**Summary:**
This document addresses Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3264 regarding the National Medical Register (NMR), to be answered on August 8, 2025. The question concerns the low registration rate with the NMR, with less than 1% of doctors registered eight months after its launch as of May 1, 2025.
The response from the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Smt. Anupriya Patel, clarifies that registration for the NMR Identification ID is voluntary, as informed by the National Medical Commission (NMC).
The Standing Operating Procedure (SOP) dictates that applicants apply through the NMR portal. Applications are initially routed to the respective State Medical Council (SMC) where the applicant was initially registered. The SMC verifies the applicant's credentials and subsequently forwards the application to the NMC via the same portal. The NMC then verifies the application, and upon approval, generates the NMR ID.
The NMC has communicated with all SMCs, urging them to enhance their efforts to complete NMR registration.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: A ministry of the Government of India responsible for health policy in India.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Parliament of India.
National Medical Register (NMR): A comprehensive registry of all allopathic doctors in the country.
SHRI ADITYA YADAV: A member of Lok Sabha who raised a question regarding the National Medical Register.
National Medical Commission (NMC): The regulatory body for medical education and medical professionals in India.
SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL: The Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Standing Operating Procedure (SOP): A set of step-by-step instructions compiled by an organization to help workers carry out complex routine operations.
State Medical Council (SMC): A state-level medical regulatory body responsible for registering and regulating medical practitioners within a specific state in India.
GOVERNMENTOFINDIA
MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3264
TO BE ANSWERED ON 8THAUGUST, 2025
NATIONALMEDICALREGISTER
3264.SHRIADITYAYADAV:
Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFAREbe pleasedtostate:
(a) whether the Government has taken cognizance of the fact that as of 1st May, 2025 less
than 1 per cent of doctors have registered with the National Medical Register (NMR) eight
monthsafteritslaunchinthe country;
(b) if so, the detailsthereofand if not,the reasons therefor; and
(c)the detailsof the initiatives taken/proposed tobe takenbythe Government toensure that
the NMR createsa comprehensive registry of allallopathicdoctorsinthe country?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILY
WELFARE
(SMT. ANUPRIYAPATEL)
(a) to (c): National Medical Commission (NMC) has informed that the application for
issuance of National Medical Register (NMR) Identification (ID) is voluntary. As per the
Standing Operating Procedure (SOP), the applicant applies through NMR portal. The
application first goesto concernedStateMedical Council (SMC) where he/she was registered
initially and after verification of his/her credentials, the SMC sends the application to NMC
through the same portal. The application so received is checked and after verification, the
same is approved and NMR ID isgenerated. Further, NMC has written to all SMCS to put in
extra efforts tocompletethe NMR registration
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