The government on Wednesday managed to push through a Bill in the Rajya Sabha which will provide for a year's extension for the board of go...

Government promised to consult all parties on a crucial legislation that seeks to create an overarching body for health institutions in the...

During a discussion on the bill seeking to extend the tenure of the Board of Governors of the MCI by one more year beyond May 14.

The move has been initiated primarily to reduce the country's acute doctor shortage. India has one doctor for 1,953 people, or a density of...

The Health and Human Resource Development ministries have reached a compromise on regulating medical education and research.

A broad agreement has been reached to develop a mechanism to link the two proposed regulatory bodies - National Commission for Human Resour...

The Bill to set up National Council for Human Resource in Health (NCHRH) -- the overarching regulatory body for the health sector, which wi...

Decide to work together on issue of accreditation.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appears to be disinclined to accept the idea of setting up the proposed National Commission for Higher Educat...

The tug of war over medical education continues to be a restraining factor in the finalisation of the proposed overarching regulatory autho...

The Cabinet approved an Ordinance allowing the health ministry to take over the charges of the Medical Council of India.

Will Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) soon start producing doctors? The health ministry is meeting on Tuesday to decide.

UPA’s assertion of good governance is not empty rhetoric.

While the Manmohan Singh government gets busy trying to fulfil its 100 days’ commitment, babudom is subverting another major initiative — t...