‘27% of PG students not paid stipend by private, self-financed colleges’

‘27% of PG students not paid stipend by private, self-financed colleges’ 

13.07.2025

Non-compliance with the above requirements shall attract regulatory action which include issuance of show-cause notice, imposition of financial penalties, withdrawal of course recognition and even suspension of admissions, the NMC says. 

An online survey conducted by the NMC recently revealed 27% of Post-Graduate (PG) students are not paid any stipend by private/self-financed medical colleges. There are nearly 54% PG students who receive less than the amount paid to their counterparts in govt-run medical colleges. More importantly, the survey conducted among 7,901 PG students from 213 self-financed/private medical colleges spread across 19 states revealed 16% PG students had to return the stipend money to college management.