India, April 14 -- In a significant move, the Maharashtra government has decided to scrap the election process for the executive body of the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC), responsible for the registration and regulation of medical professionals in the state. The members will now be directly nominated.

To enable this change, the government has decided to amend the Maharashtra Medical Council Act, 1965. It is likely to promulgate an ordinance to bring in changes in the act from now on. The decision was taken in the state cabinet meeting on Monday.

Elections to the MMC were scheduled to be held on April 26 following a Supreme Court directive in January. The last election was conducted in 2016, and the body has been functioning under a ...