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CSIR UGC NET 2024 Postponed: The National Testing Agency (NTA) announced the postponement of the Joint CSIR-UGC-NET Examination June-2024. In an official notice on June 21, NTA announced that the CSIR UGC NET, scheduled between June 25 and 27, has been postponed until further notice. It has claimed that the exam has been postponed “due to unavoidable circumstances as well as logistic issues”.

The decision to postpone the CSIR NET comes after the Ministry of Education cancelled the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) exam conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on June 18 in two shifts across different cities of the country. To ensure the highest level of transparency and sanctity of the examination process, the Ministry of Education, Government of India, has decided that the UGC-NET June 2024 Examination be cancelled.

On Friday, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan asserted that he would further strengthen the National Testing Agency by "reconsidering important things."

The Education Minister also assured action against those responsible for the alleged irregularities in the conduct of the examinations.

Speaking to ANI on Thursday, Pradhan said, "In a democracy, everyone has their views. It is our job to listen to everyone. Our responsibility is to run a process-driven government, it is our responsibility to speak the truth and accept truth. Few students have doubts about NTA (National Testing Agency) and we will have to accept this."

"The government has decided to form a committee and experts will be part of that committee. All the important things will be reconsidered and the NTA will be strengthened further. Those who are responsible for it (discrepancies) will be held accountable," he said.

The Education Minister earlier announced the formation of a high-level committee to probe into the issues pertaining to the functioning of NTA.

"We are committed to holding zero-error exams, and a high-level committee is being formed to improve NTA functioning," Pradhan said at a briefing earlier on Thursday.

(With input from agencies)