No Private Clinics During Duty Hours: NMC Cracks Down on Medical Ghost Faculty 

To eliminate absentee professors and overhaul postgraduate medical education, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued strict new amendments to its Minimum Standard Requirements (PGMSR).

NMC has explicitly prohibited faculty members from running private clinics while on the clock. The mandate states that faculty must be strictly full-time and cannot engage in private practice during college working hours, including lunch breaks. (Note: State-specific rules permitting government doctors to practice strictly after duty hours remain intact).

Biometric Tracking and 75% Attendance

To enforce real accountability, manual attendance registers are no longer acceptable.

• All faculty, Senior Residents, and Junior Residents must now mark their daily attendance via the Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS).

• Faculty must maintain a mandatory 75% minimum attendance across 300 working days per calendar year.

Furthermore, medical colleges are now forced to publicly display daily clinical data – including OPD footfall, bed occupancy, and surgery counts – directly on their websites. This zero-tolerance approach aims to ensure PG students finally receive the genuine clinical exposure and mentorship they are promised.