 bill no 227 of  2017 the indian medical council (amendment) bill, 2017 by shri nk premachandran, mp a billfurther to amend the indian medical council act, 1956be  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the indian medical council (amendment) act, 2017short title and commencement5(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint102 of 19562 after section 10d of the indian medical council act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), the following section shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new section 10e10"10e (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, constitute an admission and fee regulatory authority (hereinafter referred to as the authority) for the supervision and guidance of admission process and for fixation of fee and other amounts to be charged from the candidates seeking admission in constitution of admission and fee regulatory authoritymedical institutions at under graduate and post-graduate level, other than those promoted and maintained by the central or the state government, in such manner as may be prescribed(2) the authority shall—5(a) ensure that the admission to medical institutions be made with its prior approval;(b) fix the fees and other amounts to be charged from the candidates by the medical institutions in such manner as may be prescribed10(c) restrict admission of candidates to the medical institutions who fail to pay prescribed fee and other amount charged within one month of the date of admission scheduled for such medical institutions"amendment of section 333 in section 33 of the principal act, after clause (mb), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—15"(mc) the admission and fee regulatory authority, fixation of fees and other amounts charged in medical institutions;" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe indian medical council act, 1956 was enacted for the purpose of reconstituting the medical council of india (hereinafter referred to as the council) and to provide for the maintenance of the indian medical register and for matters connected therewiththe act confers upon the council the responsibility of maintenance of the highest standards of medical education throughout the country in pursuance of the responsibility, the council makes its recommendations to the central government for matters related to the courses of study, examination to be undertaken for such qualifications and inspection of examinations, etcthe government of india made it mandatory that all admissions to medical and dental seats in all government colleges, deemed universities and private medical colleges be made only through national eligibility cum entrance test list strictly on merithowever, there were reports of malpractices by various medical educational institutions to tide over the admission procedures and charging of exorbitant fees a legislation is required for the regulation of admission and fixation of fee in such medical institutionsthe bill, therefore, seeks to amend the indian medical association, 1956 with a view to establish an admission and fee regulatory authority to fix the fee and other amounts charged in medical institutionshence this billnew delhi;nk premachandrannovember 27, 2017 financial  memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for constitution of the admission and fee regulatory authority by the central government the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees ten crore per annum would be involved from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five crore is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 3 of the bill empowers the council to make regulations regarding the fixation of fees and other amounts charged by the medical institutions as the regulations will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative powers is of a normal character annexure (extract from indian medical council act, 1956) no 102 of 1956power to make regulations33 the council may, with the previous sanction of the central government, make regulations generally to carry out the purposes of this act, and without prejudice to the generality of this power, such regulations may provide for :—     (mb) the designated authority, other languages and the manner of conducting of uniform entrance examination to all medical educational institutions at the undergraduate level and post-graduate level;"     ———— a billfurther to amend the indian medical council act, 1956————(shri nk premachandran, mp)gmgipmrnd—2673ls(s3)—14-12-2017