new delhi a crucial meeting on the setting up of the national commission for higher education and research ncher especially bringing medical education within the ambit of the proposed regulator will be held in the prime ministers office on fridaythe meeting to be chaired by tka nair principal secretary to the prime minister will also be attended by members of the task force set up by the hrd and health ministries it is likely that law ministry officials would also be present to discuss legal education sources in the hrd task force said we are hopeful that lancet commissions report advocating joint planning in the education and health sector will help bring medical education within the ambit of ncher during the nationwide consultation the majority view was that there should be complete integration of higher educationto avoid the issue from becoming a turf war among the ministries of hrd health and law one of the solution suggested is that the task of giving professional licence be left to medical council of india and bar council of indiaas for medical and legal education ncher will have two separate advisory councils to deal with them separately the two advisory councils would help the ncher general council in fixing academic standards in health and law both bci and mci will also carry out the task of accreditation of medical and law educational institutions but the academic norms will remain the work of the proposed ncherbut agriculture education will not be touched in december when hrd ministrys task force made a presentation to the pm and sought inclusion of agriculture education within ncher the idea was turned down it was felt that ground reality did not permit amending the constitution to bring agriculture under the central list it is believed that though the pm approved a holistic approach towards higher education it was felt that agriculture should be with the states as envisaged in the constitution