<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: small;">The Health Ministry has barred 82 medical colleges in the country from giving admissions to students for the academic session 2018-19, based on the recommendation of the Medical Council of India (MCI). </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: small;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: small;">The MCI pointed out various deficiencies such as inadequate infrastructure, faculty and resources during its inspections of these colleges. Official sources said, the order of banning 82 medical colleges, which includes 70 private and 12 government, means more than 10,000 MBBS seats out of the total 64,000 available will be blocked. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: small;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: small;">The sources also said, the proposal of giving approval to 68 new medical colleges including 31 government and 37 private, has been rejected. In February, the Union Cabinet had approved plans to set up 24 new government-funded medical colleges by 2021-22, besides 58 others medical colleges that were to be established and attached to district hospitals by next year.</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />