A Bill that seeks to improve access to quality and affordable medical education and ensures availability of adequate and high quality medical professionals all over the country was introduced in the LS on Monday. read more

According to the provisions of the Bill, the common final-year MBBS exam will be known as the National Exit Test (NEXT) and will act as the licentiate exam to practise medicine, as criteria for admission to post graduate (PG) medical courses and for... read more

Shobhit Tiwari, advocate for the petitioners, said that the court has admitted the petitions and sought a reply by the respondents by July 12, the next date of hearing. read more

Presently, only two MD (Masters in Medicine) courses have been proposed — Community Medicine and Pathology -- with a one-time expenditure of Rs 34 lakh towards creation of fixed assets like faculty rooms, furniture and library, among others. read more

The bill aims at ushering in transparency, accountability and quality in the governance of medical education in the country and provides for the supersession of the Medical Council of India (MCI) for two years with effect from September 26, 2018. read more

Parliament Session highlights: On Tuesday, the government introduced in the Lok Sabha a bill providing for the supersession of Medical Council of India for a period of two years. read more

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday cleared the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which will replace an ordinance promulgated on February 21 that lapsed with the sixteenth Lok Sabha. read more

While healthcare requires reform, frustrated families must not target doctors read more

The MCI is also likely to grant approval to 300 seats for economic weaker section (EWS) in UP medical colleges. At present, there were 1,990 MBBS seats in medical colleges located in the state, he said. read more

The court has issued notices to the Centre and the Medical Council of India, and the matter is listed for further hearing on Wednesday. read more

Not all foreign graduates are sought-after by employers back home; a number of degrees aren’t even recognised in India. read more

Delhi’s Bhavik Bansal and Akshat Kaushik from Uttar Pradesh secured the second and the third positions respectively. read more

Officials claimed that medical college building is almost ready for the functioning and that finishing work is at the final stage while nursing hostels and staff quarters are ready to accommodate students. read more

SC bench says state can’t apply reservation unless number of seats is increased read more

The bench said the Maharashtra government enforced the 10 EWS quota for PG medical courses in March. read more