NMC took note of the issue after it received various complaints in this regard at the Grievance Cell, NMC, through an email from the students/interns of JJM Medical College, Davangere.
The students alleged that the stipend is being paid only to Government Quota students, while private and management quota students are not receiving any stipend.
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Referring to this, NMC in the communication addressed to the Director of DME Karnataka on 03.10.2025 mentioned, "Please find enclosed herewith various grievances on same matter received at Grievance Cell, NMC through email from the students/interns of JJM Medical College, Davangere wherein they have stated that at present, stipend is being paid only to Government Quota students, while private and management quota students are being denied stipend."
"In this regard, it is stated that the matter regarding stipend is the responsibility of the concemed State Medical Education. Therefore. I am herewith forwarding the same with the request to enquire into the matter urgently and ATR may be sent to NMC within a week," the Director of NMC UGMEB, Sukh Lal Meena, added in the communication.
This is not the first time that the students of JJM Medical College have expressed concern regarding the unpaid stipend. Medical Dialogues had reported back in 2021 that the intern doctors of JJM Medical College had raised the issue of non-payment of stipend for around five months. Back then, the 2016 MBBS batch students were being tossed between the government and the college management, as both had denied the responsibility of paying stipend to these doctors.
While the management of the college had clarified that it was the responsibility of the Government to pay the doctors, the Health Minister of the State had allegedly told the students that they had already directed the management to pay the interns and it was not the government's responsibility anymore.
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