Lok Sabha Question No. 2295 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: Medical Students from Ukraine
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Umesh G. Jadhav, S. Muniswamy, Jaisiddeshwar Shivacharya Mahaswamiji, Hanuman Beniwal, Sangeeta Azad, B. Y. Raghavendra, Prathap Simha, Sanganna Amarappa Karadi, S.R. Parthiban

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2295 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH JULY, 2022

## MEDICAL STUDENTS FROM UKRAINE

## 2295   SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R.:

SHRIMATI SANGEETA AZAD:

SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

SHRI SHA.BRA.DR. JAI SIDDESHWARSHIVACHARYA MAHASWAMIJI:

SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL:

DR. UMESH G. JADHAV:

SHRI S. MUNISWAMY:

SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA:

SHRI B.Y. RAGHAVENDRA:

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

- (a) the number of Indian students enrolled for medical studies in Ukrainian colleges along with the number of them returned/evacuated from Ukraine and details thereof with split-up of which stage of the course they are in and details of the States/UTs the students are from;
- (b) whether the Government in consultation with Medical Council of India having any plans to accommodate Ukraine returned Indian Medical Students in Indian Medical Colleges;
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with proposal for relaxation for admission of these students and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d)  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  employment  and  further  opportunities  of  the  students returned from Ukraine;
- (e) whether the Government accepts their degree obtained from Ukraine; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

- (a)  to  (f):  As  per  information  received  from  the  Ministry  of  External  Affairs  (MEA),  about 20,000 Indian students have returned from Ukraine.

Eligibility Requirement for Taking Admission in an Undergraduate Medical Course in a Foreign Medical  Institution  Regulation,  2002  provides  for  that  any  Indian  citizen/Overseas  citizen  of India  intending  to  obtain  primary  medical  qualification  from  any  medical  institution  outside

India,  on  or  after  May  2018,  shall  have  to  mandatorily  qualify  the  National  Eligibility-cumNMC. Therefore, data of students going abroad to pursue MBBS is not maintained centrally.

Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to MBBS course. The result of the NEET shall deem to be treated as the Eligibility Certificate for such persons and no separate permission required from Foreign  Medical  Students/Graduates  are  either  covered  under  'Screening  Test  Regulations, 2002'  or  'Foreign  Medical  Graduate  Licentiate  Regulations,  2021'.  There  are  no  such provisions in the  Indian  Medical  Council Act 1956 & the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 as well as the Regulations to accommodate or transfer medical students from any foreign medical  institutes  to  Indian  medical  colleges.  No  permission  has  been  given  by  the  NMC  to transfer or accommodate any foreign medical students in any Indian medical institute/university.

As per information received from MEA, the Indian Embassy in Kyiv has communicated with all the concerned Universities in Ukraine for providing transcript and other documents in a smooth manner  to  the  students.  All  details  have  been  provided  on  the  website  of  Embassy  to  assist students to address any related issues.

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