The Maharashtra government has decided to form a special war room headed by MITRA CEO.

The Maharashtra government will set up a 12-member war room under MITRA to streamline Central and state health schemes and prevent duplication of benefits

By: Express News Service

Updated: October 17, 2025 10:55 PM IST

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The Maharashtra government has announced a dedicated war room under MITRA to integrate all health-related schemes from the Centre and state.

The move aims to prevent duplication of benefits and ensure better policy coordination. (Image credit: Pexels)

The Maharashtra government has decided to set up a special war room to integrate all health-related schemes launched by Central and state governments, with an aim to avoid double benefits of those schemes.

Chief Executive Officer of Maharashtra Institution for Transformation (MITRA) will be heading the committee for the said war room, which will look exclusively into the health-related issues.

The 12-member committee under the MITRA CEO will include administrative heads of the public heath, medical education, social justice, women and child welfare, law and judiciary, labour, tribal development, minority development and Divyang welfare departments. Along with them, Chief Minister Relief Fund cell head and assistant director will be members of the committee.

According to sources in the Public Health department, the chief minister had directed to set up a dedicated war room for health-related issues. “There are multiple health welfare schemes launched by the Central and state governments. There have been instances where benefits under both the schemes were availed by individuals which is not permissible. Therefore, the plan is to streamline these schemes by integrating them,” an official from the Public Health department said.

Along with this, a toll-free number 18001232211 will be a common number for all aid required for health-related issues.
The state already has a war room for the monitoring of ongoing infrastructure projects, industrial projects and ongoing social sector schemes.

The MITRA CEO, former IAS officer Praveen Pardeshi, has already been appointed as the Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Pardeshi is also the co-chair of the governing committee, which is the apex body responsible for the Maharashtra data policy. He will now oversee health-related schemes as well.

MITRA was established on the lines of NITI Aayog to achieve rapid and comprehensive development of the state through the participation of private sector and non-government organisations, taking into account the needs of the state.

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