Overview

• The FAIMA–RMS survey drew over 2,000 responses from more than 28 States and Union Territories, with 90.4% from government institutions and 7.8% from private colleges.
• Training indicators were weak, with adequate patient exposure reported by 71.5%, regular teaching by 54.3%, satisfactory labs and equipment by 69.2%, faculty adequacy by 68.8%, and functional skills labs by only 44.1%.
• Working conditions were strained as only half reported timely stipends, just 29.5% had fixed duty hours, 73.9% faced heavy clerical loads, 55.2% cited staff shortages, and 40.8% described toxic environments.
• FAIMA said it will submit the report with recommendations to the National Medical Commission and NITI Aayog and noted its requests to meet NMC leadership have not been answered.
• Maharashtra’s Central MARD issued a formal statement supporting FAIMA’s push for transparency, accountability, and structural reform in medical college regulation.