FMG Internship Extension from 2 to 3 years in MP: High Court Defers hearing to June 23

Bhopal: The plea challenging the extension of the Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG) internship period has been deferred by the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

Altogether, nine medical graduates from abroad had challenged the extension of their mandatory internship period from 2 years to 3 years by the State. Even though the matter was listed for hearing on June 19, 2025, it has now been scheduled for further hearing on June 23, 2025.

According to the existing rules, foreign medical graduates must undergo one year of internship in a medical college of the State after completing their medical education abroad. This is necessary to be able to get a permanent registration to practice medicine in India. During the COVID-19 outbreak, the duration of the internship was increased to two years.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that a group of FMGs had filed a plea before the Madhya Pradesh High Court when their internship tenure was extended from 2 to 3 years just before they were going to complete their internship. They claimed that the MP Medical Council increased the duration of their internship by another year when only four months were left to complete the internship. While they were about to complete the internship term in March 2025, they were informed on November 4, 2024, that their internship period would now be for a period of three years.