NMC Flags 86 Medical Colleges Over Annual Declaration Report Lapses, 20 institutes slapped show cause notices
Submission of Annual Declaration Form
New Delhi: Cracking the whip on non-compliance, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has named 20 medical colleges that failed to submit their Annual Declaration Reports (ADRs) despite repeated notices and has issued show cause notices to them. The defaulting colleges have now been given a final opportunity to upload the required data by May 12, 2025, along with a penalty of Rs 50,000 per course, inclusive of GST.
While previously the last date to submit the annual declaration was 02.05.2025, the Postgraduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB) of NMC has now extended it till 12.05.2025.
Apart from the defaulting colleges, the Commission also released a list of 66 medical colleges that submitted incomplete Annual Disclosure Reports (ADRs) and asked these colleges to resubmit the same on the Commission's portal.
"Reference is invited to the Public Notice of even number dated 01.10.2024, 29.10.2024 and 14.11.2024 with regard to uploading of ADRs by the Medical Colleges/Institutes, running PG Medical courses, on National Medical Commission (NMC) Portal as required in the NMC Act, 2019 and various Regulations, issued by NMC in the matter," NMC PG Board mentioned in the notice dated 29.04.2025.
"It has been observed that despite three (3) Public Notices through the NMC website, twenty (20) colleges/institutes, as per attached list, have failed to upload their data for which a Show Cause Notice has already been served on them. This has been viewed very seriously by the Competent Authority in the NMC," the PG Board of the Commission further mentioned.
Announcing its decision to extend the deadline for submission and asking the defaulting colleges to submit the same along with the penalty, the PGMEB further mentioned, "However, in order to complete the exercise, the PGME Board hereby extends the last date for submission of Annual Declaration Report on NMC portal from 02.05.2025 to 12.05.2025 by the defaulting colleges together with a penalty of Rs.50,000/- (including GST) per course. The other terms and conditions mentioned in the aforesaid Public Notices shall remain the same."
NMC also addressed the 66 medical colleges that submitted incomplete data and added, "Further, in addition to these defaulting colleges, ADR forms of some of the streams/colleges could not be uploaded/downloaded properly (AnnexB). Therefore, these colleges are requested to re-load the ADRs."
Referring to the PG Board's notice, the Secretary of NMC, Dr. Raghav Langer wrote to the Principal/Dean of all the medical colleges/ medical institutes under NMC and stated, "Reference is invited to letter no. N-P016(20)/2/2024-PGMEB-NMC dated 29th April, 2025 issued by the Post Graduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB) pertaining to extension of last date for submission of Annual Declaration Report (ADR) in respect of PG Medical courses through NMC portal from 02-05-2025 to 12-05-2025 by the defaulting colleges (Annexure-A to the PGMEB notice) together with a penalty of Rs.50,000/- (including GST) per course."
"Colleges/Streams, wherein ADR forms could not be uploaded/downloaded properly are also requested to re-load the ADRs (Annexure-B to PGMEB notice). All concerned stakeholders are requested to kindly take note of the same for further necessary action," the Communication dated 30.04.2025 issued by the NMC Secretary further mentioned.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported Stating that no MBBS seats will be permitted if the medical college does not submit the Annual Declaration within a specific deadline, the Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) of the National Medical Commission directed the medical colleges to submit the details along with requisite fee including GST on NMC portal by 30 November 2024.
Consequently, NMC extended the deadline for submission several times and asked the colleges to comply with its directions. However, several colleges failed to comply with NMC's directions despite multiple notices and on 28.03.2025, the Commission asked the colleges to submit a penalty of Rs 50,000 along with the ADR.
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