Asses see assYou are talking through your ass, really. You just don't know enough about the country and the systems.
The reason for slow highway construction is land acquisition and litigation, as I already mentioned. Land acquisition is definitely going to be a challenge, but once the land is acquired, it will be proceed like clockwork.
If you knew a little more about economics and realities of the country, you would have realized that subsidies are provided to IR because it is a political hot potato, and no one wants to increase fares.
Only a fool will say that there is not enough demand for HSR in India. Booking a confirmed train ticket in India requires three months advance notice. All buses between cities are full, all highway eating joints are full of car-borne families eating meals. You have no idea of the insane demand for inter-city travel (talking about major corridors like Bangalore-Chennai, Pune-Mumbai, Mumbai-Surat, etc.) - the number of people who travel on an annual basis is more than the population of most countries.
Understand that the existing IR will not build HSR. HSR will be built using a PPP model. Of course the project is doomed to failure if we follow your line of thinking: using IR's existing infrastructure, having IR's current organization manage the project. etc. etc. That is not how it will work. Also realize that there is no shortage of money for any project that has assured returns. Money is never an issue in India for any project where there are returns. There is a reason we are speaking of mass-traffic corridors like Bangalore-Chennai, Amhedabad-Mumbai, etc. which have enough purchasing power and demand, and not cities like Patna-Gorakhpur or Puri-Raipur.
don't blame on acquisition, if you have money, you acquire, I don't know the cost of the unit price in India, but it won't be cheaper than in China.
You don't have oil, then you have to buy everything from asphalt to construction fiber, you just cannot afford it. well, acquisition is a problem but since when you cared this much, you bulldozed new Delhi slums for commonwealth games didn't you.
road condition like this are called auto way in India, which actually are not auto way since it is not lifted and it is not fenced.
There is always demand for HSR none has denied it, but can your passengers afford it? Beijing- Guangzhou second class cost 1000 rmb one way,
some 8000 rupees, this is Indian regular IT worker's monthly income, if I am not mistaken.
speaking of PPP model, your highway system is PPP model, your government takes 40% the rest are PPPs, since 2005 they have claimed to build real
highways along the northeast 7 states, until today, not a single piece of stone laid. so tell me about PPP.