The Indian Union Cabinet on 17 March 2011 extended by a year the term of the existing Board of Governors of the Medical Council of India (MCI). The amendment currently awaits approval from the Indian Parliament.
The term of the six-member Board of Governors, headed by S.K. Sarin is to end on May 14.
The government had issued an ordinance to supersede the MCI with the board after its president, Ketan Desai, was arrested on 22 April 2010 by the Central Bureau of Investigation for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs. 2 crore to recognise a medical college in Punjab though it did not meet MCI standards.
The MCI general body had been superseded only for a year as the government planned to bring in the National Council for Human Resources in Health (NCHRH) Bill before the term ended. However the Bill is yet to be cleared by the Cabinet and therefore the cabinet agreed to extend the term of the existing Board of Governors of the Medical Council of India (MCI).
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