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- The National Medical Commission is building a National Medical Register to create a single national database of doctors, but a planned amendment to the 2026 regulations would require individual doctors to apply afresh and pay a fee.
- Doctors object, saying the NMC Act already requires the Ethics and Medical Registration Board to maintain the national register using data from State Medical Councils, and that a Health Ministry reply in Parliament had earlier said NMR registration was voluntary.
- They also cite a backlog of pending applications — fewer than 32,000 doctors had applied by December 2025 — and the extra financial burden of another registration fee.
- The Indian Medical Association has demanded the NMC withdraw the draft amendment and instead have State Medical Councils transfer their data to create the register and unique doctor IDs.
What to watch next
- Whether the NMC proceeds with or withdraws the proposed amendment to the 2026 registration regulations
- Whether State Medical Councils are directed to share their databases with the EMRB for NMR creation
- Movement on the backlog of pending NMR applications and any clarity on fees or voluntary status
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K.V. Babu
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“Nowhere in the NMC Act is it stated that it is the responsibility of registered medical practitioners to apply for NMR registration”
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…Councils will maintain and update respective State Registers with the EMRB and that it will be the task of EMRB to maintain the National Register and ensure the electronic synchronisation with the State Registers. “ Nowhere in the NMC Act is it stated that it is the responsibility of registered medical practitioners to apply for NMR registration ,” points out the Kannur-based doctor and RTI activist, K.V. Babu. Also, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on August 5, 2025, the Union Health Ministry, quoting the NMC, had said that applying for NMR registration was…
M.N. Menon
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“Our data is already with the State Medical Council and it just needs to be handed over to the EMRB. We fail to understand why the NMR database creation should be so complicated and why doctors are being put through the registration and verification formalities all over again”
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…Health Ministry, quoting the NMC, had said that applying for NMR registration was voluntary. Doctors therefore argue that the NMR should be populated from the verified data already held by State Medical Councils. “ Our data is already with the State Medical Council and it just needs to be handed over to the EMRB. We fail to understand why the NMR database creation should be so complicated and why doctors are being put through the registration and verification formalities all over again ,” says the State President of Indian Medical Association, Kerala, M.N. Menon A registration backlog The concern raised by doctors is genuine. Applications submitted by several doctors for NMR registration have remained…
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