India, Dec. 23 -- The Central Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (Central MARD) has announced plans to protest against the Maharashtra Directorate of Medical Education and Research's (DMER) decision to discontinue inter-district transfers for postgraduate medical students under the three-month District Residency Programme (DRP). The body has called the move "rigid" and insensitive to genuine difficulties faced by resident doctors.

DMER issued the circular barring inter-district transfers on December 19. "Proposals for inter-district transfer should no longer be submitted to the Directorate," it stated. "Inter-district transfer under the District Residency Programme (for any reason) is hereby discontinued." The DRP, mandated by t...