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3. Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed
Rail Corridor committee
Union Government has constituted a committee to fast track the Mumbai-
Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor, meant for connecting two cities with
bullet trains. The committee is tasked to interact with the Japanese
counterpart for taking further steps in implementation of Mumbai-Ahmedabad
High-Speed Rail Corridor. Members: The committee will be headed by Arvind
Panagariya, vice-chairman of the NITI Aayog. It will also include Railway Board
chairman, foreign secretary and secretary (industrial policy) and secretary in
the department of expenditure as its members. Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-
Speed Rail Corridor: It will be 500km long and will be connecting both trains at
the cost of the project will be 98,000 crore rupees. Japan will invest 78, 000
crore rupees making it largest foreign investment in railway sector of India.
Background Recently, Union Cabinet had had given its nod to bullet train
project making it first of its king bullet train project with the help of Japan for
funds and technology. Cabinet approval was based on the recommendations of
a committee headed by Panagariya which had favoured Japan over China due
to the low-cost funding also commitment for technology transfer and local
manufacturing for a specified period.
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5. UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Senior United Nations (UN) official Filippo Grandi from Italy has taken the charge as new UN High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). He succeeds Antonio Guterres of Portugal who has retired after
heading the Refugee Agency for one decade. He will have tenure of five years. About Filippo Grandi
He has worked in international affairs for over 30 years as a Italian diplomat, of which 27 years he
spent with the United Nations. He started his career in the office of UNHCR in 1988 and had
represented UN in refugee and political affairs in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. He also had served
as head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). He had
worked prior to that for the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) as Deputy Special
Representative. About United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) UNHCR is a United
Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees. It is a member of the United Nations
Development Group. Established: December 14, 1950. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland. Initially it
was established to help people displaced by World War II. But later it became the principal agency
that has helped displaced persons all over world. Mission: Safeguard the political and human rights as
well as well-being of refugees. Seek lasting solutions to the plights of refugees.