‘Capping MBBS seats by NMC deferred for academic years 2024-25, 2025-26’

The implementation of capping MBBS seats by the National Medical Commission (NMC) has been deferred for the academic years 2024-25 and 2025-26, Union Health Minister J P Nadda told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.

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The National Medical Commission (NMC) is the apex statutory body constituted by an Act of Parliament, entrusted with the responsibility of regulating and overseeing medical education and practice across the country, Nadda said.

tions, infrastructure development, and community rehabilitation.

Sharing details of initiatives undertaken, Rai said the government adopted a whole-ofgovernment approach in 2015 and practised zero tolerance for

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