16 Sept 2024 • The National Medical Commission (NMC) has initiated the process of registration of all MBBS doctors eligible to practice in India on a recently launched portal, as a part of which all medical practitioners will have a unique ID.

• The National Medical Register (NMR) is a dynamic database and will be a central repository of all registered doctors, in which their authenticity is verified by Aadhaar IDs.
• All the MBBS doctors who are registered on Indian Medical Register (IMR) have to register again on the NMR, the NMC said in a public notice recently, and added that all medical colleges/institutions, state medical councils (SMCs) are inter-linked on the portal.
• Currently, registration using the MBBS degree is only available on the portal and adding additional qualification(s) would be made available soon, the NMC said.
• To start the registration process, doctors would need their Aadhaar IDs, a digital copy of their MBBS degree certificate and the registration certificate of the State Medical Council/Medical Council of India where the doctor got registered the first time.

"Till date, there was a lack of comprehensive data that could provide a detailed and holistic picture of aspects like total numbers of doctors in the country, those that have left the country, those who have lost their license to practice, or the numbers and details of doctors that have lost their lives. The launch of the NMR will ensure the provision of data of its more than 13 lakh doctors," an official had earlier said.

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