LUCKNOW, May 5 -- The National Medical Council (NMC) has slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 each on five medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh for delaying the submission of their annual declaration with the council. Four of them are government-run institutes and another private, and they are among 15 such colleges in the country that have been taken to task. NMC is the apex body of medical education in the country. The declarations were to be submitted by December last, as per the letter issued by the NMC in the month of November and December 2024. "As a result, the NMC has imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on each of these institutes and submit the form by May 9. The declaration provides comprehensive data about an institution, its programmes, faculty, and infrastructure" the NMC said. The government medical institute served the NMC letter are Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College, Jhansi; Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Allahabad; Autonomous State Medical College Kushinagar; Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi. Another one is private college in west UP. Each college needs to deposit a fee of Rs 3.54 lakh and a penalty amount of Rs 50,000 for the delay....