Overview
- The Post Graduate Medical Education Board of the National Medical Commission issued a public notice on Saturday saying it will stop processing routine eligibility requests and expects medical colleges, universities and appointing authorities to apply the Medical Institutions (Qualifications of Faculty) Regulations, 2025 themselves.
- Only cases that involve unclear rules, equivalence of qualifications, transitional provisions or other difficulties of interpretation will be considered by the NMC, and such references must be forwarded by a dean, director, principal or registrar with specific supporting documents.
- Each exceptional institutional referral will carry a non‑refundable processing fee of ₹25,000 plus applicable GST, and the NMC will not accept direct submissions from individuals except under narrow conditions.
- Applicants may approach the NMC directly if their institution fails to forward a case within 60 days, but they must supply documentary proof of the delay, an undertaking, supporting documents and pay the prescribed fee; institutions that collected fees but did not act must refund them.
- The commission says the change is meant to promote institutional accountability and cut repetitive workload, RTI pressure and litigation, but it will shift routine work and costs to colleges and introduce a financial and procedural gate for applicants; MIQFR‑2025 has been in force since June 30, 2025 and outlines the faculty criteria institutions must use.