**Executive Summary**
This document is an answer provided by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to an unstarred question regarding cancer cases in India, to be addressed on December 5th, 2025. It provides details on the increase in cancer cases, reasons for the rise, and government initiatives to tackle cancer prevention and care. It also includes the number of cancer cases in India by different states.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Increase in Cancer Cases:**
* The estimated incidence of all types of cancer cases in India has increased over the last five years (2020-2024), according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) - National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP).
* Detailed year-wise and State/UT-wise data is available in the Annexure.
* **Reasons for Increase:**
* Improved diagnostic techniques for cancer detection.
* Increased life expectancy and a growing geriatric population.
* Higher health consciousness and improved health-seeking behavior.
* Significant increase in classical risk factors associated with Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), such as tobacco and alcohol consumption, insufficient physical activity, and unhealthy diets.
* **Government Initiatives:**
* The Department of Health and Family Welfare provides technical and financial support to States and Union Territories under the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NP-NCD).
* The program focuses on infrastructure strengthening, human resource development, screening, early diagnosis, referral, treatment, and health promotion for NCDs, including cancer.
* 770 District NCD Clinics, 364 District Day Care Cancer Centers (DCCC), and 6,410 NCD clinics at Community Health Centers have been established.
* 19 State Cancer Institutes (SCIs) and 20 Tertiary Cancer Care Centers (TCCCs) have been set up.
* Cancer treatment facilities have been approved in all 22 new AIIMS.
* Services under the National Programme for Palliative Care (NPPC) are provided at the District level.
* The National Cancer Institute (NCI) at Jhajjar and the second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute in Kolkata have been established.
* Cancer centres have been established in Kharghar, Varanasi (two), Guwahati, Sangrur, Mullanpur, Visakhapatnam, Chandigarh and Muzaffarpur.
* The Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai also provides services for cancer care.
* Over 200 Day Care Cancer Centers (DCCCs) have been approved nationwide.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: The Public**
**Impact:** The public will have better access to cancer diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care through the various government initiatives and facilities. Also, through enhanced health awareness programs.
**Action Required:** To adopt healthy lifestyle choices to reduce cancer risk, and utilize available screening and treatment facilities.
**Stakeholder: State Governments and Union Territories**
**Impact:** States and UTs receive technical and financial support to strengthen their infrastructure and programs for cancer prevention and control.
**Action Required:** Effectively implement and utilize the funds and support provided by the central government to improve cancer care services in their regions.
**Stakeholder: Healthcare Professionals**
**Impact:** Healthcare professionals will be involved in providing cancer screening, diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care services at various facilities.
**Action Required:** Participate in training programs and capacity building initiatives to enhance their skills in cancer care and contribute to the implementation of the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases.
Key Entities Referenced
National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non Communicable Diseases (NP-NCD): A program focused on strengthening infrastructure, human resource development, screening, early diagnosis, referral, treatment, and health promotion for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) including cancer.
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR): An organization that provides data and information related to cancer, particularly through the National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP), and informs on factors contributing to the increase in cancer cases.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The primary government body responsible for addressing cancer cases in India, answering the parliamentary question, and providing technical and financial support to States and Union Territories.
National Health Mission (NHM): The overall framework under which the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non Communicable Diseases (NP-NCD) operates.
GOVERNMENTOFINDIA
MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH ANDFAMILYWELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 1135
TO BE ANSWERED ON5THDECEMBER, 2025
CANCER CASES
1135 SMT. SAJDA AHMED:
Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE be pleasedtostate:
(a) whether cancer cases have increased during the last five years and, if so, the details
thereof,year-wise andState-wise;
(b) whether any survey has been conducted by the Government to identify the major causes
of such rise incancercases andif so, the detailsthereof;
(c) whether anytechnology-driven mechanism isin place for early detectionand treatment in
the countryandif so, the details thereof;
(d) whether the Government proposes to set up new research hospitals for cancer and if so,
the detailsthereof; and
(e) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to strengthen cancer prevention
andcare nationwide?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH ANDFAMILY
WELFARE
(SHRIPRATAPRAOJADHAV)
(a): As per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) -National Cancer Registry
Programme(NCRP),the estimatedincidenceof alltypesofcancercasesinthecountryforthe
lastfiveyearsisatAnnexure.
(b): As informedby IndianCouncil of Medical Research (ICMR), the reasons for increase in
number of cancer cases reported is due to access and availability of improved diagnostic
techniques for detection of cancer, increased life expectancy, growing share of geriatric
population, higher health consciousness and improved health seeking behaviour. Also, there
has been significant increase in the classical risk factors associated with Non -
Communicable Disease(NCDs) including cancer such as tobacco and alcohol consumption,
insufficient physical activities, unhealthy diets, consumption of high salt, sugar and saturated
fats, etc.
(c) to (e): The Department of Health and Family Welfare provides technical and financial
support to States andUnion Territories across the country under the National Programme for
Prevention and Control of Non Communicable Diseases (NP-NCD) as part of the National
Health Mission (NHM). The programme focuses on strengthening infrastructure, human
resource development, screening, early diagnosis, referral, treatment, and health promotion
for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) includingcancer.Under National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases
(NPNCD), 770 District NCD Clinics, 364 District Day Care Cancer Centres (DCCC), and
6,410NCD clinicsat CommunityHealth Centreshave beenset up.
Moreover, 19 State Cancer Institutes (SCIs) and 20 Tertiary Cancer Care Centers (TCCCs)
have been set up in different parts of the country to provide advanced cancer care. Also,
cancer treatment facilities have been approved in all 22 new AIIMS with diagnostic, medical
and surgical facilities. Under the National Programme for Palliative Care (NPPC) services
like Out Patient Department (OPD), In Patient Department (IPD), referral and home based
palliativecare are beingprovidedat District level.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) at Jhajjar, with 1,460 patient care beds and advanced
diagnostic and treatment facilities and the second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer
Institute in Kolkata, with 460 beds have been set up by the Government to provide
superspecialty care. Further, under the Department of Atomic Energy, cancer centres have
beenestablished inKharghar, Varanasi (two), Guwahati, Sangrur,Mullanpur, Visakhapatnam,
Chandigarh and Muzaffarpur. The Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai is also providing
services for cancercare.
As per announcement of Union Budget 2025-26, more than 200 Day Care Cancer Centers
(DCCCs) have beenapprovedfor across the country.
*****Annexure referred to in reply part (a) of the question
EstimatedIncidenceofAlltypesofcancercasesinIndiabydifferentState/UT
State 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Jammu&KashmirUT 12726 13060 13395 13744 14112
LadakhUT 286 294 302 309 318
Himachalpradesh 8799 8978 9164 9373 9566
Punjab 38636 39521 40435 41337 42288
Chandigarh 1024 1053 1088 1120 1152
Uttaranchal 11482 11779 12065 12348 12642
Haryana 29219 30015 30851 31679 32513
Delhi 25178 25969 26735 27561 28387
Rajasthan 70987 72825 74725 76655 78604
Uttarpradesh 201319 206088 210958 215931 221000
Bihar 103711 106435 109274 112180 115123
Sikkim 445 465 496 525 561
Arunachalpradesh 1035 1064 1087 1125 1143
Nagaland 1768 1805 1854 1890 1935
Manipur 1899 2022 2097 2169 2250
Mizoram 1837 1919 1985 2063 2114
Tripura 2574 2623 2715 2790 2871
Meghalaya 2879 2943 3025 3099 3168
Assam 37880 38834 39787 40721 41713
Westbengal 108394 110972 113581 116230 118910
Jharkhand 33961 34910 35860 36840 37824
Orissa 50692 51829 52960 54136 55335
Chattisgarh 27828 28529 29253 30014 30763
Madhyapradesh 77888 79871 81901 84029 86124
Gujarat 69660 71507 73382 75290 77205
Daman 124 135 150 161 173
Dadra&NagarHaveli 206 219 238 252 268
Maharashtra 116121 118906 121717 124584 127512
Telangana 47620 48775 49983 51145 52334
Andhrapradesh 70424 71970 73536 75086 76708
Karnataka 85968 88126 90349 92560 94832
Goa 1618 1652 1700 1735 1783
Lakshadweep 27 28 28 31 32
Kerala 57155 58139 59143 60162 61175
Tamilnadu 88866 91184 93536 95944 98386
Pondicherry 1577 1623 1679 1753 1823
Andaman & Nicobar 366 380 393 401 408
Islands
Total 1392179 1426447 1461427 1496972 1533055