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Centre moves to operationalise the Nurses Registration and Tracking System
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Centre moves to operationalise the Nurses Registration and Tracking System
The government is operationalising a Nurses Registration and Tracking System to build a verifiable national database of nurses and address workforce data gaps.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
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The Union Health Ministry is working to operationalise a Nurses Registration and Tracking System, intended to create a live, verifiable national database of registered nurses.
The system is expected to help track nurses' qualifications, registration status and movement across States, addressing long-standing gaps in nursing workforce data.
Nursing education and registration in India is currently regulated by the Indian Nursing Council and State Nursing Councils under the Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947.
Sources: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
Key facts
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- Nurses Registration and Tracking System
- Indian Nursing Council
- Indian Nursing Council Act 1947
- nursing workforce
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Prelims
- Nurses Registration and Tracking System, Indian Nursing Council, Indian Nursing Council Act 1947, nursing workforce
Mains
Use as an example in GA answers (GS2 - Governance: health workforce regulation, Indian Nursing Council).
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Answer before you reveal
The Indian Nursing Council, whose registration data the new Nurses Registration and Tracking System seeks to consolidate, was constituted under which legislation?
- The Indian Medical Council Act, 1956
- The National Medical Commission Act, 2019
- The Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947
- The Clinical Establishments Act, 2010
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Answer: C — The Indian Nursing Council is a statutory body constituted under the Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947, and functions alongside State Nursing Councils to regulate nursing education and registration.
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