Question

who is the railway minister of india

Answer 1

Since 3rd Sep. 2017, Sri Piyush Goyal has become the Union Railway Minister of India.

Shri Suresh Prabhu was the earlier Union Railways minister.

John Mathai was the first railways minister after Independence of India.

Answer 2

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 is 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.