Morning Digest: Satyendar Jain and five others sent to two weeks’ judicial custody in tender case; NMC proposes single licence for doctors to practise across India, and more
The National Medical Commission has proposed a unified registration system for doctors to practice across India, while former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain has been remanded to judicial custody in a corruption case. Additionally, the NCERT is reconstituting its political science textbook team, and the Congress party is expanding its student outreach program.
Why it matters
These developments highlight significant shifts in Indian medical regulation, ongoing political corruption investigations, and changes in national educational curriculum.
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has proposed a registration system under which a medical practitioner, once registered with a State Medical Council and allotted a Unique Identification (UID) number in the National Medical Register, would be eligible to practise across India without obtaining fresh registration or a licence in another State.The proposal is part of the draft Registration of Medical Practitioners and Licence to Practice Medicine (Amendment) Regulations, 2026, notified by the NMC on August 11, 2026.
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