Overview

• The Lancet report exposes how NMC’s centralized power and bureaucratic weaknesses allowed widespread bribery, unauthorized leaks of inspection data and ghost faculty schemes
• On June 30 the CBI filed an FIR naming 34 individuals over rigged inspections at Shri Rawatpura Sarkar Institute and arrested three inspectors and three institute officials during a ₹55 lakh bribe exchange
• The NMC has blacklisted four assessors and frozen seat renewals for six medical colleges for the 2025-26 academic year in response to the scandal
• Government plans to add 75,000 new MBBS seats over five years have prompted rapid college openings and relaxed faculty rules, stoking fears of diluted training standards
• The Indian Medical Association is calling for stringent legal sanctions and a formal policymaking role to bolster oversight and prevent future regulatory abuses