piyush goyal was the present railway minister of india in 2018.
who is the present railway minister of india in 2018?
piyush goyal
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the minister of railways is the head of the ministry of railways of the government of india. the railway minister is usually accorded a cabinet rank, and is responsible for indian railways, one of the largest employers in the world. an important responsibility of the railway minister was to present in parliament the railway budget, the annual financial statement of indian railways.





























piyush goyal of the bharatiya janata party is the current minister of railways, serving since 3 september 2017.





























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bullet::::- railway ministers of independent india at the indian railways fan club
minister of railways (india)
in 1996, survey work for the proposed bridge was initiated by the railways at three possible sites – digha–sonepur, gulzarbagh–hajipur and ict ghat–sonepur. ram vilas paswan was then the union railway minister and he lent his support to the gulzarbagh-hajipur site, as hajipur was the constituency from which he was elected. lalu prasad yadav, then chief minister of bihar, lent his support to the digha–sonepur site. in the wake of the conflicting support of the political heavy weights, disturbances broke out at sonepur. one person was shot dead. many experts opined in favour of building the rail bridge adjacent to the mahatma gandhi setu, the road bridge connecting hajipur with patna. however, political opinion prevailed and the digha–sonepur site was selected. rs. 24 million was spent on the survey alone. the proposal to construct the bridge was mentioned in the union budget of 1997-98 and at that time the estimated cost was rs 600 crores. the bridge was finally sanctioned during the term as union railway minister of nitish kumar, present chief minister of bihar. the scope of work was expanded when lalu prasad yadav was the union railway minister.
digha–sonpur bridge