In a bid to check brain drain of doctors, Prime Minister Narendra <g data-gr-id="22">Modi-led</g> NDA government has decided not to issue 'No Obligation to Return to India' certificate to doctors in any circumstances, except to those who are over 65 years of the age.
Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Tuesday informed Rajya Sabha that the Ministry has revised its guidelines to tackle <g data-gr-id="17">large scale</g> immigration of Indian doctors to foreign shores. "As per the revised guidelines of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 'No Obligation to Return to India (NORI)' certificate will not be issued in any circumstance, except for those who are above 65 years of age," the minister said.
Nadda was replying to a question whether the country was witnessing a huge brain drain of doctors that directly affect the health sector and whether the government has taken stringent action to stop this. "During 2010-2014, a total number of 3,947 Statement of Need (SON) Certificates and Exceptional Need Certificates (ENC) were issued by the Health Ministry to Indian doctors to enable them to pursue higher medical studies in the United States of America (USA)," he said.
The government has taken measures to improve the working conditions of the doctors including "considerable" enhancement of pay and allowances of doctors after implementation of the 6th Central Pay Commission, Nadda said.