Does India actually need a bullet train?

Bullet trains are operating in the world since 85 years. But still India could not get it. In IT sector India is a super power. We need to have a comprehensive look to boost manufacturing sector. Only IT sector can't boost our economy. And to provide boost to our manufacturing sector, infrastructure need to improve. read more

—Yes. Its always better to have everything you want. As cited by our Honorable union min of Railways, Shri Piyush Goyal on Quora in an answer to this same question, following are the reasons why the idea of bullet train is good for India. read more

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train is a vanity project which has little or no justification on the grounds of economic viability or public service. Even the vanity angle — looking to position India among the ranks of developed countries — is a huge overreach. read more