The State Government has constituted a central committee for Simhastha-2016 under the Madhya Bharat Simhastha Mela Act, 1955. An order has been issued to constitute the committee by overwriting all previous orders issued in this regard through the exercise of powers given by the Act.
Makhan Singh has been appointed Chairman of the committee. Its members include Home Minister, Finance Minister, Panchayats and Rural Development Minister, Forest Minister, PWD Minister, Public Health, Family Welfare and AYUSH Minister, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Minister, Public Health Engineering, Parliamentary Affairs, Religious Trusts and Endowment Minister, School Education Minister, Energy, New and Renewable Energy and Public Relations Minister, Revenue & Rehabilitation Minister, Women & Child Development Minister, Transport Minister, Minister of State for GAD and Urban Development and Administration, Minister of State for Culture and Tourism, MP Chintamani Malviya, MlAs Paras Chandra Jain, Mohan Yadav, Dilip Shekhawat, Bahadur Singh Chouhan, Anil Firojia, Satish Malviya, Mukesh Pandya, Chairman of Simhastha Fair Authority, Ujjain Meena Vijay Jonewal, Chairperson of Ujjain district Panchayat Vishnu Hakam Singh Anjana and Chief Secretary.
Besides, Additional Chief Secretaries of Finance, School Education, Panchayats and Rural Development and Water Resources departments, Agriculture Production Commissioner, Principal Secretary (Coordination) in Chief Secretary's Office, Principal Secretary GAD (Human Rights Cell/Personnel), Principal Secretaries of Jail, Finance, Religious Trusts and Endowments, Transport, Forest, Energy, Public Health and Family Welfare, Urban Development and Environment, Public Works, Public Relations, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Culture, Public Health Engineering, Women and Child Development, AYUSH and New & Renewable Energy departments, Secretaries of Urban Development & Environment, Panchayats and Rural Development and New and Renewable Energy departments, Commissioner Public Relations, Commissioner Cooperatives, Ujjain Divisional Commissioner, Indore Divisional Commissioner, Ujjain Collector, IG Ujjain, vice-chancellor of Vikram Vishwavidayalaya, Divisional Railway Manager, Western Railway, MD of Tourism Development Corporation, CEO of Ujjain Zila Panchayat and 10 local people nominated by Ujjain Collector have been also included as members. Simhastha Fair Officer will be Member-Secretary of the committee.