Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Saturday said the decision on the bullet train project would be taken after examination of a feasibility study which is underway.
Prabhu was in Goa to launch a series of projects undertaken by the railway ministry.
"Once the feasibility study is examined, we will again take a decision on that," the minister said, after initially ducking questions on the bullet train issue.
The bullet train project was one of the key promises made by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during the 2014 Lok Sabha poll campaign.