The Maharashtra Cabinet has approved a comprehensive cancer care policy, ensuring access to quality treatment for cancer patients across the state. A three-tier cancer treatment service system will be established, offering specialized care through 18 hospitals. To support this initiative, the state government will establish a new entity  the Maharashtra Cancer Care, Research and Education Foundation (MAHACARE Foundation) with an initial corpus of 100 crore rupees for capital investment. In addition, the Cabinet approved the imposition of an additional electricity duty on industrial, commercial, and other consumer categories.