Change summary: New MCC notice on NRI quota eligibility and required guardian evidence for UG/PG counselling in academic year 2026-27.

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), Directorate General of Health Services, has issued a notice for candidates who claim to be NRI/OCI or seek conversion of nationality from Indian to NRI for participation in the upcoming UG/PG counselling for academic year 2026-27.

The notice refers to the Supreme Court order in W.P. No. 13393 of 2007 and others (2008), Anshul Tomar vs. State of M.P., and states that NRI quota eligibility may apply where a candidate's mother or father is an NRI ordinarily residing abroad, or where a first-degree relation is an NRI ordinarily residing abroad. The cited criteria also address a candidate considered the ward of an NRI nearest relation, subject to specified conditions.

For such ward cases, the notice lists blood relations including real paternal or maternal uncles and aunts, grandparents, and first-degree paternal and maternal cousins. It further states that the person must be an NRI ordinarily residing abroad, must have looked after the student as guardian, and must provide supporting evidence and an affidavit.

MCC/competent authority will seek evidential proof or legal documents during counselling to demonstrate that the sponsor is the candidate's bona fide legal guardian under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890.