Transparency on another level! Cabinet approves National Medical Commission

News Bharati    17-Jul-2019
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New Delhi, Jul. 17: Union Cabinet carved a new path for development today with new cabinet decisions. In this announcement, Cabinet declared the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill, 2019 that aims at setting up of a National Medical Commission to replace the Medical Council of India (MCI).
 

 
 
The main aim of this bill is improving medical education in India and replacing the Indian Medical Council Act 1956.
 
 
 
 
 
Important features of National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill, 2019:
  • The common final year MBBS exam will be known as National Exit Test (NEXT) and will serve as a licentiate exam for entrance to postgraduate medical courses and as a screening test for foreign medical graduates.
  • The Bill provides that the national entrance test, the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), common counseling and NEXT will also be applicable to Institutes of National Importance (INIs) such as the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
  • The NMC will have four autonomous boards, namely Under-Graduate Medical Education Board, Post-Graduate Medical Education Board, Medical Assessment and Rating Board and Ethics and Medical Registration Board.
 
As per the official statement, The NMC and respective boards will ensure a dynamic and modern educational environment, decreasing the emphasis on physical infrastructure, achieving the norms in global standards and an effective grievance redressal mechanism.
 
In Cabinet briefing, Union Minister Prakash Jawadekar said, “Currently, we are having NEET and entrance exams for AIIMS, etc. Now we will also have an exit exam that will be for everyone for getting a license to practice medicine in the country”.
 
This commission will also regulate fees and all other charges for 50% seats in private medical colleges and deemed universities. The Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) will conduct an assessment to the medical college and develop a system of ranking of medical colleges which would enable the students to choose the medical college.
 
Union Minister Prakash Jawadekar said, “These measures through the autonomous commission will ensure a transparent admission process and also bring down admission fee, as we have long been talking about fee regulation in private colleges”.