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A total of 32 higher education institutions including Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Uttar Pradesh’s Banaras Hindu University (BHU) have decided to admit students to their postgraduate courses through the Common University Entrance Test (CUET), ThePrint has learnt. 

While Delhi University (DU), Jamila Milia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University will use the CUET for admissions to their undergraduate (UG) programmes, they have decided not to opt for the entrance test when it comes to post-graduate (PG) courses this year. 

DU has said that it decided not to adopt the CUET PG this year because the test, while mandatory for UG admissions, is not so for PG admissions.

According to University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman M. Jagadesh Kumar, the list of 32 universities that will be using the CUET to conduct PG admissions also includes the University of Hyderabad, the central universities of Gujarat, Haryana, South Bihar, Kerala, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh, Manipur University, Sikkim University, and Tezpur University among others. 

“We are expecting more universities to join the list in the future,” he told ThePrint. 

The CUET was announced in March this year as a single window for admissions to undergraduate programmes in central universities across the country. Since then, many other non-central universities have also decided to adopt the test.

The UGC, the country’s highest statutory body for higher education, had last week announced that admissions to PG courses will also be done through CUET from this year onwards. 

Entrance tests for postgraduate courses will take place in the last week of July, and will be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), which is also conducting the CUET UG exam. 

Use of CUET for undergraduate admissions had begun in March.

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CUET for Post Graduate Courses

Thirty-two higher education institutions will admit students to their post-graduate courses through Common University Entrance Test (CUET). Few Universities like DU have limited CUET to admissions to undergraduate courses. UGC expects more universities to adopt CUET in the future. UGC announced CUET in March as a single window for admissions to Central Universities. Last week, UGC brought PG courses into the ambit of CUET. NTA will conduct CUET in the last week of July.

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India's first semi-high speed freight train is likely to hit the tracks by December, officials said Friday.

Replicating the concept of Vande Bharat trains, the 16-coach 'Gati Shakti' train can clock 160 kmph and will be manufactured at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai.

In order to implement the PM Gati Shakti initiative in a focused manner, the Railways has created a separate directorate at the Railway Board with its branches at Khurda, Bilaspur, Delhi and Bengaluru divisions to expedite the ambitious scheme.

"The design work for these trains has already started. We have also given the order for material. By December this year, we will be able to manufacture two of these trains," ICF General Manager A K Agarwal said, adding that an overall target of 25 such trains has been set. The final number of trains will depend on how the initial ones are received by the market, he added.

The Railways is planning to target the e-commerce and courier parcel segment through these trains, officials said. Each train will also have refrigerated wagons in the rear end and in the front to carry perishables like milk products, fish, fruit and vegetables.

Electricity connection for these wagons will be provided from the coach. The rest of the coaches will have rollers for moving the container. Each coach will have two wide doors for loading and unloading the containers.

According to the Indian Brand Equity Foundation, with a turnover of USD 50 billion in 2020, India has become the eighth largest market for e-commerce.

"India's e-commerce market is expected to reach USD 111 billion by 2024 and USD 200 billion by 2026 and expected to reach USD 350 billion by 2030," the official said, adding that Indian Railways plans to capture the small size parcel shipments by running dedicated high speed freight trains.

The Indian Railways is aiming to increase its share in freight transportation from the present 27 per cent to 45 per cent by 2030 through better infrastructure and business development plans, according to the National Rail Plan.

The Indian Railways has identified 74 new 'Gati-Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminal (GCT) locations across the country, with 20 of them in the South Indian states under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious 'Gati-Shakti Multi Model Cargo Terminal' policy.

The policy was launched in 2021 in order to boost investment in the development of additional terminals for handling rail cargos.

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Gati-Shakti -India's first semi high speed freight trains

India's semi-high speed freight trains named 'Gati- Shakti' could be operational by December. The train would have 16 coaches and can clock at 160 kmph speed. Railway Board created a separate directorate to expedite this scheme. The manager at the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai, the manufacturing unit for trains, noted that design work has started. By December, ICF would deliver two trains. They have set an overall target of 25 trains. These trains aim to facilitate e-commerce and courier service. Its features include refrigerated wagons at ends, coaches with rollers, and wide doors. India is the eighth largest e-commerce market and will continue to grow exponentially in the future. Railways want to tap on these shipments and increase their share in freight transportation to 45 percent by 2030. Under Prime Minister's 'Gati Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminal' Policy, Indian Railways has identified 74 new Cargo Terminals focusing on South India. This policy aims to boost investment in additional cargo terminals.