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Number of MBBS seats in UP doubled, 17 new medical colleges opened: CM Yogi

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said medical education in the state is being strengthened as the number of MBBS seats have doubled and 17 new medical colleges have been opened this year. He emphasised the remarkable transformation in healthcare in Uttar Pradesh, recalling how the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur, which was once called an bimaar' (ill) state, today gives a healthy competition to the prestigious AIIMS Gorakhpur. Addressing a gathering during the inauguration programme of KMC Medical College (PPP) in Maharajganj district, he mentioned that when he took charge of the office in 2017, the state lacked sufficient funds even for salaries, yet through teamwork and collective support, significant progress has been achieved. The CM said to date, 5.14 crore underprivileged individuals in Uttar Pradesh have received the Ayushman Bharat Yojana golden card. Adityanath said that with the establishment of AIIMS in Gorakhpur, medical colleges have started in .

Existence of 40% disability does not bar student from pursuing MBBS: SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said mere existence of a benchmark disability of 40 percent does not bar a person from pursuing medical education unless there is an expert report that the candidate was incapacitated from pursuing MBBS. A bench of Justices BR Gavai, Aravind Kumar and KV Viswanathan gave detailed reasons for its September 18 order where it allowed a candidate to take admission in MBBS course after the medical board opined that he can pursue medical education without any impediment. The bench said the capacity of a candidate suffering from disability to pursue the MBBS course has to be examined by the disability assessment board. It said, "Mere existence of benchmark disability will not disqualify a candidate from being eligible for the MBBS course. The disability board assessing the disability of the candidate must positively record whether the disability of the candidate will or will not come in the way of the candidate pursuing the course." The top court further said

All doctors to have unique IDs; NMC starts registration on its new portal

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has initiated the process of registration of all MBBS doctors eligible to practice in India on a recently launched portal, as a part of which all medical practitioners will have a unique ID. The National Medical Register (NMR) is a dynamic database and will be a central repository of all registered doctors, in which their authenticity is verified by Aadhaar IDs. "The NMR is ready for registration of registered medical practitioners (RMPs) with immediate effect," Dr B Srinivas, Secretary of the NMC said. All the MBBS doctors who are registered on Indian Medical Register (IMR) have to register again on the NMR, the NMC said in a public notice recently, and added that all medical colleges/institutions, state medical councils (SMCs) are inter-linked on the portal. Some data will be visible to the public and others will only be visible to Ethics & Medical Registration Board (EMRB) of the NMC, SMC, National Board of Examinations (NBE) and medical ..

SC orders U'khand college to release original documents of MBBS students

In a relief to 91 students, the Supreme Court has ordered a medical college in Uttarakhand to release their original documents withheld by the institute for non-payment of fee arrears. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud took note of the submissions of senior lawyer Gaurav Agarwal and advocate Tanvi Dubey, appearing for the doctors, that the students will neither be able to register themselves as medical practitioner nor can take up examinations for higher studies for lack of original documents. The bench, which also comprised justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, ordered Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences College at Dehradun in Uttarakhand to release the documents on payment of Rs 7.5 lakh by students who have completed their MBBS course and the requisite internship. The students will have to give an undertaking that they will be paying the remaining fee arrears, the top court said on Monday. The medical college had earlier increased Rs 5 lakh

Unreserved seats open to meritorious SC/ST/OBC candidates: SC to High Court

Supreme Court overrules Madhya Pradesh High Court on MBBS admissions for meritorious reserved category candidates

Bangladesh crisis: Why do Indian students choose to study MBBS there?

Medical colleges in Bangladesh offer quality education at a fraction of the cost compared to Indian institutions

SC to hear batch of pleas related to controversy-ridden NEET-UG on Monday

The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a batch of pleas related to the controversy-ridden medical entrance exam NEET-UG 2024, including those alleging irregularities and malpractices in the May 5 test and seeking a direction to conduct it afresh. The Centre and the National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts NEET-UG, recently told the apex court that scrapping the exam would be "counterproductive" and "seriously jeopardise" lakhs of honest candidates in the absence of any proof of large-scale breach of confidentiality. According to the cause list for July 8 uploaded on the court's website, a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra is scheduled to hear a total of 38 petitions related to the exam. The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) is conducted by the NTA for admissions to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other related courses in government and private institutions across the country. The NTA and the Union educati

NEET row: NTA's response on time limit to raise OMR sheet grievances

A vacation bench of Justices Manoj Misra and SVN Bhatti issued a notice and sought the NTA's response by July 8, the date of the next hearing

SC transfers to itself pleas related to caste certificate scam in Bengal

The Supreme Court on Monday transferred to itself pleas related to a tussle between two benches of the Calcutta High Court over the issue of a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in issuance of caste certificates to candidates aspiring for reserved category seats. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said it has decided to transfer all the cases related to the issue to itself and directed completion of pleadings in a period of three weeks. We will list the pleas exactly after three weeks, said the bench which also comprised justices Sanjiv Khanna, B R Gavai, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose. The top court bench had earlier sat on a holiday on January 27 to address the dispute where a defiant judge overruled an order of a division bench that had quashed his direction for a CBI probe and asked the central agency to go ahead with the investigation. In a bid to resolve a piquant judicial situation, the bench on Saturday had decided to "take charge" and

MBBS admissions made via institutional-level counselling to stand cancelled

NMC clarified that many students have obtained admission into MBBS courses through institutional-level counselling, which stands against the NMC guidelines for common counselling

Ukraine war: Samarkand university sees rise in Indian MBBS students

With the war closing Ukraine's door for MBBS aspirants from India, 93-year-old State Samarkand Medical University in Uzbekistan is seeing an exponential rise in the number of Indian students. Till 2021, the public university used to receive around 100 to 150 Indian students and the number has gone up to 3,000 in 2023. The varsity has also accommodated over 1,000 Indian students who were earlier enrolled in various universities in Ukraine and had to leave their courses midway. The number of Indian students has risen exponentially and we are also making adequate arrangements to ensure the trend continues and the students do not have to face any discomfort," Dr Zafar Aminov, Vice Chancellor, State Samarkand Medical University told PTI. "We have hired over 40 teachers from India this year. Our teaching and learning in English only but we wanted to ensure that students do not find it difficult to deal with any difference in accent, Aminov said. This way, the teachers are culturally clos

82% rise in medical colleges since 2014, MBBS seats up by 112%: Govt

MBBS seats went up from 51,348 to 1,08,940 while PG seats surged from 31,185 to 70,674, in the same period, she said

Medical education regulator defers decision on MBBS seat cap by a year

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has deferred by a year its decision to cap the number of MBBS seats to 100 per 10 lakh population following protests by southern states. The decision was taken after the Union Health Ministry on November 1 asked the medical education regulator to re-examine the provisions of the ratio of 100 MBBS seats per 10 lakh population in states. "It is informed that a decision has been taken by the Undergraduate Medical Education Board, National Medical Commission that the 'objective' clause under Chapter-1 of 'Guidelines for Under Graduate Courses under Establishment of New Medical Institutions, Starting of New Medical Courses, Increase of Seats for Existing Courses and Assessment and Rating Regulations, 2023" (notified by UGMEB on August 16, 2023) shall be implemented from academic year 2025-26," the Commission said. The NMC had in August stated that "After 2023-24 (from the 2024-25 academic year), letter of permission for starting of new medical ...

New National Medical Commission tag no game changer for medical students

Had the recognition not come, then students from several colleges may have found it difficult to appear for the USMLE if their college was not recognised by the WFME

NEET-PG' zero eligibility: What does this mean for medical admissions?

The announcement comes in light of 13,000 seats remaining vacant in medical institutes for PG students across the country even after two rounds of counseling

Manipal Global Education forays into edtech, plans Rs 100 cr investments

Manipal Global Education has entered into the edtech space with the launch of Manipal MedAce in which the organisation plans to initially invest over Rs 100 crore in the development of content for the platform, a senior official of the said on Thursday. Manipal Global Education Services (MaGE), Managing Director and CEO, Ravi Panchanadan told PTI that the institution is leveraging its expertise and resources for the foray in the edtech sector starting with learning modules for medical courses and test preparation for medical aspirants. "With MedAce we've combined our 60-year expertise in delivering top tier medical content using the latest digital technology in a user-friendly manner," Panchanadan said. The Manipal MedAce app will have learning modules for MBBS students and test preparation modules for NEET PG aspirants. He said that Manipal has invested Rs 50-60 crore initially in the development of the MedAce and the company estimates investments of another Rs 50 crore over a per

NExT exam likely to be held in August 2025 for 2020 MBBS students: Report

Discussions between the Health Ministry and NMC officials indicate that the National Exit Test (NExT) is likely to be held in August 2025 for the final year MBBS students of the 2020 batch, official sources said. The National Medical Commission (NMC) in its NExT Regulations 2023 issued in June had stated the exam will be held in two phases -- NExT Step 1 and NExT Step 2 -- within 12 months. NExT shall serve as a licentiate examination for medical graduates in India and determine the eligibility and ranking for of admission to postgraduate medical education in the country. It will also be a screening exam for foreign medical graduates who want to practise in India. Last month, the National Medical Commission deferred the exam for the final year MBBS students of the 2019 batch. "Going by the deliberations being held between the health ministry and NMC officials, the NExT Step 1 is likely to be held in August 2025 for the final year MBBS students of the 2020 batch," an official sourc

U'khand to introduce MBBS courses in Hindi in state medical colleges in Aug

Uttarakhand will introduce MBBS courses in Hindi in the state's medical colleges this month, Minister of Health and Education Dhan Singh Rawat said here on Friday. He said Uttarakhand will be the second state in the country after Madhya Pradesh to bring such an initiative. Rawat said Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has agreed to formally launch the MBBS courses in Hindi in Uttarakhand's medical colleges before the end of August. He added that the syllabus for the courses in Hindi was prepared by a state government-appointed committee of expert doctors, who studied the Madhya Pradesh model before finalising it for medical colleges of Uttarakhand. The Uttarakhand minister said the syllabus was submitted by an expert panel to the Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna University of Medical Education, which has also completed all formalities for its introduction. It will be a big gift for the students who have had Hindi as their medium of education, he added. Rawat had gone to Delhi to invi

110% increase in number of MBBS seats in India since 2014, Centre tells LS

There has been an 82-per cent increase in the number of medical colleges in the country, from 387 before 2014 to 704 now, and a 110-per cent increase in the number of MBBS seats, from 51,348 to 1,07,948, in the same period, Parliament was informed on Friday. In a written response to a question in the Lok Sabha, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said there has also been an increase of 117 per cent in the number of post-graduate (PG) medical seats in the country -- from 31,185 before 2014 to 67,802 as of now. Mandaviya said 101 medical colleges have been approved in the last five years under a centrally-sponsored scheme (CSS) for the "establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals", including one in Assam. "The government has increased the number of medical colleges and subsequently, increased the MBBS seats," he said. "There is an increase of 82 per cent in medical colleges, from 387 before 2014 to 704 as of now. Further, there is an .

MBBS aspirants can now upgrade college seats till third counselling round

The earlier policy, known as the mop-up round, was in practice for five years and has now been withdrawn to give benefit to students of the third round