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{{Infobox organisation
| name = Indian Nursing Council
| image = Indian Nursing Council Logo.png
| motto = To Establish Uniforms Standards of Training for Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors.
| purpose = [[Nursing]], [[Nurse education]]
| formation = {{start date and age|1947}}
| type = [[Public]]
| status = Active
| headquarters = [[New Delhi]], India
| location = 8th Floor , NBCC Center, Plot No. 2, Community Center, Okhla Phase-I, New Delhi, Delhi 110020
| coordinates = {{coord|24.8794319|N|71.2543738|E|display=title,inline}}
| leader_title = President
| leader_name = T. Dileep Kumar
| leader_title2 = Vice President
| leader_name2 = [[Asha Sharma]]
| parent_organization = [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]]
| website = {{url|http://www.indiannursingcouncil.org/}}
| language = English
}}
'''Indian Nursing Council''' is a national regulatory body for [[nursing|nurses]] and [[nurse education]] in [[India]]. It is an autonomous body under the [[Government of India]], [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)|Ministry of Health & Family Welfare]], constituted by the Central Government under section 3(1) of the Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947 of [[Indian parliament]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiannursingcouncil.org/pdf/inc-act-1947_New.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 October 2018 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124170406/https://www.indiannursingcouncil.org/pdf/inc-act-1947_New.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since 1947 Indian Nursing Council Act has undergone minimal amendments. This resulted in several anomalies that have impacted the morale of Registered Nurses in India especially those practicing in the private sector. The last amendment of the act was in the year 2006. According to the original act the function of the council is to provide "'''uniformity in nursing education"'''.

== Functions <ref>http://www.indiannursingcouncil.org/pdf/inc-act-1947_New.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124170406/https://www.indiannursingcouncil.org/pdf/inc-act-1947_New.pdf |date=24 November 2020 }} Functions of Indian Nursing Council Page 4,5,6,7</ref> ==

* '''Recognition of nursing qualifications''' in India.(10.1)
* '''Granting any nursing qualification''': Grants a qualification in general nursing, midwifery, health visiting or public health nursing.(10.2)
* The Council may enter into negotiations with any authority [in any territory of India to which this Act does not extend or foreign country] which by the law of such territory or country is entrusted with the maintenance of a register of nurses midwives or health visitors; for the settling of a scheme of reciprocity for the recognition of nursing qualifications.(10.3)
* Indian Nursing Council has the Power to require information as to courses of study and training and examinations.(12)
* Inspect any institution recognized as a training institution, and to attend examinations held for the purpose of granting any recognized qualification or recognized higher qualification in India.(13)
* '''Withdrawal of recognition (14):''' The council may withdraw the recognition an institution recognized by a State Council for the training of nurses, midwives or health visitors does not satisfy the requirements of the Council.
* '''Power to make regulations (16):''' The Council may make regulations not inconsistent with the Indian Nursing Council Act generally to carry out the provisions of this Act, and in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers.

== State-level nursing councils ==
There are many registered state-level nursing councils.<ref name="councils">[http://www.indiannursingcouncil.org/pdf/snrc-State-Nursing-Registration-Council.pdf State-Wise Nursing Council] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213083407/http://www.indiannursingcouncil.org/pdf/snrc-State-Nursing-Registration-Council.pdf |date=13 December 2016 }} India Nursing Council, Retrieved on 29, October 2011.</ref> They are granted autonomous rights by the nursing council.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
|-
! Council Body <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiannursingcouncil.org/pdf/inc-act-1947_New.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 October 2018 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124170406/https://www.indiannursingcouncil.org/pdf/inc-act-1947_New.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>!! State !! Year of Establishment
|-
|Andhra Pradesh Nurses & Midwives Council <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nmcouncil.ap.nic.in/|title=Andhra Pradesh Nurses ,Midwives ,Auxiliary Nurse-Midwives & Health Visitors Council|website=nmcouncil.ap.nic.in|access-date=2016-05-04}}</ref>
|Andhra Pradesh
|1963
|-
|Arunachal Pradesh Nursing Council
|Arunachal Pradesh
|
|-
|Assam Nurses Midwives & Health Visitor Council <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://assamnursingcouncil.in/|title=Assam Nurses' Midwives' & Health Visitors' Council, Assam, Department of Health Services, Assam, Hengrabari, Guwahati, Assam, India.|website=assamnursingcouncil.in|access-date=2016-05-04}}</ref>
|Assam
|1953
|-
|Bihar Nurses Registration Council
|Bihar
|
|-
|Chhattisgarh Nursing Council
|Chhattisgarh
|
|-
|[[Kerala Nurses and Midwives Council]]||[[Kerala]]|| 1953
|-
| Maharashtra Nursing Council ||[[Maharashtra]]||
|-
| Delhi Nursing Council <ref>http://www.delhinursingcouncil.com/</ref>||[[New Delhi]]|| 1997
|-
|Goa Nursing Council
|
|-
|Haryana Nurses & Nurses-Midwives Council <ref>https://storifygo.com// {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref>||[[Haryana]]||
|-
|Punjab Nurses Registration Council|| Punjab || 2006
|-
| Karnataka Nursing Council <ref>http://www.ksnc.in/</ref>||[[Karnataka]]|| 1961
|-
| Uttar Pradesh Nurses & Midwives Council <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.upsmfac.org/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=29 May 2015 |archive-date=25 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525034617/https://www.upsmfac.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>||[[Uttar Pradesh]]|| 1934
|-
| Tamil Nadu Nurses And Midwives Council||[[Tamil Nadu]]|| 1926
|-
|Rajasthan Nursing Council <ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.rncjaipur.org/|title = Rajsthan Nursing Council|website = www.rncjaipur.org|access-date = 2016-04-14}}</ref>
|[[Rajasthan]]
|1964
|-
|Madhya Pradesh Nurses Registration Council <ref>{{Cite web|url = https://rrbkolkata.org/mpnrc/|title = Madhya Pradesh Nurses Registration Council|website = mpnrc.mp.gov.in|access-date = 2016-04-14}}</ref>
|[[Madhya Pradesh]]
|1973
|-
|West Bengal Nursing Council <ref>https://www.wbnc.in/</ref>||[[West Bengal]]|| 1936
|}

==See also==
* [[Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM)]]
* [[Nursing in India]]

Annual Report
*[https://indiannursingcouncil.org/uploads/annualreports/16148347407878.pdf 2019-2020]
*[https://indiannursingcouncil.org/uploads/annualreports/16002481139415.pdf 2018-2019]
*[https://indiannursingcouncil.org/uploads/annualreports/16002480686645.pdf 2017-2018]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.indiannursingcouncil.org Official website]

{{Indian Professional Regulators}}
{{Higher education in India}}

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