NMC issues clarification on NIOS students’ eligibility for NEET UG: Check details here

NMC issues clarification on NIOS students’ eligibility for NEET UG: Check details here

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has confirmed that NIOS students are eligible for NEET UG 2025 under GMER-23 regulations. Clarifying confusion over NTA’s NEET-UG Bulletin 2025, NMC stated that NIOS students, including those taking an additional subject at an authorized institution, can apply. NEET UG 2025 registration is open until March 7.

TOI Education

Mar 1, 2025, 9:47 IST

NIOS enrollment

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued a clarification regarding the eligibility of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) students for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) Undergraduate 2025. The clarification follows concerns over discrepancies between the National Testing Agency’s (NTA) NEET-UG Bulletin 2025 and NMC regulations.

In response to an RTI application dated February 11, 2025, the NMC addressed confusion regarding NIOS students’ eligibility for NEET UG 2025 due to interpretations of the NEET-UG Bulletin 2025. The commission clarified that students from NIOS, state open schools, or private candidates qualify under the GMER 2023 regulations.

NIOS students eligible for NEET UG 2025

Furthermore, the NMC noted that students are permitted to study an additional subject through NIOS, provided it is undertaken at an authorized institution. This clarification aims to address concerns among aspirants regarding their eligibility status.

Meanwhile, the National Testing Agency (NTA) began the online registration process for NEET UG 2025 on February 7. Interested candidates can apply for the exam through the official website, neet.nta.nic.in, until March 7, 2025.

NEET UG is the gateway for admission to MBBS, BDS, and other medical courses across India. The NMC’s clarification provides relief to NIOS students seeking to appear for the exam, ensuring they remain eligible under the latest regulations.

Candidates can check the official notice as provided here.

For more information, candidates are advised to visit the official website of the National Medical Commission.

NMC guidelines on foreign medical graduates binding on State Medical Council, says Health Minister Satya Kumar

NMC guidelines on foreign medical graduates binding on State Medical Council, says Health Minister Satya Kumar

“The Registrar of the Andhra Pradesh Medical Council does not have any independent authority to modify the NMC guidelines issued from time to time,” Satya Kumar Yadav said

Published - March 05, 2025 03:00 am IST - VIJAYAWADA

G.V.R. Subba Rao

Andhra Pradesh Medical and Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav has asserted that the State government has to adhere to the guidelines issued by the National Medical Commission (NMC) on Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs).

“The Registrar of the Andhra Pradesh Medical Council does not have any independent authority to modify the NMC guidelines issued from time to time,” Mr. Satya Kumar said on Tuesday (March 4, 2025).

“As per the NMC guidelines, the FMGs who studied online during their final year should have to do two years of internship (one year is clinical clerkship and one year is internship), and those who studied online during both penultimate and final years must complete three years of internship (two years will be clinical clerkship and one year internship), the Minister said in the Legislative Assembly.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLAs Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi Gajapathi Raju, Nelavala Vijayasree, and Gondu Sankara Rao served a notice under Rule 74 calling the attention of the Minister on ‘Problems of foreign medical graduates’.

The Minister, making a statement, said some FMGs who returned to India due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine War, and studied part of their MBBS course online, had requested the A.P. Medical Council to grant Permanent Registration after completing one year of internship as per the compensation certificates issued by the respective universities and also as per the NMC guidelines, he said.

After verification of the compensation letters submitted by the FMGs, it was found that they did not mention the period of online study and the period of compensation of online study with offline mode.

Hence, the A.P. Medical Council did not consider their applications for Permanent Registration, and they were directed to continue their Internship for a period of one more year to make-up for the loss of clinical training due to online study. But they ignored the orders of the A.P. Medical Council, the Minister said.

For FMGs who completed the entire course in the offline mode by staying abroad, Permanent Registrations were being granted after completion of one year of Internship in Andhra Pradesh.

A Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship (CRMI) is a one-year programme that the FMGs must complete in India after obtaining provisional registration from the State Medical Council. “The A.P. Medical Council is continuously communicating with the NMC for necessary instructions regarding the issues raised by the FMGs,” he added.

Published - March 05, 2025 03:00 am IST

Tambaram residents oppose water deposit hike, demand rollback

Tambaram residents oppose water deposit hike, demand rollback

Activist Govindarajan told TNIE that the deposit hike is unjustified, particularly given the unreliable water supply and ineffective installation of water meters.

Unreliable water supply also affects the residents of Tambaram Corporation.(Photo | Express)

S Kumaresan

Updated on:

05 Mar 2025, 10:36 am

CHENNAI: The residents of Tambaram City Municipal Corporation (TCMC) have strongly opposed the hike in water connection deposit from Rs 5,000 to Rs 7,500.

They criticised the corporation for implementing the hike without a public consultation, placing an additional financial burden on middle-class and low-income households.

Several residents, along with activists, including SM Govindarajan, president of the United Federation of Residents Welfare Associations, have appealed to Chief Minister MK Stalin, Municipal Administration Minister KN Nehru, and TCMC commissioner S Balachander through X to revoke the revised charges.

Although the deposit is refunded at the time of surrendering the service connection, it has caught those from financially backward families off guard, said residents.

Govindarajan told TNIE that the deposit hike is unjustified, particularly given the unreliable water supply and ineffective installation of water meters. The residents asked the corporation to ensure a regulated quantity and duration of supply before hiking the deposit. VS Jayaraman, another resident, said that he, along with several others like V Santhanam, had made several attempts to oppose the revised deposits but no action was taken.

Commenting over the issue, TCMC AIADMK floor leader G Sankar told TNIE that the issue was raised several times in the council but nothing was done to address the concerns of the residents before going ahead with the revised deposits.

Responding to the concerns, corporation commissioner Balachander told TNIE that the increase was made as per the corporation’s by-law. “Residents are not required to pay the revised charges in one go; they can opt for two or three instalments to ease the financial impact on them,” he stated.

Non-MBBS VC for medical university faces Rajasthan doctors' opposition

Non-MBBS VC for medical university faces Rajasthan doctors' opposition

Mar 5, 2025, 2:29 IST

Haribhau Bagde.

JAIPUR: Rajasthan's medical fraternity reacted with outrage Tuesday to governor Haribhau Bagde appointing someone with a doctoral degree in pharmaceutical sciences as vice chancellor of Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS), terming it "unacceptable" and threatening a statewide agitation if the decision wasn't revoked, reports Intishab Ali.

The state chapter of IMA has written to Bagde, saying Pramod Yeole being asked to take charge of RUHS was at odds with the institution's responsibility of setting high standards in medical education, and improving public health outcomes. Thirty medical colleges are affiliated to the university. Yeole was previously VC of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University in Aurangabad and pro VC of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University.

முன் பதிவில் லாமல் முன் பதிவு பெட்டிகளில் பயணிக்க டி-ரிசர்வ் டு டிக்கெட்!

3/5/25, 6:52 AM 

முன் பதிவில் லாமல் முன் பதிவு பெட்டிகளில் பயணிக்க டி-ரிசர்வ் டு டிக்கெட்! 

விரைவு ரயில்களில் முன்பதிவு பெட்டிகளில் பயணிக்க டி-ரிசர்வ்டு டிக்கெட்!

அவசரமாக ரயிலில் பயணிக்க வேண்டியவர்கள், முன்பதிவு செய்யாவிட்டாலும், முன்பதிவு பெட்டிகளில் பயணிக்கும் வசதி உள்ளது. அதுதான் டி-ரிசர்வ்டு டிக்கெட். 

வட மாநில தொழிலாளர்களால், முன்பதிவு செய்த பெட்டியிலேயே, தங்களது இருக்கையில் நிம்மதியாக பயணிக்க முடியவில்லை என்று அண்மைக் காலமாக ரயில் பயணிகள் புலம்பி வரும் நிலையில், முன்பதிவு செய்யாமலேயே, முன்பதிவு பெட்டிகளில் பயணிக்கும் வசதியை அளிக்கும் டி-ரிசர்வ்டு டிக்கெட் பற்றி அறிந்துகொள்ள வேண்டும். இது மிகவும் பழைய வசதிதான் என்றாலும், இது பற்றி பயணிகள் பலருக்கும் தெரியாமல் இருப்பதால்தான், இது பற்றி தற்போது விளக்கங்கள் வெளியாகி வருகிறது.

முன்பதிவு செய்யாமல், முன்பதிவு ரயில் பெட்டிகளில் பயணிக்கும் வசதியை இந்த டி-ரிசர்வ்டு டிக்கெட் வழங்குகிறது.  இந்த டி-ரிசர்வ்டு டிக்கெட் முறையை தெற்கு ரயில்வே அறிமுகப்படுத்தி செயல்படுத்தி வருகிறது. இந்த டிக்கெட் எடுத்தவர்கள் முன்பதிவில்லா மற்றும் முன்பதிவு பெட்டிகளில் பயணிக்க முடியும். 

இந்த டி-ரிசர்வ்டு டிக்கெட்டை, ரயில் நிலையத்தில் உள்ள டிக்கெட் கவுண்டர்களில் மட்டுமே எடுக்க முடியும். 

இந்த சேவையை முன்பதிவு செய்ய முடியாது.  முன்கூட்டியே பெறவும் முடியாது. நாம் டிக்கெட் கேட்கும் ரயில் நிலையத்திலிருந்து ரயில் புறப்படுவதற்கு ஒரு மணி நேரத்துக்கு முன்பாக மட்டுமே இந்த டிக்கெட்டை எடுக்க முடியும். டிக்கெட் கவுண்டர்களில் டி-ரிசர்வ்டு டிக்கெட் என கேட்க வேண்டும். நாம் கேட்கும் ரயிலில் டி-ரிசர்வ்டு படுக்கை அல்லது இருக்கை காலியாக இல்லை எனில் வழங்கப்படாது. 

இந்த ரயில் டிக்கெட், ரயிலில் பயணிக்கும் தூரத்தைப் பொறுத்து கணக்கிடப்படுகிறது. அதிகபட்சம் 100 கிலோ மீட்டருக்குள்தான் இந்த டிக்கெட் மூலம் பயணிக்க முடியும். தெற்கு ரயில்வேயில் இயக்கப்படும் 35 ரயில்களில் டி-ரிசர்வ்டு படுக்கை வசதி பெட்டிகள் பயன்பாட்டில் உள்ளன. இந்த வசதியை மேலும் விரிவுபடுத்தவும் தெற்கு ரயில்வே திட்டமிட்டுள்ளது.

இந்த வசதி எப்படி செயல்படுத்தப்படுகிறது? உதாரணமாக கொல்லம் விரைவு ரயிலை எடுத்துக் கொள்வோம். இந்த ரயிலில் நெல்லை - சென்னை பயணிக்க ஒரு படுக்கை வசதி முன்பதிவு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. அப்போது நெல்லை - கொல்லம் வரை அந்த இடம் காலியாகவே இருக்கும். எனவே, இந்த காலியாக இருக்கும் படுக்கை வசதியை நெல்லை - கொல்லம் செல்லும் பயணி பயன்படுத்த அனுமதி அளிக்கும் வகையில் செயல்படுத்தப்பட்டிருப்பதே இந்த டி-ரிசர்வ்டு டிக்கெட். 

ஒருவர், முன்பதிவில்லா பெட்டியில் பயணிக்க டிக்கெட் எடுக்கும்முன்பு, அதே ரயிலில் டி-ரிசர்வ்டு இருக்கை காலியாக இருக்கிறதா என்பதை கேட்டுக் கொள்ள வேண்டும். இருந்தால், சற்று அதிகக் கட்டணம் செலுத்தி அந்த டிக்கெட் எடுத்து கூட்டம் இல்லாமல் பயணம் செய்யலாம். இல்லை என்றால் முன்பதிவில்லா டிக்கெட் எடுத்துக் கொள்ளலாம். 

Increase in undergraduate seats sought in three government medical colleges, says Health Minister

Increase in undergraduate seats sought in three government medical colleges, says Health Minister

The Hindu Bureau

CHENNAI  05.03.2025

Tamil Nadu has sought an increase in the number of MBBS seats at three government medical colleges at Namakkal, Tiruppur and Virudhunagar from 100 to 150 each, Health Minister Ma. Subramanian said shortly after meeting Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda in New Delhi on Tuesday.

The three medical colleges have infrastructure and faculty posts to accommodate 150 students each. “As of now, the intake is 100 seats each. We have asked for an additional 50 seats each,” he said.

Mr. Subramanian added that they have submitted a memorandum with 11 demands to the Union Health Minister.

The State has requested for sanction of another 24 urban and 26 rural primary health centres (PHC) and 500 health sub-centres (HSC) in the State. These additional centres were essential based on the population and requirement, he said.

Other demands

Strengthening of cancer care services in Tamil Nadu under the tertiary care initiative scheme at a cost of ₹447.94 crore, strengthening of neurosurgery departments, establishment of simulation and skill labs in 22 tertiary care institutions at ₹603.45 crore were also sought during the meeting.

The demand to establish a second All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Coimbatore was reiterated. On the progress of construction works at AIIMS, Madurai, Mr. Subramanian said that the State had taken up works for electricity connection and drinking water as asked by the AIIMS administration in Madurai.

He, along with the Health Secretary, would visit the site next week, he added.

Health Secretary P. Senthilkumar, Tamil Nadu House Resident Commissioner Ashish Kumar and National Health Mission Director, Tamil Nadu, Arun Thamburaj were present.

Dismissed employee entitled to leave encashment, rules HC

Dismissed employee entitled to leave encashment, rules HC

TNN

Feb 28, 2025, 23:47 IST

Dismissed employee entitled to leave encashment, rules HC

Bengaluru: An employee dismissed from service as a penalty is entitled to encashment of privilege leave, the Dharwad bench of Karnataka high court ruled recently. Justice M Nagaprasanna made this observation, while allowing the petition filed by one G Linganagouda.

A resident of Hosapete in Vijayanagara district, the petitioner was working as an assistant manager in Pragathi Krishna Grameena Bank. On March 31, 2012, the bank initiated disciplinary proceedings for certain misconduct, and ultimately on Dec 19, 2014, dismissed him from service. Thereafter, he submitted a representation seeking encashment of 220 days of accrued leave. However, the same was turned down by the management, citing misconduct. Linganagouda challenged the same.

After perusing the materials on record, Justice M Nagaprasanna noted that as per the judgements of the Bombay and Madhya Pradesh high courts, leave encashment to an employee is trite, a statutory right and the right to receive terminal benefits is recognised as a right to property obtaining under Article 300A of the Constitution of India.

"Article 300A mandates that persons not be deprived of property save by authority of law. Therefore, it becomes unmistakably clear that any attempt by the employer to take away the right of any part of terminal benefit, which in the case at hand is leave encashment, without any umbrage of a statutory provision, is sans countenance. Therefore, it is a right of an employee not only under the statute, even under the fountainhead of all statutes – the Constitution of India," the judge further observed.