NMC Halts Approval for Maharashtra Medical College with 100 MBBS seats

Pointing out deficiencies in the proposal, the NMC has temporarily put a stopper on the medical college and hospital proposal, only a few days after Higher Education Minister, Uday Samant announced that approval had been attained and the project was underway.

Instead, the NMC has given the state government a period of three weeks to meet the requirements of the project. A government official said that the NMC had sent a report after its first physical inspection.

"They have pointed out some technical deficiencies in their report, not related to the college's infrastructure. They have given three weeks for compliance, after which they will carry out a second inspection and submit their report," the official informed TOI

As a result of this curveball, it cannot be said with certainty whether or not the college will get approval for this academic session.

However, an official from the medical education department released a statement saying that all due measures are being taken and that the authorities are looking into the shortcomings and will comply with all the norms. "It is a government college and all efforts will be taken to ensure it is available for students at the earliest," said the official.

Before the NMC's formal approval was released, Samant, who is also guardian minister of Sindhudurg district, jumped the gun and announced the approval in a press conference earlier this week. He later tweeted that the college with 100 MBBS seats would be available for aspirants from this year.

BJP MLA Nitesh Rane had responded that the government could have sought help from his family since they already run a medical college. The Rane family runs SSPM College (private college) in Sindhudurg, which started operations last year.