National Medical Commission (NMC)
Replacing the MCI
The National Medical Commission (NMC) was established on 25 September 2020 under the National Medical Commission Act, 2019, replacing the Medical Council of India (MCI), which had operated under the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. The MCI was dissolved following persistent concerns about regulatory capture, corruption in medical college approvals, and lack of transparency.
- NMC constituted under: National Medical Commission Act, 2019
- Effective from: 25 September 2020
- Composition: 33 members — 1 Chairperson, 10 ex-officio members, 22 part-time members (including state representatives, medical professionals, and lay members)
- Four autonomous boards under NMC:
- UGMEB — Undergraduate Medical Education Board
- PGMEB — Postgraduate Medical Education Board
- MARB — Medical Assessment and Rating Board
- EMRB — Ethics and Medical Registration Board (maintains National Medical Register — NMR)
- NMC functions: grants recognition to medical qualifications, accredits medical schools, registers medical practitioners, monitors medical practice and infrastructure
- National Medical Register (NMR): maintained by EMRB — a unified national database of all licensed medical practitioners; only those on the NMR can legally practise medicine
● Tracked since March 02, 2026 · last seen April 19, 2026 · updates as the daily brief publishes
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