Lok Sabha Question No. 3085 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-06
Subject: College of Physicians and Surgeons Mumbai (CPS)
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Jaisiddeshwar Shivacharya Mahaswamiji

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.3085 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 06 TH  AUGUST, 2021

## COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS MUMBAI (CPS)

## 3085.  SHRI SHA.BRA.DR.JAI SIDDESHWAR SHIVACHARYA   MAHASWAMIJI :

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether post graduate diploma courses offered by the College of Physicians and Surgeons Mumbai (CPS) were recommended by the erstwhile Medical Council of India and recognised by his Ministry and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether post graduate courses offered by National Board of Examination (NBE) New Delhi were also recommended by the erstwhile Medical Council of India and recognised by his Ministry, if so the details thereof;
- (c) whether his Ministry has constituted a committee to hand holding support to CPS and examine MSRs and inspection mechanism and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of timeline proposed for recognition of the fourteen diploma courses by his Ministry and also the National Medical Commission?

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY

## ANSWER WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

- (a)  The  three  Diploma  courses  namely,  Diploma  in  Child  Health  (DCH),  Diploma  in Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGO) and Diploma in Pathology and Bacteriology (DPB)

being offered by College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPS), Mumbai wererecognized by  this  Ministry  and  included  in  the  First  Schedule  of  the  erstwhile  Indian  Medical Council (IMC) Act, 1956.

(b)  The  Union  Government,  after  consultation  with  the  erstwhile  Medical  Council  of India (MCI), recognized the Postgraduate courses of the National Board of Examinations(NBE) in 1983. Subsequently, additional DNB/FNB/Diploma coursesstarted by the NBE have also been recognized by the Ministry vide Notification dated 03.08.2016 and 06.08.2020,after consulting the erstwhile Medical Council of India (MCI), under Section 11(2) of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956.

Further, as per section 37(1) of the National Medical Commission Act, 2019, the medical qualifications granted by the NBE are recognized medical qualifications for the purposes of the said Act.

(c) &  (d) This  Ministry  had  constituted  a  Committeeon  17.01.2018  to  provide handholding  support  to  CPS,  Mumbai.  The  mandate  of  the  Committee  was  -(i)  to examine the Minimum Standard Requirements (MSRs) of CPS, Mumbai for accreditation  of  participating  Institutions,  (ii)  to  study  the  mechanism  adopted  by  the CPS, Mumbai for inspection/certification of the Institute, (iii) to study the possibilities for expanding CPS courses, (iv) to study the mechanism to monitor the standard of CPS courses being run at the accredited institutions and mode of final examination and (v) to study the nomenclature and curricula of the Diploma courses of the CPS, Mumbai. The Committee  submitted  the  Report  in  February,  2019  which  was  sent  to  the  erstwhile Board  of  Governors  -  Medical  Council  of  India  for  examination.  Subsequently,  the National Medical Commission (NMC) was constituted with effect from 25 th September, 2020. Clause (i) of sub-section (1) of section 25 of the NMC Act, 2019 empowers the Post Graduate Medical Education Board of the NMC to grant recognition to the medical qualifications at the postgraduate and super-specialty levels.