At present, the National Programme for Prevention
and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS)
being implemented under NRHM for interventions upto the district level includes
Cancer prevention, screening, early detection and referral to an appropriate
level Institution for treatment. The focus is on three sites namely breast,
cervical and oral cancer.
In addition, the
Government has recently approved a scheme for enhancing the Tertiary Care
Cancer facilities in the country under NPCDCS. Under the scheme for eligible
institutions upto Rs. 45 crores per Tertiary Care Cancer Centre and upto Rs.
120 crores for State Cancer Institute is available to assist 20 State Cancer
Institutes and 50 Tertiary Cancer Care Centres in different parts of the
country. The Central and State share for the said amount will be in the ratio
75:25 and for North East and Hill States the share would be 90:10. In the 12th
Five Year Plan, Rs. 6000 crores has been allocated under NPCDCS for
interventions upto the district level under National Rural Health Mission and
an allocation of Rs. 3200 crores for the tertiary care component. Government
of India also supports treatment of cancer through Central Government Hospitals
/ Institutions in different parts of the country. Financial assistance to
patients is also provided under the Health Minister’s Discretionary Grant and
Health Minister’s Cancer Fund under Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi. The treatment
in Government institutions is either free or subsidized.
The estimated cases of cancer in the country are as
follows:
|
Estimated Prevalent Cancer cases
-Statewise - India - 2013 - Both sexes
|
|
States
|
Prevalent
|
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
30855
|
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
16462
|
|
Punjab
|
66182
|
|
Chandigarh
|
2530
|
|
Uttaranchal
|
24767
|
|
Haryana
|
61346
|
|
Delhi
|
40055
|
|
Rajasthan
|
166706
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
488554
|
|
Bihar
|
256449
|
|
Sikkim
|
1456
|
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
3132
|
|
Nagaland
|
4353
|
|
Manipur
|
5649
|
|
Mizoram
|
2430
|
|
Tripura
|
8480
|
|
Meghalaya
|
6639
|
|
Assam
|
68556
|
|
West Bengal
|
221635
|
|
Jharkhand
|
81070
|
|
Orissa
|
101190
|
|
Chattisgarh
|
62980
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
177649
|
|
Gujarat
|
147064
|
|
Daman & Diu
|
700
|
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
886
|
|
Maharashtra
|
269652
|
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
209366
|
|
Karnataka
|
148192
|
|
Goa
|
3494
|
|
Lakshadweep
|
164
|
|
Kerala
|
82004
|
|
Tamil Nadu
|
169641
|
|
Pondicherry
|
3132
|
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
894
|
|
Total
|
2934314
|
This was stated by Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union
Minister for Health and Family Welfare in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha
today.
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