On 15 June 2007, the Prime Minister's Committee on Infrastructure cleared the proposal for completing the first phase of modernisation of the New Delhi railway station by October 2010

The project estimated to cost Rs.5,000 crore will be implemented under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode. The Prime Minister's Committee also decided to set up an inter-ministerial group (IMG) under the chairmanship of the Railway Board chairman for finalising a model concession agreement (MCA) for the station's modernisation. The IMG is expected to submit the MCA by 31 October 2007.

In addition to the New Delhi railway station, 20 more stations are also be developed into world-class stations. These include Agra, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Anand Vihar, Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Bijwasan, Chandigarh, Chennai, Mumbai CST, Howrah, Jaipur, Lucknow, Mathura, Patna, Pune, Secunderabad, Thiruvananthapuram and Varanasi.

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