Fact Check: NMC’s New Regulation of 40,000 MBBS Seats for NEET 2024

NMC’s New Regulation announced: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has announced a new regulation to address the uneven distribution of medical seats and improve overall medical education quality.

The main objective of this regulation is to limit the number of undergraduate (UG) medical seats to 100 per million residents in each state. This measure is expected to create a better learning environment for medical students and improve the quality of medical education.

Recently, the NMC released an official notice stating, an announcement about its plan to bring a significant change in the allocation of undergraduate medical seats for NEET UG in India. This has been a major topic of discussion in the news lately.

New Regulation of 40,000 MBBS Seats for NEET 2024

According to the National Medical Commission (NMC), the implementation of new regulations is expected to reduce regional disparities in healthcare professional availability, and significantly improve the quality of medical education in the country.

NMC has stated that the country still has the potential to add approximately 40,000 MBBS seats, provided that medical colleges are distributed evenly.

NMC’s Guidelines for NEET UG 2024

When medical colleges admit students to MBBS courses, they must make sure that they follow the NMC Regulations by considering the specific factors called parameters given below.

1- Admission beyond the authorised intake capacity is not allowed.

2-To be eligible for admission to the MBBS course, candidates must meet certain criteria regarding age and qualifying marks. According to the Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 2023, candidates must have completed 17 years of age on or before December 31st of the year of admission.

3- Additionally, they must have passed the qualifying examination (i.e. 10+2) and have qualified for NEET-UG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) with the following scores:

• General category: 50 % or above.
• Physically Handicapped: 45% or above
• Reserved {SC/ST/OBC}: 40% or above.

Fact Check: NMC’s New Regulation For NEET UG

As per the different media sources, we have mentioned below the official statements written in the NMC’s new regulations for admission to medical courses through the NEET entrance exam.

“National Medical Commission has asked all medical colleges to submit the details of the students admitted to the MBBS course for academic session 2023-24. The colleges can submit the details by October 20”, said India TV.

According to Siksha, NMC’s notification reads “With an objective of providing the right teaching environment to the medical student and improving the overall quality of education, the provision of limiting UG seats in each State to 100 per million population has been included in the recently notified MSR guidelines 2023.”

The official website of the National Medical Commission (NMC) is not working currently, you can check detailed information in the Times of India Article. Also, keep an eye on the official website of NMC for updates.

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