National Medical Commission (NMC)
Role and Powers
The National Medical Commission (NMC) was established on September 25, 2020, replacing the Medical Council of India (MCI) following long-standing concerns about corruption, regulatory capture, and poor enforcement in medical education governance. NMC is a statutory body under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with sweeping powers over undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.
- NMC functions through four autonomous boards: Under-Graduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB), Post-Graduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB), Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB), and Ethics and Medical Registration Board (EMRB).
- MARB specifically handles inspection, assessment, and rating of medical colleges — and has the power to approve or reject seat-increase applications.
- As of 2025, India has 818 medical colleges with 1,28,976 MBBS seats and 85,020 PG seats.
- NMC added 6,850 new MBBS seats for 2025–26 alone, continuing a large-scale expansion of medical education capacity.
● Tracked since March 02, 2026 · last seen April 19, 2026 · updates as the daily brief publishes
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