JICA extends Rs 3,717 crore loan for developing Metro Phase 2 in BengaluruThe 80 km rail network (funded by JICA) for Phase 2, covers Line R6 (Nagawara Gottigere, approx. 22.0 km), Phase 2A (Silk Board K R.Puram, ...
26 Mar, 2021, 04.55 PM IST
Mumbai metro line 3 gets Rs 2,480 cr Jica loanThe ODA loan agreement was signed between the finance ministry and Katsuo Matsumoto, the chief representative of Jica in India. With a tota...
27 Mar, 2020, 07.27 PM IST
No payment from JICA for bullet train project is pending: NHSRCLNHSRCL, the nodal agency for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor, said it is committed to care of the interests of the affected farmers and added...
25 Sep, 2018, 10.01 PM IST
Japanese experts in India to examine railway safetyThe visit comes in the backdrop of back-to-back rail accidents. The experts, who will be here till September 1, will meet senior officials ...
28 Aug, 2017, 08.48 PM IST
JICA inks pact for Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail projectJICA said the signing of the pact confirms methodology of the GC work by the three parties under the agreement.
21 Dec, 2016, 10.15 PM IST
Japan International Cooperation Agency extends Rs 4,870 crore assistance for Ahmedabad Metro projectJICA said the ODA loan's conditions are very concessional, 1.4 per cent of interest rate and 30 years of repayment period (including 10 yea...
04 Mar, 2016, 04.28 PM IST
Japan offers to fund 81% of India's first bullet train worth $15 billionJapan has offered a loan amounting to 81 per cent of the cost of the $15 billion Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail project, Rajya Sabha was ...
11 Dec, 2015, 07.28 PM IST
Railways to have independent mechanism to fix fares and freight tariff based on efficiency"We will have an institutional mechanism which will take into account the efficiency to decide passenger fare and freight rate," Suresh Pra...
04 Nov, 2015, 10.06 PM IST
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis convinces JICA to make bullet train halt at NashikFadnavis has convinced JICA that Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train route should halt at Nashik which is part of the Delhi-Mumbai International ...
11 Sep, 2015, 11.20 PM IST
'Japan Desk' to be set up in Maharashtra: CM Devendra FadnavisMaharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today announced to set up a 'Japan Desk', a one-stop shop in the state for all Japanese compan...
11 Sep, 2015, 05.06 PM IST
Bullet train: Reach Ahmedabad in 2 hours from Mumbai for Rs 2,800The proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed corridor is estimated to cost Rs 98,805 crore and the one-way fare will work out to Rs 2,800.
21 Jul, 2015, 04.38 PM IST
Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project: Japanese agency submits final reportThe bullet train aims to reduce travel time on the 505-km long corridor between Mumbai and Ahmedabad to two hours from the existing more th...
20 Jul, 2015, 10.23 PM IST
JICA presents draft report on bullet train project to joint committeeJICA has completed its study for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project and submitted its preliminary report to the Railway Ministry ear...
23 Jun, 2015, 10.22 PM IST
Railways considering DMRC-like company for high-speed trainsPrabhu had wanted to finalise details of high-speed train plan to the Cabinet for approval before the govt completed one year in office on ...
13 May, 2015, 10.19 AM IST
Excited about Modi’s Swachh Bharat: Akihiko Tanaka, President, JICA"Besides, we would also be interested to clean River Ganga that the Narendra Modi government has initiated."
04 Dec, 2014, 01.23 PM IST
Surat-Mumbai travel to take 58 minutes by bullet trainOnce the HSR is built in the next seven years, it would be possible for a bullet train to cover the distance between Mumbai and Ahmedabad i...
08 Sep, 2014, 02.47 PM IST
Modi's Japan visit 2014: Steps to concretise Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train projectThe bullet train is expected to run at a speed of 300 km per hour on the 534-km-long Mumbai-Ahmedabad route.
29 Aug, 2014, 01.06 PM IST