FMG Protest Delhi: NMC Assures Modification of March 6 Notice

Medical Commission (NMC) has agreed to review its controversial notice regarding mandatory physical compensation classes for Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs).

As reported by Medical Dialogues and EducationTimes, hundreds of FMGs, interns, and representatives from the All India Medical Students’ Association (AIMSA) staged a massive protest outside the NMC headquarters in New Delhi yesterday.

The Core Issue

The protests were a direct response to a strict clarification issued by the NMC on March 6. The notice mandated that any FMG who attended online MBBS classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic or the Ukraine-Russia war must physically compensate for that missed time through onsite clinical training at their parent universities abroad. Crucially, the NMC stated that these foreign universities must physically extend the total duration of the medical degree.

Protesting doctors argued that applying this rule retroactively is completely unjust. For students who have already graduated and returned to India, traveling back to foreign countries to extend their degrees is a logistical nightmare and places a crippling financial burden on their families, ANI reported.

NMC Assures Review

Following the demonstrations, NMC General Secretary Dr. Raghav Langer met with student representatives. Acknowledging the genuine logistical hurdles faced by the graduates, he assured the delegation that the Commission would actively modify the recent notice. As per EducationTimes, the NMC has instructed representatives to submit a formal email outlining their specific grievances, promising a revised clarification shortly.