House panel to scrutinise Medical Commission bill
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday referred the National Medical Commission Bill, 2017, to a parliamentary standing committee for scrutiny, defusing the protests over the government bid to overhaul the Medical Council of India. The apex body of doctors had called a strike on Tuesday in protest against the bill. However, the Lower House has asked the standing committee to submit its report in the budget session, raising the prospects of the bill being taken up for passage soon. The budget session will start around end-January or February 1.
Parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar told LS that government had agreed to the demand of various parties across the ruling NDA and the opposition that the bill be vetted by the standing committee. The bill was introduced by health minister J P Nadda amid protests from members on Friday.
However, minister Kumar urged Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to ask the committee to give its report before the budget session. He underlined that the bill had to be taken up at the earliest in view of the Supreme Court order.
In her brief ruling, the Speaker said that the report of the standing committee be tabled before the budget session. The Indian Medical Association called off its strike in protest against the bill on Tuesday after Parliament referred it to the standing panel. TNN
Bill will affect medical aspirants: Stalin
Chennai: The Centre is denying states their rights and the latest instance of this is the National Medical Commission (MNC) Bill and changes being proposed in issue of licence to motorists, said DMK working president M K Stalin on Tuesday.
Across the country, doctors are on a warpath against the NMC which is proposed to be set up in place of Medical Council of India, said Stalin. “After the fraud committed by former MCI chief Ketan Desai, several committees were set up. Even before getting their reports, the Centre appointed another committee under a joint secretary in the Prime Minister's Office. The measures being taken are only based on the joint secretary’s report,” said Stalin in a statement.
He said the proposed NMC would hit students aspiring to do medicine. “The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) has affected students from the lower strata. Only after clearing the NEET, a student can enter any medical college. The new medical Bill proposes entrance for PG courses also. Thus at each and every stage of medical education, there is a hurdle which the students will have to cross,” said Stalin.
Stalin said the new Motor Licence Bill was another attempt to usurp the rights of states. TNN
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday referred the National Medical Commission Bill, 2017, to a parliamentary standing committee for scrutiny, defusing the protests over the government bid to overhaul the Medical Council of India. The apex body of doctors had called a strike on Tuesday in protest against the bill. However, the Lower House has asked the standing committee to submit its report in the budget session, raising the prospects of the bill being taken up for passage soon. The budget session will start around end-January or February 1.
Parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar told LS that government had agreed to the demand of various parties across the ruling NDA and the opposition that the bill be vetted by the standing committee. The bill was introduced by health minister J P Nadda amid protests from members on Friday.
However, minister Kumar urged Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to ask the committee to give its report before the budget session. He underlined that the bill had to be taken up at the earliest in view of the Supreme Court order.
In her brief ruling, the Speaker said that the report of the standing committee be tabled before the budget session. The Indian Medical Association called off its strike in protest against the bill on Tuesday after Parliament referred it to the standing panel. TNN
Bill will affect medical aspirants: Stalin
Chennai: The Centre is denying states their rights and the latest instance of this is the National Medical Commission (MNC) Bill and changes being proposed in issue of licence to motorists, said DMK working president M K Stalin on Tuesday.
Across the country, doctors are on a warpath against the NMC which is proposed to be set up in place of Medical Council of India, said Stalin. “After the fraud committed by former MCI chief Ketan Desai, several committees were set up. Even before getting their reports, the Centre appointed another committee under a joint secretary in the Prime Minister's Office. The measures being taken are only based on the joint secretary’s report,” said Stalin in a statement.
He said the proposed NMC would hit students aspiring to do medicine. “The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) has affected students from the lower strata. Only after clearing the NEET, a student can enter any medical college. The new medical Bill proposes entrance for PG courses also. Thus at each and every stage of medical education, there is a hurdle which the students will have to cross,” said Stalin.
Stalin said the new Motor Licence Bill was another attempt to usurp the rights of states. TNN
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