No more bonds? Maharashtra rethinks mandatory service for MBBS graduates

The Maharashtra Government is reportedly considering scrapping the mandatory bond service for students completing their MBBS course. The decision to do away with this decades-long bond service policy was taken in a meeting led by the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis around two months ago. During the meeting, the ministers and officials from the state medical education and public health departments discussed ending the one-year rural stint for the undergraduate (UG) programmes. However, the Government decided to keep the bond policy intact for the post-graduate (PG) and super-speciality courses.