The Maharashtra government has decided to set up a special war room to integrate all health-related schemes launched by the central and state governments.

This aims to avoid the double benefits of those schemes. It will be headed by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Maharashtra Institution for Transformation (MITRA). The war room will look exclusively into the health-related issues.

The 12-member committee under the MITRA CEO will have administrative heads of the Public Health, 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.

The state government sources said that

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