National Medical Commission rules allow complaints against doctors: GovtThe National Medical Commission (NMC) faces criticism for allegedly rejecting patient appeals, despite existing regulations allowing them. ...
04 Aug, 2025, 03.14 PM IST
Slow registration process: only 284 out of 6,500 doctors approved on national medical register portalThe National Medical Register portal, launched three and a half months ago, has registered less than 6,500 doctors, with only 284 approvals...
15 Dec, 2024, 04.40 PM IST
Refrain from doing research on e-cigarettes, obtain prior permission from ministry: NMCThe National Medical Commission (NMC) has instructed doctors affiliated with it to avoid initiating or participating in research activities...
17 Dec, 2023, 02.41 PM IST
NMC lists therapeutic categories of drugs which can be sold sans prescriptionIn its 'Regulations relating to Professional Conduct of Registered Medical Practitioners" issued on August 2, the NMC stated that over-the-...
12 Aug, 2023, 05.02 PM IST
Mock National Exit Test for final-year MBBS students on July 28, AIIMS announces feesPersons with benchmark disabilities will not have to pay any fee to appear in the examination. The AIIMS Delhi has been entrusted with the ...
29 Jun, 2023, 10.43 PM IST
- Health ministry working on guidelines to scrap bond policy for doctors
The amount of bond varies from state to state and ranges widely between Rs 5 lakh (Goa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu) and Rs 1 crore (Uttarakhand)...
06 Nov, 2022, 05.00 PM IST
Ukraine-returned medical students cannot be accommodated in Indian universities: Centre tells Supreme CourtAn affidavit by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said, "The prayer seeking transfer of these returnee students to medical colleges...
16 Sep, 2022, 04.56 PM IST
HC seeks Centre's reply on plea by differently-abled MBBS students against cancellation of admissionThe petitioners have also sought to quash the office orders passed by their respective medical colleges of Haryana by which their MBBS admi...
09 Sep, 2022, 09.00 PM IST
NMC proposes use of 'Med Dr' as prefix for practitioners of modern medicineThe draft regulations also state that an RMP shall not claim to be a clinical specialist unless he has NMC-recognised training and qualific...
08 Jun, 2022, 06.47 PM IST
Guidelines on fees for 50 pc seats in private medical colleges to be effective from next academic sessionAccording to section 10(1)(i) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) Act, 2019, the panel shall frame guidelines for the determination of...
02 Mar, 2022, 08.35 PM IST
Efforts underway to conduct NExT for medical students in 2023 first half; mock-run likely in 2022The National Exit Test (NExT) will be a common eligibility and entrance exam for admission to post-graduate medical courses and for obtaini...
30 Jul, 2021, 05.10 PM IST
National Medical Commission, India's regulator of medical education, comes into existence replacing MCIWith the NMC coming into being, the Board of Governors (BoG), which superseded the Medical Council of India (MCI) on September 26, 2018, to...
25 Sep, 2020, 11.14 AM IST
National Medical Commission: Delhi AIIMS' Professor Suresh Chandra Sharma appointed its first chiefPresident Ram Nath Kovind had on August 8 given assent to the National Medical Commission (NMC) Act, 2019, which provides for a system that...
02 Jan, 2020, 07.53 PM IST
BoG mulling slashing fees for medical coursesIn a number of states, including Delhi and Maharashtra, MBBS students are charged Rs 25 lakh annually.
08 Dec, 2019, 08.13 PM IST
Admission to MBBS courses in AIIMS, JIPMER to be through NEET from 2020: Harsh VardhanCurrently, admissions to all medical colleges except AIIMS and JIPMER are done through the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test.
04 Oct, 2019, 05.09 PM IST
Centre begins search for new National Medical Panel chairmanApart from the chairman of the commission, the ministry has also started the process of forming different boards under NMC to advise it on ...
23 Sep, 2019, 06.58 AM IST
President Ram Nath Kovind signs NMC Bill into a law; NMC to be constituted within six monthsThe National Medical Commission Bill, passed by both houses of Parliament, will be notified in the gazette soon, Harsh Vardhan said.
09 Aug, 2019, 02.39 PM IST