Piyush Goyal Quotes
We cannot have a system that everything can be passed on to the final consumer in the garb of cost being recovered without being sensitive to their own problems and affordability.
Goyal, Piyush. "Cannot pass on all costs to consumers: Piyush Goyal." Business Standard, Business Standard Private Limited, 20 May 2016.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910. Bribery of Congress and other legislatures was very common at that time. In modern times, bribery has become less common, with the function being assumed by campaign contributions. Relative to the cost of living, these “prices” in the modern era are far greater than the bribery prices of the 19th Century.
In addition the companies that are being protected suffer by not getting competitive and not utilizing the most modern and most efficient techniques. Even construction workers are hurt as protected companies do not modernize their facilities as often and build new plants.
Railroads and other large markets shared dominated by a few large corporations.
Piyush Vedprakash Goyal is a politician and cabinet minister of the Government of India having portfolios such as Minister of Railways, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. He was elevated to the Cabinet Minister position on 3 September 2017. He is currently a Member of Parliament for Rajya Sabha from the state of Maharashtra, and the Deputy Leader of Rajya Sabha. He was earlier the National Treasurer of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He headed the BJP's Information Communication Campaign Committee and oversaw the publicity and advertising campaign of the party including the social media outreach for the Indian General Elections 2014. Goyal has also held additional charge of Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs twice in 2018 and 2019. Earlier he was Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy (2014-2017), and Mines (2016-17). Goyal is the 2018 Carnot Prize Recipient for distinguished contributions to energy policy. Piyush Goyal has been allocated the cabinet ministry for Narendra Modi led NDA government in May 2019.