Panel formed to suggest framework for MCI restructuring: Govt

The government on Friday said a four-member committee, headed by the NITI Aayog vice chairman, has been constituted to suggest an implementation framework for restructuring of Medical Council of India (MCI).

Union Health Minister JP Nadda in a written reply in the Lok Sabha said the government had amended the Indian Medical Council (IMC) Act, 1956, through the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Act, 2010, and suspended MCI for one year with constitution of Board of Governors (BoG) to perform the functions of the council.

“Subsequently the term of the BoG was extended till November 10, 2013. The council was reconstituted on November 6, 2013. A Group of Experts (GoE) was constituted in July 2014 to study the existing IMC Act and to make recommendations to the government to make MCI modern and suited to the prevailing conditions.

“The GoE submitted its final report. The report of the GoE was placed before the Parliamentary Standing Committee. The latter has recently presented its report to the Ministry. A four-member committee headed by vice chairman NITI Aayog has been constituted to suggest an implementation framework for restructuring of MCI,” he said.