NMC moves baffling: Cong on 'relaxing of norms' for faculty recruitment

Hitting out at the Union government over the reported relaxing of norms for recruitment of faculty by medical colleges, the Congress on Monday said the National Medical Commission (NMC) was set up with the expectation that quality medical education would expand, but some of the moves taken by it are baffling.

Congress MP and general-secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh shared a media report on X, which claimed that the commission has proposed easing rules for appointing non-teaching consultant doctors and diploma holders as medical college faculty.

In his post, Ramesh said, "First, the Modi government lowers the cut-off percentiles for admission to post-graduate medical courses through NEET-PG. Now it relaxes norms for recruitment of faculty by medical colleges."

The National Medical Commission was set up in September 2020 by an Act of Parliament with great expectations that quality medical education would expand, Ramesh said. Some of the moves taken by it, however, are baffling, he added.