Medical students cannot change colleges from this year
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Medical students cannot change colleges from this year

The Hindu  

There will no more be an opportunity for migration for medical students to any other medical institution from this academic year. “No student designated to a medical institution, notwithstanding anything stating in these regulations, shall seek migration to any other medical institution,” the regulation said. However, restricting migration will cause problems for these students,” a medical student said. In some government colleges, the old rule allowed admission for the medical courses for the seats remaining vacant due to various reasons through migration. “The NMC has restricted the migration through the Graduate Medical Education Regulations-2023.

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NMC warns students against non-compliant foreign medical colleges
3 weeks, 6 days ago

NMC warns students against non-compliant foreign medical colleges

India Today  

The National Medical Commission has issued a notification urging medical aspirants to exercise caution while seeking admission to foreign medical colleges. The advisory emphasises that students must ensure the institution adheres to the guidelines outlined in the Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiates Regulations, 2021. Despite previous advisories, the NMC noted that some students continue to enroll in private medical institutions abroad …

NMC trains its guns on UG medical colleges, in a first seeks videos of internal examinations
1 month, 2 weeks ago

NMC trains its guns on UG medical colleges, in a first seeks videos of internal examinations

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The country’s apex medical education regulator in its cleanup exercise has now trained its guns on all medical colleges and institutions offering undergraduate courses. After seeking a self-declaration from medical colleges offering postgraduate, the National Medical Commission has now sought an annual declaration from all UG medical schools for their annual renewal by 15 November. The submission of …

NMC appealed to allow admissions at 13 new medical colleges in U.P.
5 months ago

NMC appealed to allow admissions at 13 new medical colleges in U.P.

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh has filed an appeal with the National Medical Commission to allow admissions at 13 new medical colleges that were earlier denied permission for the same owing to an inspection report that highlighted shortcomings at the institutions. The application for letter of permission for the new colleges were made to NMC in September 2023,” said Kinjal Singh, the director …

NMC lists medical colleges starting new PG courses and increase in intake
9 months, 1 week ago

NMC lists medical colleges starting new PG courses and increase in intake

Hindustan Times  

In an official notification, The National Medical Commission released a list of colleges that have applied to start a new post-graduation medical course or increase seats in PG Medical courses for the academic year 2024-25. 154 medical colleges will be offering new post-graduation medical courses, 50 colleges will be increasing the intake of PG Medical seats for the academic year …

Medical colleges instructed not to force PG students to live in hostels
10 months, 1 week ago

Medical colleges instructed not to force PG students to live in hostels

Hindustan Times  

The National Medical Commission has given strict instructions to all medical colleges not to force postgraduate students to live in a hostel. The instructions given to the medical colleges by the NMC state: “Provision of suitable residential accommodation to postgraduate students as per rule 5.6 of the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2023 is given and it shall be compulsory …

NMC clarifies on norms for foreign medical graduates to register, work and study in India
1 year, 1 month ago

NMC clarifies on norms for foreign medical graduates to register, work and study in India

The Hindu  

The Under-Graduate Medical Education Board and Ethics and Medical Registration Board, National Medical Commission, on November 22 issued a clarification specifying the provisions under which Foreign Medical Graduates, especially students from Ukraine and the Philippines, could register, work and study in India. The NMC has said that for the FMGs who have completed medical courses in foreign medical institutes as …

NMC inspection finds 246 medical colleges without adequate faculty; all fail to meet 50% attendance requirement
1 year, 2 months ago

NMC inspection finds 246 medical colleges without adequate faculty; all fail to meet 50% attendance requirement

The Hindu  

An assessment of 246 colleges by the Undergraduate Medical Education Board of the National Medical Commission, found that no medical college had adequate faculty members or senior residents, and all colleges failed to meet the 50% attendance requirement. Recently, the NMC had introduced a monetary penalty of ₹1 crore, for medical colleges that fail to adhere to norms and standards …

National Medical Commission’s latest order on seat allocation viewed as unfair to southern States
1 year, 2 months ago

National Medical Commission’s latest order on seat allocation viewed as unfair to southern States

The Hindu  

The National Medical Commission’s decision to allow and allocate medical education seats according to the population of a State or Union Territory is turning into a southern States versus the Centre debate on the freedom to provide healthcare and education to people. It says, “After 2023-24, a letter of permission for starting of new medical colleges shall be issued only …

NMC withdraws Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023
1 year, 5 months ago

NMC withdraws Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023

The Hindu  

Creating confusion at the start of a new academic year, which is now just round the corner, for over one lakh prospective undergraduate students of medicine, the National Medical Commission has now withdrawn the recently issued Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023 for MBBS admissions. On June 12, the Commission had issued the guidelines on MBBS course which included the new …

State Medical Councils may allot medical colleges for internships to foreign medical graduates based on their domicile: NMC
1 year, 7 months ago

State Medical Councils may allot medical colleges for internships to foreign medical graduates based on their domicile: NMC

The Hindu  

State Medical Councils shall not deny allotment of medical colleges for internships to foreign medical graduates on the basis of their domicile, and FMGs can complete their internship from a medical college in any State or Union Territory if they are otherwise eligible, the National Medical Commission said. It added that a number of requests and queries from different State …

Medical Degrees Offered by Singhania University Illegal, Rules NMC
2 years, 1 month ago

Medical Degrees Offered by Singhania University Illegal, Rules NMC

News 18  

The National Medical Commission has issued a warning to medical aspirants against a ‘misleading’ In its notification dated October 28, NMC indicated that the Commission had just learned that Singhania University was accepting applications for its MBBS programme as well as other medical programmes. In a statement, NMC pointed out, “The said institution has in its Read | NEET 2023: …

Centre cites law to deny seats to Ukraine-returnees
2 years, 3 months ago

Centre cites law to deny seats to Ukraine-returnees

The Hindu  

The government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the law does not allow undergraduate medical students, who fled the "war-like situation" in Ukraine, to be accommodated in Indian medical colleges. “So far as such students are concerned, there are no provisions either under the Indian Medical Council Act of 1956 or the National Medical Commission Act 2019 as well …

Be wary of foreign medical colleges, NMC warns aspirants
2 years, 10 months ago

Be wary of foreign medical colleges, NMC warns aspirants

The Hindu  

The National Medical Commission has warned medical seat aspirants not to overlook the “supervisory”, “regulatory” and “infrastructural” issues in foreign medical colleges before seeking admission there. This is part of an advisory issued on February 18, for students who wish to seek registration to practice allopathy in India, after seeking admissions in medical colleges in Kyrgyzstan or any other foreign …

Migration of MBBS Student from Unrecognized College to Recognized One Impermissible: SC
3 years, 10 months ago

Migration of MBBS Student from Unrecognized College to Recognized One Impermissible: SC

News 18  

Migration of a student pursuing an undergraduate medical course is permissible only if both the medical colleges are recognized by the Central Government under the law, the Supreme Court has ruled. A bench comprising justices L Nageswara Rao and Indira Banerjee set aside the verdict of the Rajasthan High Court which had directed the Medical Council of India to permit …

Migration From Unrecognised Medical College To Recognised One Restricted By MCI Regulations: Supreme Court
3 years, 10 months ago

Migration From Unrecognised Medical College To Recognised One Restricted By MCI Regulations: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that migration cannot be permitted from an unrecognised medical college to a recognised medical college in view of Regulation 6 of the Medical Council of India Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997. Recognition of medical qualifications granted by Universities or medical institutions in India: Section 11 in The Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 2) …

NMC releases new regulations for MBBS admissions, establishment of medical colleges
4 years, 1 month ago

NMC releases new regulations for MBBS admissions, establishment of medical colleges

Live Mint  

New Delhi: In a significant step towards affordable medical education, the new medical education regulatory, National Medical Commission, has notified its first major regulations, government said on Saturday. "Titled as “Minimum Requirements For Annual MBBS Admissions Regulations ”, the notification issued today replaces the “Minimum Standard Requirements for Medical Colleges, 1999 ” of the erstwhile Medical Council of India," said …

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