Lok Sabha Question No. 939 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Students pursuing medical studies abroad
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Dhal Singh Bisen

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 939 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND  JULY, 2022

## STUDENTS PURSUING MEDICAL STUDIES ABROAD

## 939 DR. DHAL SINGH BISEN:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has data of medical students studying abroad;
- (b) if so, the number of students studying abroad, country-wise and State/UT-wise;
- (c) the number of students gone abroad to study medicine during last ten years, country-wise and degree-wise;
- (d) the major reasons due to which Indian students are going abroad for medical studies;
- (e)  whether  any  eligibility  test  is  there  for  the  medical  students  studied  abroad  to  practice  in India; and
- (f) if so, the details of number of students declared successful in said test during the last 10 years, State/ UT-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a)  to  (f):  Clause  8  (iv)  of  Eligibility  Requirement  for  Taking  Admission  in  an  Undergraduate Medical Course in a Foreign Medical Institution Regulation, 2002 provides for that any Indian citizens/Overseas  citizen  of  India  intending  to  obtain  primary  medical  qualification  from  any medical  institution  outside  India,  on  or  after  May  2018,  shall  have  to  mandatorily  qualify  the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to MBBS course. The result of the NEET shall deem to be treated as the  Eligibility  Certificate  for  such  persons  and  no  separate permission required from NMC.  Therefore, data of students going abroad to pursue MBBS is not  maintained  centrally.  A  student  who  has  acquired  foreign  medical  qualification  from  a medical institute abroad, is required to qualify Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE), before applying for registration to practice medicine in India. The details of number of students declared successful in said test during the last 10 years is at Annexure.

## Annexure

## NUMBER OF STUDENTS DECLARED SUCCESSFUL IN FMGE IN LAST 10 YEARS

## (MARCH 2012 TO JUNE 2022)

|   S. No. |   Year | Examination Sessions   |   Number of successful candidates |
|----------|--------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|        1 |   2012 | March-2012             |                              1411 |
|        2 |   2012 | September-2012         |                              2146 |
|        3 |   2013 | March-2013             |                              1802 |
|        4 |   2013 | September-2013         |                              1065 |
|        5 |   2014 | June-2014              |                               282 |
|        6 |   2014 | December-2014          |                              1354 |
|        7 |   2015 | June-2015              |                               610 |
|        8 |   2015 | December-2015          |                               764 |
|        9 |   2016 | June-2016              |                               600 |
|       10 |   2016 | December-2016          |                               560 |
|       11 |   2017 | June-2017              |                               497 |
|       12 |   2017 | December-2017          |                              1284 |
|       13 |   2018 | June-2018              |                              2480 |
|       14 |   2018 | December-2018          |                              1969 |
|       15 |   2019 | June-2019              |                              2992 |
|       16 |   2019 | December-2019          |                              4444 |
|       17 |   2020 | June-2020              |                              1999 |
|       18 |   2020 | December-2020          |                              3928 |
|       19 |   2021 | June-2021              |                              4324 |
|       20 |   2021 | December-2021          |                              5683 |
|       21 |   2022 | June-2022              |                              2348 |

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