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Time of India
02-07-2025
- Health
- Time of India
NMC stalls on making med college assessments public
Nine months after the National Medical Commission (NMC) decided to seek legal opinion on whether the assessment forms of medical colleges can be made public, the matter remains unresolved as NMC claimed, in response to an RTI query, that the file is still "under process". As a result, MBBS aspirants are forced to choose medical colleges without access to details of the assessment of the infrastructure and faculty available in a college. The chief information commissioner had ordered the NMC several times in 2024 to make assessment reports public, stating that "disclosing these assessment reports is essential for the aspiring medical students seeking admission". Neither reports of inspection of medical colleges nor standard assessment forms (SAF) are being made public by the NMC. The SAF is mandatory and is meant as an annual self-declaration by a medical college giving information about infrastructure, faculty, patient load, academic activities and so on. In the NMC meeting held on Sept 23, 2024, "the commission opined that the SAF form need not be in public domain" and instructed its Medical Assessment and Rating Board to take further action. However, according to the minutes of the meeting obtained through RTI, V Hekali Zhimomi, an additional secretary in the health ministry, suggested that an opinion should be obtained from the department of legal affairs. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch CFD với công nghệ và tốc độ tốt hơn IC Markets Đăng ký Undo When RTI activist Dr KV Babu asked about the status of the SAF disclosure issue, the NMC responded that "file for seeking legal opinion on the matter of SAF disclosure is under process and hence the information in this regard is not available". NMC had brought in the Aadhaar-Enabled Biometric Attendance System in Aug 2018, but found that people were using silicon thumb imprints to manipulate the system. To counter this, the NMC mandated face-based Aadhaar authentication for faculty attendance in medical colleges from April this year. However, the NMC seems reluctant to adopt the simplest system of making colleges' self-declarations public so that students and public could verify if the faculty, infrastructure and patient load being claimed in the declaration were indeed available. The Medical Council of India, which the NMC replaced, used to make the assessment reports of all medical colleges public. It also used to put up the minutes of all meetings in the public domain. The NMC doesn't do either.
Time of India
20-06-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Arunachal bags award for tobacco-free youth campaign
1 2 Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh has been recognised as the best performing state under the smaller states category for its outstanding implementation of the Tobacco-Free Youth Campaign (TFYC) 2.0, an initiative of the Union health and family welfare ministry. The award was conferred by ministry's additional secretary V Hekali Zhimomi and director of drug and general disease (electronic medical record) L Swasti Charan and was received by National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) in-charge state programme officer Hatobin Mai and NTCP state consultant Karpa Marde from Arunachal Pradesh. Conducted from Sept 23 to Nov 24 last year, the campaign aimed at creating mass awareness among the youth about the dangers of tobacco use, encouraging cessation and shielding them from the manipulative strategies of the tobacco industry. The campaign also promoted the establishment of tobacco-free educational institutions and empowered rural communities through public engagement and stronger law enforcement. The campaign was successfully implemented across all 26 NTCP districts, including Aalo, Bomdila, Daporijo, Itanagar Capital Region, Pasighat, Roing, Seppa, Tezu, Yupia, Yingkiong, and Ziro among others. Under TFYC 2.0, the state recorded remarkable achievements: 2,250 IEC activities were conducted, along with 851 village-level awareness campaigns. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like One of the Most Successful Investors of All Time, Warren Buffett, Recommends: 5 Books for Turning... Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Click Here Undo A total of 279 gram panchayats passed resolutions declaring their jurisdictions tobacco-free, while 404 villages were officially declared tobacco-free. Additionally, 2,120 educational institutions achieved tobacco-free status under the the Tobacco Free Educational Institutions (ToFEI) guidelines, and 3,356 institutions were covered through awareness drives by the district tobacco control cells.
Hindustan Times
20-06-2025
- Health
- Hindustan Times
Arunachal bags best-performing state award for tobacco-free youth campaign
Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh has been recognised as the best-performing state under the smaller states category for its outstanding implementation of the tobacco-free youth campaign 2.0, an initiative of the Union Health and Family Welfare ministry. The award was conferred by the ministry's additional secretary V Hekali Zhimomi, and Director of Drug and General Disease Dr L Swasti Charan, and was received by National Tobacco Control Programme in-charge state programme officer Dr Hatobin Mai and NTCP state consultant Karpa Marde, an official statement said here. Conducted from September 23 to November 24 last year, the campaign aimed at creating mass awareness among the youth about the dangers of tobacco use, encouraging cessation, and shielding them from the manipulative strategies of the tobacco industry. The campaign also promoted the establishment of tobacco-free educational institutions and empowered rural communities through public engagement and stronger law enforcement. The campaign was successfully implemented across all 26 NTCP districts, including Yupia, Pasighat, Bomdila, Ziro, Daporijo, Aalo, Seppa, Tezu, Yingkiong, Roing, and the Itanagar Capital Region, among others. Under TFYC 2.0, Arunachal Pradesh recorded remarkable achievements. A total of 2,250 IEC activities were conducted, along with 851 village-level awareness campaigns. A total of 279 gram panchayats passed resolutions declaring their jurisdictions tobacco-free, while 404 villages were officially declared tobacco-free. Additionally, 2,120 educational institutions achieved tobacco-free status under the ToFEI guidelines, and 3,356 institutions were covered through awareness drives by the district tobacco control cells . The campaign also saw 237 school rallies, 201 enforcement drives, and 972 challans issued under various sections of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act , 2003. These enforcement actions resulted in a total penalty collection of ₹2,33,600. The recognition of Arunachal Pradesh reflects its commitment to safeguarding youth from tobacco-related harm and building a healthier, tobacco-free society through grassroots efforts and interdepartmental coordination.
