About Indian Nursing Council

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.

Function of Indian Nursing Council

1. To establish and monitor uniform standards of nursing for nurse midwifes, auxiliary nurse 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 of Indian Nursing Council

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.

Latest Notification published by Indian Nursing Council

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)–B.Sc Nursing Programme

Q.1 How many supplementary examination a student is allowed to take to clear the semester?

Ans: INC has specified broad examination regulations in revised B.Sc.(N) syllabus .Individual universities can make their own plans to execute the same. –Regular examinations are specified in the syllabus every semester and the supplementary examinations of previous semesters can be planned by the University during all regular exams. -The maximum period to complete the course successfully should not exceed eight years.

Q.2 How much attendance classroom and clinical separately does the student require to be eligible for the examination?

Ans: In this regard, refer Examination Regulations of B.Sc.(N) syllabus where it is clearly mentioned- -A candidate must have minimum of 80% attendance (irrespective of the kind of absence) in theory and practical in each course / subject for appearing for examination. -A candidate must have 100% attendance in each of the practical areas before award of degree.

Q.3 Does odd semester subjects supplementary examination have to be in odd semester regular examinations only and similarly for even semester subject or can all the subject be put in all semester examinations.

Ans: In odd semesters when two regular odd semester examinations are conducted, the supplementary in the same examinations can be of the same paper if the examination is conducted on the same day. In this way the university load can be managed yet enable students to appear for supplementary and progress to next semesters without losing years. However other semesters’ supplementary examinations need to be conducted during the regular semester exams.

Q.4 Once the student loses one semester esp. due to partial attendance or nil attendance how can she complete the hours of the lost semester if she is allowed to get promoted to the next semester?

Ans: Cannot be promoted when the student does not have the attendance as he/she will not appear for exam without attendance and internal marks.

Q.5 What was the duration of GNM course till the year 2014? What was the duration of revised curriculum of GNM course from the year 2005 to 2014? What was the duration of GNM course during the year 2015 to 2016? What is the duration of GNM course from the year 2017 to present date?

Ans: The duration of the diploma of GNM has been reduced from 3 ½ years to 3 years from the academic year 2015-2016 onwards. Further the internship is integrated into the revised syllabus. The 3 years GNM course approved by the Council before 2008 and the 3 ½ GNM course after 2008 approved by the Council are equivalent from the institute recognized by State Nursing Registration Council & found suitable by INC under section 13 & 14.