Overview

• The NMC public notice directs all medical colleges to observe August 12 as Anti-Ragging Day and run a weeklong program through August 18.
• This measure enforces a UGC advisory issued July 22 that outlines competitions, workshops, digital contests and other awareness activities.
• Mandatory compliance requires colleges to implement robust monitoring mechanisms or risk strict action under NMC regulations.
• Institutes are planning slogan-writing contests, street plays, social media campaigns and a national digital contest hosted on antiragging.in.
• The directive follows recent ragging incidents, including suspensions in Kerala and student suicides linked to hazing in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh.