Niti Aayog’s ambitious proposal of replacing the controversial Medical Council of India (MCI) with a National Medical Commission (NMC) seems to be staring at an inordinate delay before it becomes a reality. The proposed body, which was envisioned to clean up and reform the medical education system of the country, was in March referred to a group of ministers (GoM) to further study its blueprint and this ministerial panel is learnt to have suggested inclusion of “elected representatives” in the proposed body.
The GoM was formed at a time when the proposal of setting up the NMC was all set to be sent for Union Cabinet’s approval. While this development was seen as a delaying tactic, sources aware of the development said that if the suggestion of having “elected representatives” in the proposed NMC is accepted, then the new body may become quite like the MCI, which faced allegations of a…
