NCP leader introduces Rural Medical Education Bill in Lok Sabha

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Supriya Sule introduced Rural Medical Education Bill in the Lok Sabha to provide tuition-waived medical seats to rural candidates.

Supriya Sule, Member of Parliament from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), has introduced Rural Medical Education Bill in the Lok Sabha to provide tuition-waived medical seats to needy candidates from rural districts in India.

Her tweet reads, "Introduced The Rural Medical Education Bill, 2022 - seeks to provide tuition-waived medical seats to needy candidates from rural districts in India, on the condition that they will practice and provide care to people in their home district for a minimum duration of time."

Rural Medical Education Bill Details

The Bill stated that the appropriate government, which can be the state or Central government, shall within one and a half years from coming into force of this Act, conduct a survey to assess the shortage of healthcare professionals in rural areas of the country. On the basis of the survey, the government must take measures to fill the vacant medical seats as early as possible.

"Every candidate selected under rural quota under section 4 shall comply with such set of rules and conditions, as may be prescribed including-(a) the completion of the medical degree with satisfactory results; (B) signing of an employment contract or bond for obligatory service with the appropriate Government in rural areas," the Bill added.

On completion of his medical degree he shall serve in the district to which he belongs for a minimum period of six years, the Bill further added.

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