medical colleges

Out of 262 medical colleges in the country, 60 odd, both private and Government, have not been issued certificates of continuance by the Medical Council of India (MCI), after the council members found deficiencies in terms of aspects like infrastructure and teaching faculty in these colleges.Seventy per cent of the affected colleges are situated in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharastra, a few are from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and other states.