Overview
- The National Medical Commission formally denotified the Maintenance of Standards of Medical Education Regulations, 2023 in a gazette notice dated October 14, 2026, removing that rule set from active effect.
- The denotification strips out the specific verification steps and prescribed penalties that MSMER-2023 had required for checking faculty, infrastructure and student feedback.
- NMC says the legal duty for medical colleges to file Annual Disclosure Reports continues under the NMC Act, 2019 and that the move was meant to remove overlapping procedures.
- The Medical Assessment and Rating Board keeps statutory powers to inspect and sanction colleges under the 2019 Act, but experts and activists say past enforcement gaps make active use of those powers uncertain.
- Critics warn the change could make it easier for colleges to overstate faculty and facilities or avoid paying stipends, so observers say the next signs to watch are whether MARB resumes unannounced inspections and whether the NMC imposes clear sanctions in practice.