Financial Assistance upto Rs.120 cr. and upto Rs.45 cr. per SCI and TCCC respectively has been envisaged. The Centre and State share will be in the ratio 75:25 except in North-East and Hill States, where the State share will be 10%. Twenty SCIs in twenty States and fifty TCCCs in different parts of the country can be assisted under the scheme.
According to estimates of mortality due to Cancer, based on Cancer Registries under the aegis of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the incidence of deaths due to cancer is increasing in North East Region in the country. The estimated deaths due to cancer cases are 15996, 16198 and 16409 in the year 2011, 2012 and 2013 respectively.
Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI), Kolkata, is a National level Cancer Institute which also caters to cancer patients from the North-East region. This is in addition to Regional Cancer Centres (RCCs) in the North East region namely, the Dr. B Barooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, Civil Hospital, Agartala in North Eastern region.
Under the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) Scheme, from 2013-14 onwards, interventions for prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancer, which can be taken upto District level, have been brought under the umbrella of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). State Governments have already been advised to submit their Project Implementation Plans under this programme.
This was stated by Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha today.
