The Amritsar-Delhi-Kolkata Industrial Corridor project is likely to get the Cabinet's approval by the first week of January 2014.

The Japanese government will provide financial and structural assistance required to commission the project.

The Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor is modelled on the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and will use the Dedicated Eastern Freight Train Corridor as the backbone.

The project will cover Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal regions.

The Bangalore-Mumbai Economic Corridor (BMEC) project is on track and the United Kingdom has shown interest in taking up the project.

Recently, international bids for request for qualification (RfQ)-cum-request for proposal (RfP) have been called to select a consultant to prepare a prospective plan for the above project.

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