What is the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill?

What is the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill?

Written by Abantika Ghosh |New Delhi |Updated: August 5, 2019 8:44:14 am

Explained: Why Medical Commission Bill bothers doctors

National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill explained: The existing Act provides for the Medical Council of India (MCI), the medical education regulator in India.

On the National Licentiate Examination, the Committee (in 2018) recommended that the relevant clause be redrafted “so as to make the final year MBBS examination as the licentiate examination”.

On Thursday, Rajya Sabha passed the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill that seeks to overhaul the medical education regulation infrastructure. Since then, doctors have struck work in Delhi and other cities. What is the Bill about and why is it controversial?