NMC grants conditional renewal to 22 GMCs in Karnataka
NMC Renewal & Recognition
Bengaluru: In a major relief for the undergraduate medical education in Karnataka, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has granted conditional renewal and recognition to 22 government medical colleges in Karnataka, which had earlier received show-cause notices from the Commission for deficiencies in infrastructure and faculty requirements.
While granting conditional renewal and recognition to these medical colleges for the academic year 2025-2026, the Apex Medical Commission gave them four months to comply with the NMC standards.
Even though the Commission has not imposed any penalties on any of these 22 GMCs this year, they have been issued warning that admissions will be restricted for the next academic year if the system is not rectified.
Medical Dialogues had previously reported that earlier this year, NMC had issued show-cause notices to 22 government medical colleges in Karnataka for failure to meet standard parameters, including infrastructure and faculty recruitment.
The list of medical colleges that received the show-cause also included Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI), which is considered one of the most sought-after by students.
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Medical colleges in Koppal, Chickballapur, Chitradurga, and Chikkamangaluru received notices for not appointing faculty members in medical colleges. NMC found a deficiency in the number of inpatients at the government medical college in Karwar. The Commission had mentioned that some of the medical colleges did not have adequate OPD numbers, there were deficiencies in teaching and non-teaching staff, and equipment was not available in others.
Last year, the Commission imposed penalties ranging from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 15 lakh on 16 GMCs.
After receiving show-cause notices this year, most of the colleges replied to the notices with the documents. However, NMC was not satisfied with this and therefore did not approve the enhancement of 800 medical seats submitted by the Medical Education Department this year. Additionally, it did not sanction new colleges for the State.
However, as per the latest media report by The Hindu, NMC has granted conditional renewal and recognition to 22 existing GMCs by giving them four months of time to comply with requirements as per the NMC standards. Commenting on the matter, the Director of the Directorate of Medical Education, B.L. Sujatha Rathod, told the Daily, "This year, we have been granted conditional renewal and recognition to courses in government medical colleges in the State. We have given a deadline of four months to fulfil the parameters. However, we have not imposed any penalty. If they do not fulfil the norms within the prescribed time frame, we can impose a penalty."
"All government medical colleges have good infrastructure and facilities. However, 30% of the faculty posts in undergraduate (UG) medical courses and 60% in postgraduate (PG) medical courses are vacant. The Department of Medical Education has already submitted a proposal to the Finance Department for filling these posts. But the government has restricted all recruitments till the Justice Nagamohan Das Committee on internal reservation submits its report to the government. Therefore, action will be taken to fill the faculty posts as soon as the internal reservation report is submitted," she further added.
