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The Indian Nursing Council is an Autonomous Body under the Government of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare was constituted by the Central Government under section 3(1) of the Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947 of parliament in order to establish a uniform standard of training for nurses, Midwives and health visitors.
Announcements/Circulars
- Nominations for National Florence Nightingale Nurses Award-2025 November 18, 2024
- Professional Development Program in Digital Health for Nurses November 14, 2024
- Last date for uploading the renewal compliance reports by the institutions for the A.Y 2024-25 is extended up to 15th Nov 2024∣INC November 5, 2024
- Extension of Last date of Admission for all Nursing Programs for Academic Year 2024-25∣INC November 5, 2024
- MIDWIFERY-LED CARE FOR EVERY WOMAN – Posters. -Indian Nursing Council June 7, 2024
Function and Services
Composition of GB
Functions of Council
Services
Composition of GB
| S.no | Detail | Total Membership | Present Strength |
| 3(1)(a) | State Councils of Nursing(nurse) | 28 | 22 |
| 3(1)(b) | Head of Institutions (Universities) | 2 | 2 |
| 3(1)(c) | Head of Institutions (Health visitors) | 1 | 0 |
| 3(1)(d) | MCI | 1 | 1 |
| 3(1)(e) | IMA | 1 | 1 |
| 3(1)(f) | TNAI | 1 | 1 |
| 3(1)(g)(ii) | State Councils of Nursing(midwife/anm on rotation | 4 | 3 |
| 3(1)(h) | DGHS – ex-Officio | 1 | 1 |
| 3(1)(i) | Chief Matron-Army HQs-ex-Officio | 1 | 1 |
| 3(1)(j) | Nursing Adviser-ex-Officio | 1 | 1 |
| 3(1)(k) | Director of Maternity-Red Cross-ex- officio | 1 | 1 |
| 3(1)(l) | Director of Health/ME (States) | 29 | 29 |
| 3(1)(m) | Supdt. of Nursing Services | 8 | 8 |
| 3(1)(n) | Govt of India nomination | 4 | 3** |
| 3(1)(o) | Member of Parliament | 3 | 1** |
| Total | 86 | 77 |
Functions of Council
1. To establish and monitor uniform standards of nursing for nurse midwifes, auxiliarynurse
midwifes and health visitors’ education by doing inspection of the institutions.
2. To recognize the qualification(s) under section 10(2)(4) of the Indian Nursing Council Act,
1947 for the purpose of registration and employment in India and abroad.
3. To prescribe minimum standards of education and training in various nursing programmes
and prescribe the syllabus & regulations for nursing programs under section 16 of the
Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947.
4. Power to withdraw the recognition of qualification under Section 14 of the Indian Nursing
Council Act, 1947 in case the institution fails to maintain its standards under Section
14(1)(b) of the Act when an institution recognised by a State Council for the training of
nurses midwives, Auxiliary Nurse Midwives or health visitors does not satisfy the
requirements of the Council.
5. To recognise Degree/Diploma/Certificate awarded by Foreign Universities.
6. To give approval for registration of Indian and Foreign Nurses possessing foreign
qualification under Section 11(2)(a) of the Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947.
7. To maintain Indian Nurses Register for registration of nursing personnel.
8. To advise the State Nursing Councils, Examining Boards, State Governments and Central
Government in various important items regarding nursing education in the country.
9. To promote research in nursing.
10. To prescribe code of ethics and professional conduct.
11. To regulate the policies of training of nursing programmes in the field of nursing to
improve the quality of nursing education.
Services
1. To attend all matters relating to recognition of Nursing qualification awarded by different
university w.r.t INC Act 1947 and regulation there under. The Council stripes to deal such
matters on priority basis so that the decision in these matters are taken at the earliest and
conveyed to the concerned.
2. To deal with all matters relating to accord suitability and annual renewal of suitability of a
large number of nursing educational institutions all over India. The Council has made this
work completely online without any personnel interaction which is a big boon to the
institutions who can get the work done without need for any travel to INC office with
bulky documents etc;
3. A large number of candidates approach INC to verify the credential of their qualification
which is also an online process done on priority basis.
Process by which services can be accessed:-
As indicated above the suitability renewal as well as verification of the qualification is
online process. The institutions/ Candidates can access the services using there Login ID
and password and as such the information will be known only to the Concerned and not
third party.
Approved Institutions
- List of ANM Nursing Institute for the year 2022-23 (31 March 2023)
- List of GNM Nursing Institute for the year 2022-23 (31 March 2023)
- List of B.Sc Nursing Institute for the year 2022-23 (31 March 2023)
- List of M.Sc Nursing Institute for the year 2022-23 (31 March 2023)
- List of PBB.Sc Nursing Institute for the year 2022-23 (31 March 2023)
- List of P B Diploma Nursing Institute for the year 2022-23 (31 March 2023)
- List of Nurse Practitioner Critical Care Institute for the year 2022-23 (31 March 2023)
- List of Upgradation Programme for the year 2022-23 (31 March 2023)
- List of IGNOU Study Centres offering P B B.Sc(N) Inspected Under Section 13 and 14 of INC Act
- List of Universities offering recognised Ph.D nursing qualification.
Contact Details :-
| S.NO. | Name & Designation | Details |
| 1 | Dr. T. Dileep Kumar, President | 011-66616801 (Tele) 011-66616802 (Fax) Email:-president.inc@gov.in |
| 2 | Dr. Asha Sharma, Vice President | 011-66616803 (Tele) Email:-vp.inc@gov.in |
| 3 | Lt Col (Dr) Sarvjeet Kaur, Secretary | 011-66616804 (Tele) 011-66616806 (Fax) Email:-secy.inc@gov.in |
| 4 | Smt. K.S. Bharati, Joint Secretary | 011-66616805 (Tele) 011-66616807 (Fax) Email:-js.inc@gov.in |
| 5 | Account Section | 011-66616814 (Tele) Email:-acts.inc@gov.in |
RTI Section
| Name & Designation of the appellate authority | Complete official address (including Tel. No. Fax No. & E-mail address) | Matters with which concerned |
| Dr. T. Dileep Kumar, | 8th Floor, NBCC Center, Plot No. 2, Community Center, Okhla Phase-I New Delhi – 110020 | President INC has powers of as exercised by A Head of Department and accordingly deals with all matters as laid down under INC Act 1947 |
| President, | Phone: +91-011-66616800, Email: president.inc@gov.in | |
| Indian Nursing Council, | ||
| New Delhi | ||
| Name of the PIO | Complete official address (including Tel. No. Fax No. & E-mail address) | Matters with which concerned |
| Lt Col (Dr) Sarvjeet Kaur, | 8th Floor, NBCC Center, Plot No. 2, Community Center, Okhla Phase-I | Secretary INC Head of Office and accordingly deals with matter as laid down under INC Act 1947 |
| Secretary, Indian Nursing Council, New Delhi | New Delhi – 110020 | |
| Phone: +91-011-66616800, 66616821, 66616822 | ||
| Fax: +91-011-66616806 | ||
| E-mail: secy.inc@gov.in |