As per statement revealed by Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Centre is now considering to facilitate overseas citizens of India with foreign medical qualifications to both practice and teach in the country due to shortage of skilled manpower in the Indian healthcare system.
The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas has been organized at the Birla Auditorium, Jaipur where all the overseas Indians and people of Indian origin are addressing and Azad announced that the government has undertaken policy reforms to encourage capacity building in medical institutions.
These policy reforms include rationalization of land use for setting up medical institutions, placing FDI in healthcare under automatic approval route, and increasing the faculty student ratio in PG Medical Colleges from 1:2 to 1:1. Read More
