Context: The Indian Nursing Council recently condemned “derogatory content” in the sociology textbook for second-year B.Sc. nursing students listing the “merits and advantages of the dowry system”.
Indian Nursing Council
Indian Nursing Council is a national regulatory body for nurses and nurse education in India.
It is an autonomous body under the Government of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, constituted under Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947.
Functions:
Recognition of nursing qualifications in India
Granting any nursing qualification
Indian Nursing Council has the Power to require information as to courses of study and training and examinations
Inspect any institution recognized as a training institution
