Lok Sabha Question No. 1914 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-12
Subject: National Health Commission/National Medical Commission
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: L.S. Tejasvi Surya

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1914 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH FEBRUARY, 2021

## NATIONAL HEALTH COMM ISSION/NATIONAL MEDI CAL COMMISSION

## 1914.SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA:

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

(a) whether the Government has formed the National Health Commission (NHC) or National MedicalCommission (NMC) and whether it has taken over the Medical Council of India, if so, the details thereof along with the operational date and the details of appointment of members into the NHC or NMC;

(b) whether medical colleges have to follow a different registration process since the formation of the NHC or NMC, if so, the details thereof stating variations in the old and new formats;

(c) the mechanism under the NHC or NMC to monitor the functioning of medical colleges under its ambit;

(d) the number of inspections conducted by NHC or NMC so far State/UT - wise and the action taken in each of the cases where the medical colleges were found flouting the norms; and

(e) the details of steps taken by the NHC or NMC to ensure that interests of medical students are protected?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a):  The  Central  Government  has  constituted  the  National  Medical  Commission  (NMC)  vide notification  dated  24 th September,  2020  and  the  Medical  Council  of  India  (MCI)  has  been dissolved. The NMC has started functioning with effect from 25 th September, 2020 and taken over  the  functions,  previously  performed  by  the  MCI.    The  composition  of  the  NMC  is Annexure.

(b ):The NMC does not register medical colleges. However, as per the NMC Act, 2019, NMC grants  recognition  to  medical  colleges  for  undergraduate,  postgraduate  and  super - speci lty courses.  Under  the  NMC  Act,  2019,  the  NMC  has  been  mandated  to  frame  policy  and Regulations  to  carry  out  the  purposes  of  the  Act.  However,  the  educational  stand requirements  and  other  provision  of  the  erstwhile  Indian  Medical  Council  Act,  1956 regulations made thereunder would continue to be in force and operate till new sta ndards and requirements  are  specified  under  the  NMC  Act,  2019.  The  NMC  has  framed  the  Minimum Requirement Regulations, 2020 to streamline the standards specified for the medical colleg

(c):The NMC monitors the functioning of the medical colleges thr ough regular assessments.

(d)  &  (e):    The  NMC  carries  out  assessments  as  and  when  required  as  per  Regulato requirements;  and  if  any  deficiencies  are  found  in  a  medical  college,  the  medical concerned  is  given  opportunity  to  rectify  the  deficiencie s.  In  the  event  of  non - compliance, appropriate action as per Regulation is taken.

## 1.       The composition of the National Medical Commission is as under:

|   S.No. | Member                                                                                                                                          | Status of Membership             |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|       1 | Dr. Suresh Chandra Sharma, retd. HoD, ENT, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.                                                  | Chairperson                      |
|       2 | The President of the Under - Graduate Medical Education Board                                                                                   | Member, ex- officio              |
|       3 | The President of the -Post Graduate Medical Education Board                                                                                     | Member, ex- officio              |
|       4 | The President of the Medical Assessment and Rating Board                                                                                        | Member, ex- officio              |
|       5 | The President of the Ethics and Medical Board                                                                                                   | Registration Member, ex- officio |
|       6 | The Director General of Health Services, General of Health Services, New Delhi                                                                  | Directorate Member, ex- officio  |
|       7 | The Director G eneral, Indian Council of Research                                                                                               | Medical Member, ex- officio      |
|       8 | Dr. Surekha Kishore, Executive Director, All Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur                                                           | India Member, ex- officio        |
|       9 | Dr. Jagat Ram, Director, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh                                                   | Member, ex-officio               |
|      10 | Dr. Rajendra A Badwe, Director, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai                                                                                  | Member, ex-officio               |
|      11 | Ms Arti Ahuja, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi                                                           | Member, ex- officio              |
|      12 | Dr Smita Kolhe, Bairagarh, Melaghat, Maharashtra                                                                                                | Part - time Member               |
|      13 | Shri Santosh Kumar Kraleti, CEO, Foot Soldiers for Health Pvt Limited and Founder & Executive Director ,Dhaatri ( Mother Milk Bank), Hyderabad. | Part - time Member               |

2. The following are appointed as part-time Members of the Commission (nominees of States and Union territories)
3. The following  are  appointed  as  part-time  Members  of  the  Commission  (nominees  of  States Medical Councils)

|   Serial number | Name of the Member                                                                                       | Name of State or Union territories       |
|-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|               1 | Dr. Sudha Seshayyan, Vice Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.     | Tamil Nadu                               |
|               2 | Prof. Rajendra Pandey, Vice Chancellor, West Bengal University of Health Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal. | West Bengal                              |
|               3 | Dr. Himanshu A. Pandya, Vice Chancellor, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad.                                  | Gujarat                                  |
|               4 | Prof (Dr.) Mahesh Verma, Vice Chancellor, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi.              | Delhi                                    |
|               5 | Dr. Surender Kashyap, Vice Chancellor, Atal Medical and Research University, Himachal Pradesh            | Himachal Pradesh                         |
|               6 | Dr. C.V. Rao, Vice Chancellor, Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.        | Andhra Pradesh                           |
|               7 | Dr. Rajababu Panwar, Vice Chancellor, Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur, Rajasthan.        | Rajasthan                                |
|               8 | Dr. V. K Das, Director, Medical Education.                                                               | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |
|               9 | Dr. Raj Bahadur, Vice Chancellor, Baba Farid University of Health Science, Faridkot, Punjab              | Punjab                                   |
|              10 | Dr. O.P. Kalra, Vice Chancellor, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak       | Haryana.                                 |

|   S.No | Name                     | Name of the State Medical Council   |
|--------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|      1 | Dr. Urmila Singh         | Uttar Pradesh Medical Council       |
|      2 | Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Prasad | Sikkim Medical Council              |
|      3 | Dr. Rani Bhaskaran       | Kerala Medical Council              |
|      4 | Dr. H. Veerbhadrappa     | Karnataka Medical Council           |
|      5 | Dr. Ajay Kumar Khanna    | Uttarakhand Medical Council         |

|   6. | Dr. Koj Jarbo                 | Arunachal Pradesh Medical Council   |
|------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|    7 | Dr. Sahajanand Prasad Singh   | Bihar Medical Council               |
|    8 | Dr. Shiv Kumar Shankar Utture | Maharashtra Medical Council         |
|    9 | Prof. Dr. Thongam Bhimo Singh | Manipur Medical Council             |

The composition of the Autonomous Boards under the National Medical Commission is as under:

## (1) The Under-Graduate Medical Education Board

|   S.No. | Name of Member                                                                                                                              | Status of membership      |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|       1 | Dr Aruna V. Vanikar, Professor and Department of Pathology, G R Doshi and K.M. Mehta Institute of Kidney disease Research Centre, Ahmedabad | Head, Smt. and President  |
|       2 | Dr. Vijayendra Kumar, Professor and Head Department of Pediatric Surgery, Indira Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna                       | Gandhi Whole - timeMember |
|       3 | Dr Mukut Minz, Director (Urology), Fortis Hospital, Mohali.                                                                                 | Part-time Member          |
|       4 | Dr. Debashish Chakraborty, Tripura Medical Council                                                                                          | Part-time Member.         |

## (2) The Post-Graduate Medical Education Board

|   S. No. | Name of Member                                                                                                                           | Status of membership   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|        1 | Dr. M. K. Ramesh, Professor and Department of Surgery, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute.                                 | Head, President        |
|        2 | Dr Vijay Oza, Professor and Head, Department Urology, Indira Gandhi Government General hospital and Post Graduate Institute , Puducherry | of Whole - timeMember  |

|   3. | Dr R.K. Dhiman, Director, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science, (PGIMS), Lucknow   | Part-time Member   |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|    4 | Dr. Saleem-ur-Rehman, Jammu and Kashmir Medical Council                                                | Part-time Member   |

## (3) The Medical Assessment and Rating Board

|   S. No | Name of Member                                                                          | Status of membership         |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|       1 | Dr Achal Gulati, Director Principal, Saheb Ambedkar Medical College, Delhi              | Dr Baba President            |
|       2 | Dr. G. Suryanarayana Raju, Director, Specialty Hospital, Hyderabad.                     | Asvins Whole - timeMember    |
|       3 | Dr R. Narayanababu, Director Medical Department of Health and Family Welfare, Tamilnadu | Education, Part - timeMember |
|       4 | Dr. Sedevi Angami, Nagaland Medical Council                                             | Part-time Member             |

## (4) The Ethics and Medical Registration Board

|   S. No | Name of Member                                                                                                                                                           | Status of membership     |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|       1 | Dr B.N. Gangadhar. Director, National Mental Health and Neuro Sciences,( NIMHANS), Bengluru.                                                                             | Institute of President   |
|       2 | Dr Vijay Lakshmi Nag, Professor & Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, Jodhpur.                                                                                            | Head, Whole - timeMember |
|       3 | Dr Yogender Malik, Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, BhagatPhool Singh, Government Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat. | Whole-time Member        |
|       4 | Dr. Nishant Warwade, Madhya Pradesh Medical Council                                                                                                                      | Part-time Member         |