Last Update: March 10, 2023, 10:38 AM IST
Candidates need to pay Rs 7,080 as application fee to apply for FMGE (Representational image).
RTI also revealed that a total of 33,001 candidates had applied for the 2022 FMGE exam. NBEMS rejects 1,058 applications for medical examination citing ineligibility
A Right to Information (RTI) filed by an activist has revealed that the National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has received over Rs 23 crore in application fees from candidates for the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE).
Candidates need to pay Rs 7,080 as application fee in order to appear for FMGE. This is the highest application fee among all the medical entrance exams conducted in India. According to NBEMS, Foreign Medical Graduate Examination is a screening test for Indian citizens or overseas citizens of India, who have obtained primary medical qualification from any medical institution abroad and wish to practice medicine in India.
In an RTI filed by activist Vivek Pandey, he sought information from the National Board of Examinations about the total application fee collected through the FMGE exam to be held in January 2023. The reply read, “NBEMS has received an amount of Rs 23,36. 75,400 from FMGE candidates.
RTI also revealed that a total of 33,001 candidates had applied for the 2022 FMGE exam. NBEMS rejected 1,058 applications for medical examination citing ineligibility. “Admit cards will not be issued to candidates declared ineligible before the conduct of the examination. In such cases, the entire fee will be forfeited,” read the reply to the RTI query.
In January this year, two days before the 2022 FMGE exam was to be held on January 20, students claimed that around 10,000 applicants for the exam are yet to receive their admit cards. The students had said that when they sought clarity from the board about the medical examination, the NBE threatened to withhold the FMGE results.
Some students said they have not received their FMGE admit cards due to “blurry images and missing documents”. An aggrieved student even claimed that the NBE director threatened medical aspirants that their results would be canceled if anyone spoke against the board. He said when the students demanded clarity on the matter and the reason for non-issuance of admit cards, they were reprimanded and pushed out of the office.
Another student said, “I didn’t receive my admit card for FMGE2022 and there is no help desk helpline answering calls or emails, around 10,000 FMGE aspirants have the same problem, please provide admit card for FMGE 2022 , so don’t prepare for our months’ just waste.” The 2022 FMGE exam was earlier scheduled to be held on December 4, but was later postponed to January 20 due to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections.
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