MARD moves court against govt's decision which nullifies chances of doctors going abroad to practice. Doctors in Maharashtra are a peeved lot as the government has stopped issuing a key certificate that enables them to practice abroad. They say they have been singled out as the education of IIT and IIM students is also subsidised but they have no obligation to work in India. Taking its fight to the courts, the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) has filed a writen petition against the Centre for putting a halt on the practice of issuing the No Obligation to Return to India (NORI) certificate.
Any doctor who wants to work in a foreign country needs a NORI certificate. Doctors say that the government's move is a violation of their fundamental right and that they are free to work and stay outside India. "Why only doctors? The government spends a huge amount of money on IIT…
