Today is 20th March and it was this day in 2009 when the new form of Right to Information Act (RTI Act) was enacted in J&K by Omar Abdullah led Government soon after coming to power. Prior to 2009 we had an RTI law passed by PDP Congress coalition Government headed by Mufti Mohammad Syeed in 2004 (J&K RTI Act 2004). The 2004 version of RTI Act was much weaker...
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Rural service for medical students to be made compulsory from this year
-The Hindu Legislation in this regard likely to be in place by this month-end: Ramdas One year of rural service for medical students will be made compulsory from this year, Medical Education Minister S.A. Ramdas announced this at the graduation day of the first batch of the Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI) here on Saturday. As many as 148 candidates graduated on Saturday. Despite not receiving an enthusiastic response from the audience...
More »Budget allocation for city govt hospitals increased
-PTI Budget allocation for central government hospitals in the capital has been increased for the coming fiscal, with AIIMS getting Rs 1,124 crore which is nearly 6% more as compared to the last year's Rs 1,062.35 crore. This is followed by the Safdarjung Hospital which will receive Rs 467.55 crore this year, which is 27% more in comparison to the allocation of Rs 366.88 crore last year. The next in the row of...
More »Accreditation rule eased-Basant Kumar Mohanty
The Centre is planning a few amendments to key education reform bills whose legislative progress has been stalled by opposition to several of their clauses. The Telegraph had reported how private educational institutions had been arguing that the “draconian” bills would make it difficult for new colleges and universities to be opened, and would threaten institutional heads with stringent punishment for minor mishaps. Human resource development ministry sources now say they propose...
More »Court slaps contempt notice on MCI, health ministry by Sonal Matharu
Medical Council of India failed to start rural health practitioner course The Delhi High Court on Monday issued contempt notices to the health ministry and the Medical Council of India (MCI), the country’s apex body for Medical Education, for not starting rural health practitioner course and thus failing to comply with its order. The bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi issued notices to P K Pradhan, secretary with the Union Ministry of Health...
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