No need to pay requisite fee if already paid: NMC tells medical colleges on submission of annual declaration

New Delhi: Through a recent notice, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has told the medical colleges they need not pay the requisite fee for Renewal, Recognition or Continuation of Recognition for the academic year 2024-25, if they have already made the payment.

Earlier, stating that the submission of the Annual Declaration Form on the National Medical Commission's (NMC) portal is mandatory for annual renewal of permission of undergraduate MBBS seats, the Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) of NMC directed all medical colleges to fill their details on NMC portal.

At that time, medical colleges/institutes were notified that the requisite fee of ₹ 3,54,000(including 18% GST) must be paid online through the portal's payment gateway along with the application for permission of admission of seats for UG courses for the academic year 2024-25, irrespective of prior payments.

Now, the NMC has told the medical colleges that have already made the payment to not pay the requisite fee again but they need to submit the details of the payment made with the NMC. The recent notice read:

"All Medical Colleges/Institutes are hereby informed that in case such Medical Colleges/Institutes have already paid the requisite fee for Renewal/Recognition/ Continuation of Recognition for the year 2024-25 need not to pay the fee again. Details of the payment made are required to be filled in the requisite column in payment gateway of the portal along with the supporting documents"

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that in the previous notice, the NMC further warned that no seat will be permitted if any medical college fails to submit the annual declaration within the deadline.

"All Medical Colleges/Institutes having valid Letter of Permission (LoP) for MBBS admission are hereby directed to fill the details/data of respective Institutions on NMC portal for annual declaration as required in the NMC Act, 2019 and various regulations issued by NMC from time to time. Submission of duly completed Annual Declaration Form of each College on NMC Portal is mandatory for annual renewal of permission of UG-MBBS seats. No seat shall be permitted in case the College/Institution fails to submit the Annual Declaration within the specified time period," stated the NMC.

The Commission had said that all the medical colleges must make the payment online irrespective of whether the payment has been made earlier or not. It also mentioned that no mode of payment other than payment gateway shall be acceptable. "Payment, if any, made earlier on account of Renewal/Recognition/Continuation of Recognition shall be refunded by the Accounts Division of NMC separately," NMC clarified in its notice.

To view the official Notice, Click here : https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/public-notice-24-234890.pdf