Bill to convert NRTI Vadodara into Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya passed in Parliament

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New
Delhi,
Aug
09:
Parliament
on
Monday
passed
a
bill
to
convert
the
National
Rail
and
Transportation
University,
a
deemed-to-be-university,
into
Gati
Shakti
Vishwavidyalaya,
an
autonomous
central
institution.

The
Central
Universities
(Amendment)
Bill,
which
also
seeks
to
expand
the
scope
of
the
University
from
beyond
the
railways
to
cover
the
entire
transport
sector
to
support
the
ambitious
growth
and
modernisation
in
the
field,
was
passed
by
a
voice
vote
after
a
brief
discussion.
Union
Railways
and
Telecom
Minister
Ashwini
Vaishnaw
responded
to
the
debate
on
the
bill,
a
PTI
report
said.