{"id":7972,"date":"2016-01-19T06:30:29","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T06:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=7972"},"modified":"2016-01-19T06:30:29","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T06:30:29","slug":"high-level-panel-to-fast-track-bullet-trains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/high-level-panel-to-fast-track-bullet-trains\/","title":{"rendered":"High level panel to fast-track bullet trains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: <\/strong><strong>Who is heading the high-level panel set up by the union government to sort out the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train issues with Japan? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) A.K Mittal<br \/>\n(b) S Jaishankar<br \/>\n(c) Shaktikanta Das<br \/>\n(d) Arvind Pangariya<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ans (d)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The Union government on 11 January 2016 constituted a five-member high-level committee chaired by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya to monitor the Rs 90,000 crore Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train projects.<\/li>\n<li>Other members of the committee include: Railway Board Chairman AK Mittal, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar, Department of Economic Affairs Secretary Shantikanta Das and Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion Secretary Amitabh Kant.<\/li>\n<li>These members will look into the overall operations and technical issues of the project, its strategic importance for bilateral relation, financial outlay and the \u2018Make in India\u2019 component respectively.<\/li>\n<li>Further, a separate committee under Mr. Das has been formed for inter-departmental co-ordination and resolving all issues related to project implementation.<\/li>\n<li>Mittal and Mr. Kant, who currently holds additional charge as Niti Aayog&#8217;s chief executive officer (CEO) role, will also be a part of this committee.<\/li>\n<li>Earlier, in December 2015, both countries signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation and assistance\u00a0in the execution of the project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/other-states\/government-forms-highlevel-panel-on-mumbaiahmedabad-bullet-train-project\/article8093799.ece\">http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/other-states\/government-forms-highlevel-panel-on-mumbaiahmedabad-bullet-train-project\/article8093799.ece<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/economy-policy\/pmo-sets-up-committee-to-fast-track-high-speed-rail-corridor-116011100409_1.html\">http:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/economy-policy\/pmo-sets-up-committee-to-fast-track-high-speed-rail-corridor-116011100409_1.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Who is heading the high-level panel set up by the union government to sort out the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train issues with Japan? 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