National Medical Commission (NMC): History, Functions, Boards, Composition etc.

National Medical Commission (NMC) is an Indian regulatory body of 33 members which regulates medical education and medical professionals. It replaced the Medical Council of India on 25 September 2020. NMC has been constituted by an act of Parliament known as the National Medical Commission Act, 2019, which came into force on 25.9.2020 by gazette notification dated 24.9.2020. The Board of Governors in supersession of the Medical Council of India constituted under section 3A of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 stands dissolved. NMC’s full form is National Medical Commission.

The Commission grants recognition of medical qualifications gives accreditation to medical schools, grants registration to medical practitioners, monitors medical practice and assesses the medical infrastructure in India.

NMC Overview

Here in this section, we are providing a short overview of NMC. Let’s have a look.

NMC	National Medical Commission[1]
Predecessor	Medical Council of India (MCI)
Headquarters	New Delhi
Purpose	Medical Regulatory Agency
Affiliation with	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare[2]
Main organ	Commission
Established	25 September 2020
Chairman	Dr Suresh Chandra Sharma
Official Website	https://www.nmc.org.in/

NMC latest Update 2024

What is NMC or MCI?

The National Medical Commission (NMC) (former Medical Council of India/MCI) is the authority liable for conducting and overseeing major screening tests. While it manages tests like the NEET-UG and NEET-PG, it performs the famous Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE^[3]) in India for students having an MBBS Abroad degree. This is compulsory for those Indian students who have completed their medical degrees abroad and want to study abroad and complete their medical education from MCI or NMC Approved Medical Colleges in India.

History

• The NITI Aayog recommended the replacement of the Medical Council of India (MCI) with the National Medical Commission (NMC).
• The NMC bill was passed by the parliament and President on 8 August 2019.
• The National Medical Commission ordinance was brought in to replace the Medical Council of India in early 2019 through a regulation issued in January 2019 by the President of India.
• The planning commission recommended the replacement of the Medical Council of India (MCI) with the National Medical Commission (NMC).

Functions of NMC

• lay down policies for maintaining high quality and high standards in medical education and make necessary regulations on this behalf;
  lay down guidelines for regulating medical institutions, medical researchers and medical professionals and make necessary regulations on this behalf; assess the requirements in healthcare, including human resources for health and healthcare infrastructure and develop a road map for meeting such needs;
• promote, co-ordinate and frame guidelines and lay down policies by making necessary regulations for the proper functioning of the Commission, the Autonomous Boards and the State Medical Councils;
• ensure coordination among the Autonomous Boards;
• take such measures, as may be necessary, to ensure compliance by the State Medical Councils of the guidelines framed and regulations made for their effective functioning under this Act;
• exercise appellate jurisdiction concerning the decisions of the Autonomous Boards;
• lay down policies and codes to ensure observance of professional ethics in the medical profession and to promote ethical conduct during the provision of care by medical practitioners;
• frame guidelines for determining fees and all other charges in respect of fifty per cent. of seats in private medical institutions and deemed to be universities which are governed under the provisions of this Act;
• exercise such other powers and perform such other functions as may be prescribed.

Boards

In this selection, We will inform you that the commission consists of four autonomous boards. Let’s have a check.

• Under-Graduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB),
• Post-Graduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB),
• Medical Assessment and Rating Board and
• Ethics and Medical Registration Board

Composition

1. The President of the Undergraduate Medical Education Board.
2. The President of the Post-Graduate Medical Education Board.
3. The President of the Medical Assessment and Rating Board.
4. The President of the Ethics and Medical Registration Board.
5. The Director-General of Health Services, Directorate General of Health Services, New Delhi.
6. The Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research.
7. Director of any of the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences.
8. Two persons from among the Directors of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Tata Memorial Hospital, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, and All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health.
9. One person to represent the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Number of Medical Faculty & PG students in India

Below have mentioned the Number of Faculty is 96649, the number of PG Students (PG Broad Speciality) is 75236, the number of PG Students (Super-Speciality) is 7748, the Number of Non-PG Junior Residents is 19998, and the Number of Senior Residents is 26969. Let’s have look;

Total Number of Faculty and Students

State	No. of Faculty	No. of PG Students (Broad Speciality)	No. of PG Students (Super-Speciality)	No. of Non-PG Junior Residents	No. of Senior Residents
Andaman Nicobar Islands	102	0	0	37	17
Andhra Pradesh	6317	4483	313	991	1136
Arunachal Pradesh	75	0	0	37	17
Assam	1128	998	33	364	604
Bihar	2818	1759	42	826	1136
Chandigarh	772	1314	297	19	424
Chattisgarh	1393	484	3	569	385
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	87	0	0	28	17
Delhi	2620	5183	1909	1638	3091
Goa	238	249	6	37	80
Gujarat	4527	4310	233	609	943
Haryana	1775	1205	38	537	407
Himachal Pradesh	804	649	6	78	291
Jammu & Kashmir	1210	1423	179	405	890
Jharkhand	705	569	8	253	250
Karnataka	11432	8586	535	1740	2545
Kerala	6252	3407	617	1204	1297
Madhya Pradesh	3696	2533	71	636	922
Maharashtra	10241	8556	572	1714	2489
Manipur	341	516	11	130	166
Meghalaya	93	38	6	72	70
Mizoram	84	0	0	26	16
Orissa	2487	2100	212	336	592
Pondicherry	1711	1440	156	281	439
Punjab	1379	1569	65	144	449
Rajasthan	4401	3960	466	742	1037
Sikkim	159	41	0	32	47
Tamil Nadu	10755	6679	786	1306	2270
Telangana	5614	3859	381	1012	1126
Tripura	246	121	0	85	49
Uttarakhand	999	939	173	228	451
Uttar Pradesh	7803	4773	272	2314	2248
West Bengal	4385	3493	358	1568	1068

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Reference

1. https://www.nmc.org.in/ NMC official website
2. https://www.mohfw.gov.in/ MoHFW official website
3. https://nbe.edu.in/ FMGE official website