NMC told to make sure same stipend for interns in govt, pvt med colleges

THE Health Ministry has directed the National Medical Commission (NMC) to examine a key provision of internship regulations to ensure that all undergraduate medical internswhether studying in government or private medical colleges-receive the same stipend.

- KAVITA BAJELI-DATT @ New Delhi

The directive comes three years after the NMC introduced the Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship (CRMI) Regulations, 2021, which states that "all interns shall be paid stipend as fixed by the appropriate authority applicable to the institution/University or State." The clause, however, contradicts the Post-Graduate Medical Education Regulations (PGMER), 2023, which clearly mandates equal stipends for all interns, regardless of the type of institution.