3 min readNew DelhiFeb 10, 2026 04:37 AM IST In a push to advance India’s high-speed railway programme, the Railway Board has directed the National High Speed Rail Corp Ltd (NHSRCL) to prepare the detailed project reports (DPRs) for seven proposed high-speed rail corridors announced in the Union Budget 2026-27, apart from maintaining quality standards across corridors and ensuring the availability of a trained workforce for these projects. In her Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced seven new high-speed rail corridors, namely, Mumbai-Pune, Pune-Hyderabad, Hyderabad-Bengaluru, Hyderabad-Chennai, Chennai-Bengaluru, Delhi-Varanasi and Varanasi-Siliguri. NHSRCL is a special purpose vehicle incorporated in 2016 to finance, construct, maintain, and manage India’s high-speed rail corridor. India is currently developing its first high-speed rail corridor, the Bullet train project, between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Officials said that at a high-level meeting, the Railway Board asked NHSRCL to take immediate steps to initiate implementation of the projects. It was also decided that the DPRs for corridors where studies have been completed would be updated with current cost estimates for the assessments of financial …