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Government powerless against Dental Council of
India: Minister
Thursday February 07, 2013 03:39:22 PM,
IANS
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Chennai:
The central government does not have much powers to act against
the Dental Council of India (DCI) as it has been constituted under
an act of parliament, union Minister for Health and Family Welfare
Ghulam Nabi Azad said Thursday.
"Under the present act, the government does not have much powers
because the dental council has been constituted under an act of
parliament. The council elects its own secretaries and
representatives," Azad said while answering a query on the DCI
scam.
Two senior members of the DCI were arrested recently on charges of
demanding bribe to provide accreditation to courses offered by
dental colleges.
The health minister was in Mamallapuram, about 70 km from here, to
attend 'India's Call to Action Summit for Child Survival and
Development', a three-day summit organised by his ministry.
He said under the present law, the government was powerless unless
"we dissolve and change the law to assume the powers".
According to Azad, for the four years he has been the health
minister none of the council members made a courtesy call on him.
He agreed that the existing set up is flawed and that parliament
should dissolve the DCI and the government should bring in a new
legislation through ordinance.
On action to be taken against the colleges allegedly involved in
the scam, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare S.
Gandhiselvan said: "The investigating agencies are looking into
the matter and only after the probe is completed that the
government will take any action."
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