2. Surat to be India's 1st Bullet Train Station by
December 2024
Gujarat’s Business hub Surat is all set to be India’s 1st Bullet
Train Station as per the details shared by the Ministry of
Railways.
Bringing PM Modi’s vision of Bullet Train to fruition, Surat
is being developed as the 1st Dedicated Bullet Train station
that will be a major port for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad
bullet train project which is under development now.
The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project is being
managed by National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd
(NHSRCL) at the cost Rs 1 lakh crore of which Rs 88,000
crores will be funded by the Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA).
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3. Indian Railways Management Service (IRMS):
Centre issues gazette notification to unify 8
existing services
The Central Government has issued a gazette notification announcing
unification of 8 Existing Services of IRMS under one banner of IRMS -
Indian Railways Management Service.
Announced in Cabinet decision of 24th December 2019, the notification
comes two years later formalizing formation of a new Group 'A' Central
service known as the Indian Railway Management Service.
The unification of 8 existing services under Ministry of Railways, is being
done to end ‘departmentalism’ in railways and following this exercise, it
would be left only two departments i.e.
Railway Protection Force (RPF)
Medical Service Department (MSD)
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4. RailTel wins ICAI Award for excellence in
financial reporting
RailTel has won the ICAI Award for Excellence in
Financial Reporting for the year 2020-21 in the Public
Sector Entities Category.
RailTel is a Miniratna Central Government PSU under
the Ministry of Railways.
The company was named winner in the category
"plaque".
The ICAI award was presented to the awardees by
Union Minister Jitendra Singh at a ceremony held in
New Delhi.
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5. Quad Foreign Ministers Meet: EAM S
Jaishankar calls for Free and Open Indo-
Pacific
On 11th February 2022, Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
attended the Fourth Quad Foreign Ministers Meeting held at
Melbourne – Australia.
The meeting was attended by his counter parts from US, Australia and
Japan.
While representing India at the Quad Forum, Mr Jaishankar called for a
free can open Indo-Pacific and also called upon the member nations
to work to uphold international order based on respect for territorial
integrity, sovereignty, and freedom of navigation.
At the 4th Quad Foreign Ministers Meeting, EAM Jaishankar called for a
free and open Indo-pacific and urged member nations to work
towards ensuring a rule-based international order.
He said since their last meeting in Feb 2021, the global geo-political
and geo-economic order has become more complex.
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