How much stipend for NBE trainees? Check out guidelines for accredited hospitals

New Delhi- The National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) recently invited applications from Hospitals/Medical Institutions/Medical Colleges for accreditation to Post MBBS Diploma courses (January / February 2025 Cycle). In this regard, NBE has issued a notification detailing the Guidelines for Accredited Hospitals informing about the amount of stipend for NBE trainees.

Fee to be paid by the Trainee:

The Annual course fee prescribed by NBEMS for its courses and payable by the trainee is as follows:

• Tuition fees: The tuition fees shall cover the cost incurred for accreditation, institutional DNB office, infrastructure and HR, training, teaching & research expenses, guest lecture, administrative support expenses.

• Library fee: Library fees shall cover the provisions made by the hospital for subscription of journals and purchase of textbooks for trainees.

• Annual appraisal fees: The appraisal fees shall cover the arrangements made for the purpose of appraisal of trainees and examiner remuneration.

• Accommodation charges: Electricity and other consumables can be charged on actual basis by the hospital depending upon institutional policy. The accommodation charges cannot be levied if the accredited hospital is not providing accommodation to the trainees.

The training charges and fee guidelines shall be as per public notice uploaded / updated by the NBEMS on its website from time to time. 

The accredited hospital cannot charge any other fees like capitation fees, security deposit, security bond, and caution bond in the form of cash, fixed deposit, bank guarantee, and agreement by any instrument whatsoever. However, Government Hospitals can implement a service bond, if applicable. It is mandatory for each Government Hospitals/concerned State Governments/Authority to provide the details of Service Bond to each concerned counseling conduct authority prior to start of every counseling in every admission session. Service Bond cannot be imposed / applied if it was not provided to the respective Counseling Conduct Authority prior to start of the counseling of a particular admission session.

Stipend Guidelines

Paying stipend to the NBEMS trainees by the accredited hospitals/medical institutions is compulsory.

According to the NBEMS stipend policy, the hospital shall have to pay the NBEMS trainees a BASIC stipend in accordance to any of the following applicable categories:

i. Basic Stipend prescribed by the NBEMS:

 2 Years Diploma (Post MBBS - Broad Specialty) Courses:

Stipend for NBEMS trainees in Private or State Government Hospitals/Medical Institutions:

The Private or State Government hospitals / medical institutions shall have to pay the NBEMS trainees a basic stipend as prescribed by the NBEMS at Sr. no. (i) above or basic stipend according to the respective State Government policy (whichever is higher): 

* This does not include any kind of allowances as may be paid to MD/MS candidates in respective states. It is at liberty to the accredited hospitals to pay any allowances over and above the minimum sum prescribed by NBEMS.

iii. Stipend for NBEMS trainees in Railway, ESIC, Central PSUs, Central Autonomous & Central Government Hospitals / Medical Institutions:

The Railway, ESIC, Central PSUs, Central Autonomous & Central Government hospitals / medical institutions shall have to pay the NBEMS trainees a basic stipend as prescribed by the NBEMS at Sr. no. (i) above or basic stipend mentioned as under (whichever is higher):

* This does not include any kind of allowances as may be paid by the respective authority / hospitals. It is at liberty to the accredited hospitals to pay any allowances over and above the basic pay.

In order to maintain the parity to basic stipend guidelines, the rate of stipend needs to be periodically revised by the respective hospitals / medical institutions in accordance to the revision of stipend made by the respective State Governments (for Sr. no. ii) or by the Central Government/Authorities (for Sr. no. iii) from time to time.

NBEMS accredited hospitals are at liberty to pay NBEMS trainees a monthly stipend more than the prescribed stipend.

It is also desirable that the hospital provides accommodation to their trainees in addition to their stipend. However, the hospital shall not reduce the stipend of the trainees in lieu of providing accommodations.

Payment of Annual Course Fee by NBEMS trainees

NBEMS has been collecting the course fee from all the ongoing trainees (of all years of training) of DNB/DrNB/FNB/Diploma courses. This course fee was thereafter transferred back to the respective hospitals in two six monthly instalments.

In supersession of all the above public notices, NBEMS from 2024 Admission Session will be collecting the course fee only for the first year of the course (DNB/DrNB/FNB/Diploma). This course fee collection will be done at the time of counseling. This course fee will be transferred back to the hospital in one single instalment after the joining of the candidate in the allotted hospital is confirmed.

The course fee for the remaining years of training will be paid by the candidates directly to the hospital with no involvement of NBEMS in the same.

Candidates who have joined NBEMS courses in 2023 are required to pay their second and third-year course fee directly to the hospital when such fee is payable.

Similarly, the candidates of 2021 and 2022 Admission Session are required to pay their 3rd year course fee directly to the hospital when such fee is payable (the 2nd year course fee is to be paid to NBEMS in 2023).

The candidates of Post MBBS-Direct 6-year course for 2019 Admission Session are required to pay their 5th year fee to NBEMS (payable in 2023) and 6th year fee to their training institute. Similarly, the candidates of Post MBBS-Direct 6-year course for 2020 Admission Session are required to pay their 4th year course fee to NBEMS (payable in 2023) and 5th and 6th year course fee to their training institute.

NBEMS trainees who have joined the seats reserved for "In-service" doctors in various NBEMS Accredited Hospitals of the State Government / Armed Forces / Railways / PSU and ESIC are not required to pay the Annual Course Fee to NBEMS Instead, the Annual Course Fee has to be paid to their respective hospitals as per policy and rules as applicable to these hospitals.

First year course fee shall be refunded back to the candidate if during the upgradation process of counseling, the candidate gets some another seat (MD/MS) but DNB seat in included in subsequent rounds of Counseling. The Refund process of such candidates shall be started only after the completion of the Counseling of the concerned admission session.

Functionaries of the applicant hospital

The applicant hospital shall designate the following authorities from its staff for diploma courses:

i. Head of the Institute/ Chief Medical Superintendent / Medical Superintendent / CMO In-charge /Civil Surgeon/ Director: Nodal officer for compliance of the rules and guidelines governing the programme as prescribed by NBEMS.

ii. NBEMS Programme Co-ordinator (Single Point of Contact- SPoC): He/She shall be there source person either from the management or academic staff who shall communicate with NBEMS pertaining to smooth running of the Diploma courses. The communication  from NBEMS shall be sent to SPoC. SPoC shall be responsible for filling up of the application form for accreditation with NBEMS in consultation with the hospital functionaries indicated at 5.14 and 5.16

iii. Head of the Department / Senior Faculty/ In-charge: Designated head of the applicant department/Senior faculty/In-charge shall be responsible for all administrative formalities (such as verifying faculty declaration forms, signing applications/ various documents on behalf of the applicant department etc.) with NBEMS related to NBEMS Diploma courses. He/She shall be deciding the academic & duty/posting roster of NBEMS trainees.

It is mandatory that the applicant hospital nominates the aforesaid functionaries for the NBEMS Diploma courses and indicate the same prominently with contact telephone no, mobile no and email-ID at the hospital’s Notice Board for the benefit of NBEMS trainees.