Parliament Question: Rising Cancer Cases in India

GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH ANDFAMILYWELFARE LOK SABHA UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 1136 TO BE ANSWERED ON5THDECEMBER, 2025 RISING CANCER CASES IN INDIA 1136 SHRIMATI KANIMOZHI KARUNANIDHI:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE be pleasedtostate:

(a) whether the Union Government is aware of the recent study conducted by the Global Cancer Observatory which reveals that India accounts for the third highest number of cancer cases globallyduring the last tenyears;

(b) if so, the detailsof cancer cases, State/UT-wise, year-wise;

(c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to address cancers, including breast and cervical cancer among women, which account for fifty one per cent, the highest proportion of cancercases inthe country;

(d) the fixedtimeline for introductionandimplementationof the cervical cancervaccine;and

(e) the details of the comprehensive cancer mapping and the measures taken or proposed by the Union Government to strengthen early detection, screening and provision of affordable cancer treatment facilities across the country, including under schemes such as Ayushman Bharat andRashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) ? ANSWER THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH ANDFAMILY WELFARE

(SHRIPRATAPRAOJADHAV)

(a) & (b): As informedbythe GlobalCancerObservatory,InternationalAgency forResearch onCancer(IARC),theestimatedincidenceofcancercasesinIndia(14,13,316,rateof98.5per

100000) accounts for the third highest number of cancer cases after China (48,24,703, rate of

201.6per100000)andUnitedStatesofAmerica(23,80,189,rateof367per100000).

As per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) -National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP), the estimated number of incidence of all types of cancer cases in the countryfor the last tenyearsby States andUnion Territories-wiseisat Annexure.

(c): The Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, provides technical and financial support to the States/UTs under the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non Communicable Diseases (NP-NCD) as part of National Health Mission

(NHM), based on the proposals received from the States/UTs and subject to the resource envelope.The National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NP- NCD) has significantly strengthened service deliveryacross India.Arobust infrastructure has been established, comprising 36 State NCD Cells, 753 District NCD Cells, 770 District NCD Clinics, 233 Cardiac Care Units, 364 District Day Care Centres, and 6,410 NCD Clinics at CommunityHealthCentres.

A population-based initiative for prevention, control and screening for common NCDs i.e. diabetes, hypertension and common cancers (Oral, Breast and Cervical) has been rolled out as a part of Comprehensive Primary Health Care in the country under NHM. Screening of these commonNCDs isanintegralpart of service deliveryunderAyushman Arogya Mandir.

Under the ‘Strengthening of Tertiary Care Cancer Facilities Scheme’ 19 State CancerInstitutes (SCI) and 20 Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCC) have been set up across the country. The National Cancer Institute at Jhajjar (Haryana) and the second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata have been set up to provide advanced diagnostic and treatment facilities. Cancer treatment facilities have also been approved in all 22newAll India Institute of Medical Science(AIIMS).

297District Day Care CancerCentre (DCCC) have beenapproved for the financialyear2025 -26toensure cancercare accessibility at district hospital level.

Fit India movement is implemented by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, and various Yoga related activities are carried out by Ministry of AYUSH. In addition, NP-NCD gives financial support under NHM for awareness generation (IEC) activities for NCDs to be undertakenbythe States/UTs aspertheirProgramme ImplementationPlans(PIPs).

(d): The Ministry of Health andFamily Welfare (MoHFW) has initiated the capacity building exercise of medical andparamedicalstafffor the cervicalcancervaccine.

(e): National NCD Portal has been rolled out by the Government of India in 2018 under NP- NCD for NCD screening and management and ensuring continuum of care. This portal enables population enumeration, risk assessment and screening for five common NCDs (Hypertension, Diabetes, Oral, Breast & Cervical Cancer)of 30+population.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare provides one-time financial assistance of up to Rs. 15 lakh under the Health Minister’s Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF), a component of the Umbrella Scheme of Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN), for the treatment of poor patients suffering from cancer at Regional Cancer Centres (RCCs), Tertiary Care Cancer Centres

(TCCCs), State Cancer Institutes (SCIs), and other Government hospitals/institutes with cancertreatment facilities.

Treatment of major NCDs including cancer is available under Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PMJAY). This scheme provides for Rs. 5 lakhs per family annually for secondary and tertiary care. Quality generic medicines for NCDs are made available at affordable prices to all, under ‘Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana

(PMBJP). Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment (AMRIT) provides affordable medicinesfor treatmentof variousdiseases including NCDsincluding cancer.Annexure Estimated Incidence of CancerCases in India (All Sites – Both Sexes) State/UT-wise: 2015 to2024 State/UT 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Jammu& 14864 15652 16480 17351 12396 12726 13060 13395 13744 14112 Kashmir Ladakh - - - - 279 286 294 302 309 318 Himachal 7722 8029 8348 8679 8589 8799 8978 9164 9373 9566 Pradesh Punjab 31214 32474 33781 35137 37744 38636 39521 40435 41337 42288 Chandigarh 1217 1274 1335 1398 994 1024 1053 1088 1120 1152 Uttarakhand 11796 12381 12995 13640 11216 11482 11779 12065 12348 12642 Haryana 29240 30611 32049 33558 28453 29219 30015 30851 31679 32513 Delhi 19168 20015 20899 21821 24436 25178 25969 26735 27561 28387 Rajasthan 79160 82836 86675 90686 69156 70987 72825 74725 76655 78604 Uttar 233659 245231 257353 270053 196652 201319 206088 210958 215931 221000 Pradesh Bihar 123949 130628 137656 145051 101014 103711 106435 109274 112180 115123 Sikkim 473 479 485 490 443 445 465 496 525 561 Arunachal 1252 1272 1292 1313 1015 1035 1064 1087 1125 1143 Pradesh Nagaland 1294 1300 1309 1318 1719 1768 1805 1854 1890 1935 Manipur 2916 2998 3082 3168 1844 1899 2022 2097 2169 2250 Mizoram 1618 1652 1687 1723 1783 1837 1919 1985 2063 2114 Tripura 2169 2199 2229 2260 2507 2574 2623 2715 2790 2871 Meghalaya 3246 3311 3376 3442 2808 2879 2943 3025 3099 3168 Assam 31474 31825 32177 32530 36948 37880 38834 39787 40721 41713 WestBengal 103532 107906 112466 117220 105814 108394 110972 113581 116230 118910Jharkhand 38947 40959 43071 45289 33045 33961 34910 35860 36840 37824 Odisha 47666 49674 51763 53936 49604 50692 51829 52960 54136 55335 Chhattisgarh 30239 31817 33477 35223 27113 27828 28529 29253 30014 30763 Madhya 85078 89315 93754 98403 75911 77888 79871 81901 84029 86124 Pradesh Gujarat 70171 73551 77097 80820 67841 69660 71507 73382 75290 77205 Daman&Diu 385 440 504 579 118 124 135 150 161 173 Dadra& 457 497 542 591 186 206 219 238 252 268 NagarHaveli Maharashtra 127390 132726 138271 144032 113374 116121 118906 121717 124584 127512 Telangana 40177 41939 43784 45713 46464 47620 48775 49983 51145 52334 Andhra 55776 58072 60475 62978 68883 70424 71970 73536 75086 76708 Pradesh Karnataka 70302 73511 76867 80381 83824 85968 88126 90349 92560 94832 Goa 1655 1726 1801 1881 1591 1618 1652 1700 1735 1783 Lakshadwee 82 89 96 104 27 27 28 28 31 32 p Kerala 39672 42004 44566 47382 56148 57155 58139 59143 60162 61175 TamilNadu 78512 80999 83554 86180 86596 88866 91184 93536 95944 98386 Puducherry 1510 1596 1687 1783 1523 1577 1623 1679 1753 1823 Andaman& 415 429 443 458 357 366 380 393 401 408 Nicobar Islands