India, Japan to finalize bullet train project today
The Dollar Business Bureau Indian delegation, headed by NITI Ayog’s Vice Chairperson Arvind Panagariya, is expected to hold talks about the Rs.98,000 crore Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail project with Japanese officials on Monday. The joint committee will meet for the second time in Tokyo to discuss about the project which is driven by Modi government’s ‘Make in India’ and ‘Transfer of Technology’ initiatives. The committee is expected to chalk out the final plan of the project, discuss the terms relating to the appointment of general consultant and conditions of procurement. The delegation from India will comprise of Shaktikanta Das-Secretary Department of Economic Affairs, AK Mital-Chairman Railway Board, Ramesh Abhishek-Secretary-Department of Industry Policy and Promotion and S Jaishankar-Foreign Secretary. Hiroto Izumi, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister ...
India, Japan ink pacts on bullet train, nuclear energy
The Dollar Business Bureau India and Japan on Saturday inked more than a dozen of key agreements in the areas including bullet train, defence, civil nuclear energy and healthcare and expressed their commitment to further bilateral economic cooperation. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is on a three-day visit to India, held bilateral talks with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed a range of domestic, economic and global matters of mutual interest. “The memorandum we signed on civil nuclear energy cooperation is more than just an agreement for commerce and clean energy,” Modi said addressing the media after the meeting. The agreement in defence was aimed at enhancing defence and security cooperation between the two nations by exchanging and ...
