The Department of Public Health, Govt. of Maharashtra has issued a resolution dated January 24, 2018 in regard to operationalization of Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode for opening of a new medical college in the State of Maharashtra by long term permissibility of utilization of a 300-bedded District Hospital owned by the Govt. of Maharashtra. This resolution is based on the report of an Expert Committee headed by Dr Vedprakash Mishra, Pro-Chancellor.

The Govt. resolution stated that the government was considering this proposal after studying, among other reports, neighboring Gujarats Memorandum of Understanding with the Adani Education and Research Foundation to start a hospital based on the Union governments amended 2015 rules (PTI, Mumbai, January 27, 2018). 

A committee has been set up by the Maharashtra Govt. will examine the feasibility of setting up 300-bed hospitals and affiliated medical colleges on Public Private Partnership (PPP), and submit its report in three months. The 3-member committee includes the Commissioner (Health Services) as the chair of the committee, Director Health Services as secretary and Director Medical Education and Research as member.