Congress leader Jairam Ramesh reacts to NMC’s decision to relax faculty recruitment 

First, the Modi Govt lowers the cut-off percentiles for admittance to post-graduate aesculapian courses done NEET-PG.

Now it relaxes norms for recruitment of module by aesculapian colleges.

The National Medical Commission was acceptable up successful Sept 2020 by an Act of Parliament with great…

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) January 20, 2025

What’s the revised norm to beryllium a aesculapian assemblage professor?

Those who person worked arsenic consultants, specialists, and aesculapian officers for astatine slightest 4 years successful a minimum 220-bed teaching oregon non-teaching authorities infirmary tin go an adjunct professor. According to the caller norms, a consultant, specialist, oregon aesculapian officer with astatine slightest 10 years of acquisition tin go an subordinate professor.

The 2022 regulations allowed non-teaching doctors to go adjunct professors aft moving for 2 years successful a 330-bed non-teaching hospital, but lone if the infirmary was successful the process of being converted into a aesculapian college.

This alteration was implemented due to the fact that the authorities was converting respective territory hospitals into caller aesculapian colleges. According to the erstwhile guidelines, this was intended to beryllium a one-time provision.

The caller regulations besides easiness the promotion criteria for elder residents with diplomas, allowing those moving arsenic elder residents successful the aforesaid institute to beryllium eligible for the presumption of adjunct professor.

Additionally, individuals who person served arsenic postgraduate (PG) teachers for the National Board of Examinations successful Medical Sciences-approved diploma courses tin suffice to go professors successful National Medical Commission (NMC)-approved colleges aft gaining 3 years of acquisition arsenic PG teachers.