The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2018, which seeks constitution of a Board of Governors that will exercise the powers of the Medical Council of India (MCI) was passed in the Lok Sabha on Monday. The Bill was introduced on December 14 in the Lok Sabha by Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, which was earlier brought in as an ordinance on September 26 this year when the Parliament was not in session. Under the new amendment, the Bill provides for the supersession of the MCI for a period of one year. Running the government has now become a new way of ‘ ruling the country via ordinance”.
UPA government did the same thing by ruling the MCI through a series of ordinances till they lasted. Once BJP came to power, they again tried bringing NMC (with total administrative control) as an alternative to MCI. They have failed miserably till today and have not been able to pass it…
