New Delhi, July 23 -- In a nation of billion-plus people with woefully inadequate access to healthcare and an acute shortage of qualified doctors, getting a seat at a medical college is often seen as a sure-fire way to prosperity. Owners of private medical colleges have for years sought to exploit this heavy demand by charging exorbitant fees, often with the blessings of the Medical Council of India (MCI). The Council, the country's regulator for medical education and practice, has been accused of corruption in granting recognition to medical colleges. All this would change, or so the government hopes, once the National Medical Council (NMC) Bill, introduced on Monday in the Lok Sabha, replaces the 63-year-old MCI with a new oversight body....