Maharashtra tied up with the Tata Trusts to link all government colleges and medical colleges to the national cancer grid for uniform cancer profiling and quality treatment.The MoU was signed between Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Tata Trusts chairman Ratan Tata at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai.Tata Trusts has established a national cancer grid that links all existing and proposed cancer care centres to create a uniform line of treatment for cancer patients across the country.Maharashtra is the country’s first state to join the initiative.Another MoU for the development of the country’s first state-run bone marrow registry in Maharashtra was also executed with the Tata Trusts.  The target was to have 50,000 bone marrow donors in the next three years.A total of nine MoUs were signed between the government and Tata Trusts.The Tata Trusts has agreed to help the government in setting up a Strategic Healthcare Advisory Unit aimed to improve overall healthcare in the state. It will also involve setting up of a hospital information system and a drug supply corporation.The organisation has also agreed to work with the government to curb incidences of malnutrition. The state’s planning department will work with it to develop for ‘model data platform’ for reviewing the progress of various flagship schemes.The home department executed another MoU with Tata Trusts for a pilot project involving the provision of legal aid, health, and mental health services, training, and skill upgrades within prisons.A joint initiative between Tata Trusts & the government aims to bridge the technology-gender divide by improving ‘internet literacy’ in rural Maharashtra.