Formerly a Member of Parliament for Rajya Sabha from the state of Maharashtra, he is also the former Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha. Goyal was elected as member of 18th Lok Sabha Representing Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency. He is married to Seema Goyal and has two children, Dhruv Goyal and Radhika Goyal. Goyal is the 2018 Carnot Prize Recipient for distinguished contributions to energy policy. He was awarded the 2018 Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy and work in village electrification by the University of Pennsylvania's Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. He won as the BJP candidate for the Mumbai North constituency in the 2024 General Elections. Goyal became the Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy in the Modi government in 2014 and undertook multiple initiatives in his term.
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