NMC to roll out accreditation & ranking of medical colleges

NMC to roll out accreditation & ranking of medical colleges

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has announced plans to conduct accreditation and ranking of all medical colleges under its jurisdiction through an independent third-party agency. In line with this, the commission has released a draft framework outlining the criteria and parameters that will form the basis for these ratings. Developed by the Medical Assessment and […]

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NEET Probe: NMC cancels admission of 14 students, orders suspension of 26 more

NEET Probe: NMC cancels admission of 14 students, orders suspension of 26 more

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has directed immediate suspension of 26 MBBS students found complicit in NEET-UG 2024 malpractices and cancelled admission of 14 students for the academic year 2024-25 for resorting to unfair means during the entrance exam, an official source said. National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, or NEET, is a pan-India exam to […]

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Karnataka govt urges NMC to hike medical seats amid growing NEET aspirants

Karnataka govt urges NMC to hike medical seats amid growing NEET aspirants

Expressing concern over the widening gap between the number of NEET aspirants and available medical seats, the Karnataka government on Wednesday urged the National Medical Commission (NMC) to significantly increase undergraduate medical seats across the country. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of the 2019 batch of Sri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute […]

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NMC warns medical students against Singhania University’s false advertisement

NMC warns medical students against Singhania University’s false advertisement

The National Medical Commission (NMC) Friday warned MBBS aspirants against a ‘misleading’ advertisement published by Singhania University in newspapers in connection with MBBS seats. The commission clarified that if any medical student enrols in the varsity then the admission will be treated as illegal. “The said institution has in its advertisement published in various newspaper […]

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NEET PG 2022: Supreme Court allows NMC to extend admission schedule

NEET PG 2022: Supreme Court allows NMC to extend admission schedule

NEET PG 2022: The Supreme Court today allowed the National Medical Commission (NMC) to extend the last date of admissions of the NEET PG aspirants. Now, the higher authorities have given the commission time till November 25 to complete the admission process for the postgraduate students. The decision was taken by a bench comprising Justices […]

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NMC issues guidelines for incoming MBBS students; academic year to start from November 15

NMC issues guidelines for incoming MBBS students; academic year to start from November 15

The academic year for the incoming MBBS students — who will be admitted for the 2022-23 academic calendar — will begin on November 15 and all other vacations or breaks and examination schedules will be arranged according to the affiliated universities of the respective colleges, as per a notice released today by the National Medical […]

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Govt extends time limit for holding NExT till Sept 2024

Govt extends time limit for holding NExT till Sept 2024

The government has extended the time limit for conducting the National Exit Test (NExT) exam for final year MBBS students till September 2024 by invoking the provisions of the NMC Act. Though there is no official word so far that the NExT exam will not be held in 2023, the Union Health Ministry’s gazette notification […]

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NEET PG counselling 2022: One day halt will not affect the counselling schedule says DGHS

NEET PG counselling 2022: One day halt will not affect the counselling schedule says DGHS

NEET PG counselling 2022: A day after the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) withdrew the provisional results for the round-1 of NEET-PG counselling for 2022, the director general of health services said that halting the process for one day is “not going to affect the counselling schedule.” The DGHS statement on twitter said, “Due to software/ […]

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NMC Fee Guidelines 2022 | ‘Illegal’, ‘they are trying to control 100%’ seats in private medical colleges: Expert

NMC Fee Guidelines 2022 | ‘Illegal’, ‘they are trying to control 100%’ seats in private medical colleges: Expert

The National Medical Commission (NMC), the country’s apex medical education regulator, issued a memorandum in February to reduce the fees for 50% of the seats in private medical colleges to be at par with government medical colleges. The memorandum also had detailed guidelines on fixing fees in private medical colleges, including those under deemed universities, […]

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NMC seeks to ease norms for new med colleges

NMC seeks to ease norms for new med colleges

SEEKING TO ease the norms for setting up new medical colleges, the National Medical Commission (NMC), the country’s apex medical education regulator, has proposed a relaxation in the mandatory requirement of having a “fully functional” hospital for at least two years before starting a medical college. This exemption will apply only to organisations that have […]

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