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The Hindu Bureau

Karnataka govt. to promulgate Ordinance to scrap mandatory rural service for UG, PG medical students

The State Cabinet on Thursday decided to promulgate an Ordinance to scrap the mandatory one-year service in rural areas for students graduating from medical colleges in Karnataka.

A Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah decided to amend the Karnataka Compulsory Service by Candidates Completed Medical Courses Act, 2012, under which so far all MBBS, postgraduate, and super-speciality graduates were to serve one year compulsorily in government healthcare institutions in rural areas as junior residents.

Briefing the Cabinet decisions, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil said the Ordinance would be promulgated and later a Bill would be tabled in the winter session of the legislature to replace it.

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