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India's bullet train project
Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw made a video presentation at the Jefferies India Forum 2025 and shared that the bullet train project is progressing at a good speed.
Ashwini Vaishnaw says bullet train project progressing rapidly
“With modern construction technologies, Bullet train project is progressing at a rapid pace,” the Minister wrote on X.
With modern construction technologies, Bullet train project is progressing at a rapid pace.
— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) September 18, 2025
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Bullet train - earlier updates, and 500 data labs across India
Providing an update on the progress of the bullet train project, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw posted a video on X last year to inform that the work towards completion of the inaugural stretch was going on in full swing, and the first section is expected to be inaugurated in 2026.
He posted that "The #BulletTrain project is advancing at a rapid pace! (sic)"
Earlier, on X on March 28, 2024, Ashwini Vaishnaw had informed that 295.5 km of pier work and 153 km of viaduct had been completed.
Incidentally, the Railway and Electronics Minister had also shared that the government will develop more than 500 data labs under the IndiaAI Mission to boost talent and infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI).
Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw mentioned that on September 18, speaking at the pre-event of AI Impact Summit 2026.
"We will be developing more than 500 data labs across the country under the IndiaAI mission," he announced.
This comes as part of the India AI Mission announcements, for which the government has selected eight new players to develop LLMs. Minister Vaishnaw mentioned the names, which include Tech Mahindra, Fractal Analytics, and BharatGen - an IIT Bombay Consortium, among others.