Government picks a new panel to run MCI
In a surprise move, the central government promulgated an ordinance on September 26, 2018, to remove all the office-bearers of the scam-tainted Medical Council of India (MCI) and appoint a seven-member Board of Governor (BoG) to run the medical education regulator for the next one year.
The BoG will be chaired by NITI Ayog member Vinod Paul, a former professor at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi.
Read the report in the Deccan Herald: https://www.deccanherald.com/national/govt-sacks-mci-members-picks-694832.html