The National Medical Commission (NMC) on 19th May 2022, has directed all state medical councils and directorates of medical education to ensure that no internship fee is charged by the medical colleges from the interns, Indian and foreign medical graduates (FMG) and to ensure that stipend including other facilities are being provided to FMG as equivalent to Indian Medical Graduates in the States/UTs.
NMC has noticed through various sources that some medical colleges are charging internship fees from interns, Indian and Foreign Medical Graduates for doing their internship in their colleges and also not paying a stipend to them.
Therefore NMC has clarified that no amount/fee shall be charged by the medical college from FMGs for permitting them to do their internship. The stipend and other facilities to FMGs should be extended equivalent to Indian Medical Graduates being trained at Government Medical Colleges as fixed by the appropriate authority applicable to the institution/University or state.
NMC has also directed the concerned authorities to take immediate action so that no medical colleges or institutes can charge internship fees from interns.
