Major action on medical colleges in the country, derecognition due to violation of NMC rules, 100 colleges of many states including Punjab on the radar

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Medical Colleges Derecognised: If you want to get your child admitted in private medical colleges, be careful because within two months nearly 40 medical colleges across the country have been de-accredited by the National Medical Commission (NMC) for violating the norms laid down by them. has gone This list contains the names of around 100 medical colleges, on which the NMC is keeping a close eye.

A look at the medical colleges of these states of the country including Punjab

About 100 other medical colleges in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Assam, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry and West Bengal may also face similar action, official sources said. An official source said the colleges were not following the prescribed norms and during the inspection conducted by the commission, several lapses related to CCTV cameras, Aadhaar-linked biometric attendance procedures and faculty rolls were found.

According to official data, the number of medical colleges has increased significantly since 2014. Minister of State for Health Bharti Praveen Pawar had told the Rajya Sabha in February that there were 387 medical colleges before 2014, but now their number has increased by 69 per cent to 654.

Apart from this, MBBS seats have increased by 94 per cent, from 51,348 seats before 2014 to 99,763 now. The number of PG seats has increased by 107 per cent, from 31,185 before 2014 to 64,559 now.

Such action taken due to defects found

Indian Praveen Pawar had said that to increase the number of doctors in the country, the government first increased the number of medical colleges and then increased the MBBS seats. Measures and steps taken by the government to increase the number of medical seats in the country include a centrally sponsored scheme for setting up new medical colleges by upgrading district/referral hospitals. Under which 94 out of 157 approved new medical colleges are already functioning.

Reacting to the de-recognition of medical colleges, medical experts said that the NMC mostly depends on the Aadhaar-based biometric attendance system, for which it considers only those faculties who attend between 8 am and 2 pm. are on duty during the day between

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