Section 3. The Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare in their 109th

3. The Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare in their 109th Report on National Medical Commission Bill, 2017 had also interalia recommended that the Department should explore the possibility of restructuring and revamping the Dental Council of India. 3. All dental qualifications granted by the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry. STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS In line with various reforms in the medical sector in the recent past, including replacement of the erstwhile Medical Council of India by the National Medical Commission through the National Medical Commission Act, 2019, reforms in the dental education and profession and its regulatory framework are considered necessary to bring it at par with the global standards.