Lok Sabha Question No. 1107 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-22
Subject: Use of Pesticides in Crops
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Deepak Baij

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RE SEARCH

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1107 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND NOVEMBER, 2019

## USE OF PESTICIDES IN CROPS

## 1107. SHRI DEEPAK BAIJ:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any study on the pesticides used in th  crops which is intensifying the spread of cancer in the country;
- (b) if so, the details and outcome thereof;
- (c) the number of cancer pa tients identified during the last five years, State/ UT - wise;
- (d) whether the Government is contemplating an action plan to provide affordable treatment to cancer patients and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the number of cancer care hospitals set up during the last five years, State/UT wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) &(b): A  multi - centric  study,  to  assess  exposure  and  health  affects  of  Pesticides, recently been in itiated by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
- (c) : Estimated incidence of cancer cases in India, is annexed.
- (d): 35  proposals  for  setting - up  of  State  Cancer  Institutes  (SCI)  and  Tertiary  Care  Cancer Centres  (TCCC)  in  different  parts  of  the  coun ry,  have  been  approved  under  the  National Programme for Prevention and control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease and Str (NPCDCS).

The  D/o  Biotechnology  (DBT)  and  Cancer  Research  UK  (CRUK)  have  recently partnered  a  5  years  research  initiativ e,  titled,  Affordable  Approaches  to  Cancer,  focused  on finding affordable treatment to cancer patients.

- (e): Information is being collected and will be placed before the House.

## ANNEXURE

| States                                                           |    2014 | 2015         |    2016 |    2017 |    2018 |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|--------------|---------|---------|---------|
| Jammu &Kashmir                                                   |   14115 | 14864        |   15652 |   16480 |   17351 |
| Himachal pradesh                                                 |    7425 | 7722         |    8029 |    8348 |    8679 |
| Punjab                                                           |   30002 | 31214        |   32474 |   33781 |   35137 |
| Chandigarh                                                       |    1162 | 1217         |    1274 |    1335 |    1398 |
| Uttaranchal                                                      |   11240 | 11796        |   12381 |   12995 |   13640 |
| Haryana                                                          |   27933 | 29240        |   30611 |   32049 |   33558 |
| Delhi                                                            |   18356 | 19168        |   20015 |   20899 |   21821 |
| Rajasthan                                                        |   75642 | 79160        |   82836 |   86675 |   90686 |
| Uttar pradesh                                                    |  222615 | 233659       |  245231 |  257353 |  270053 |
| Bihar                                                            |  117603 | 123949       |  130628 |  137656 |  145051 |
| Sikkim                                                           |     467 | 473          |     479 |     485 |     490 |
| Arunachal pradesh                                                |    1231 | 1252         |    1272 |    1292 |    1313 |
| Nagaland                                                         |    1288 | 1294         |    1300 |    1309 |    1318 |
| Manipur                                                          |    2836 | 2916         |    2998 |    3082 |    3168 |
| Mizoram                                                          |    1585 | 1618         |    1652 |    1687 |    1723 |
| Tripura                                                          |    2139 | 2169         |    2199 |    2229 |    2260 |
| Meghalaya                                                        |    3184 | 3246         |    3311 |    3376 |    3442 |
| Assam                                                            |   31124 | 31474        |   31825 |   32177 |   32530 |
| West bengal                                                      |   99339 | 103532       |  107906 |  112466 |  117220 |
| Jharkhand                                                        |   37031 | 38947        |   40959 |   43071 |   45289 |
| Orissa                                                           |   45736 | 47666        |   49674 |   51763 |   53936 |
| Chattisgarh                                                      |   28738 | 30239        |   31817 |   33477 |   35223 |
| Madhya pradesh                                                   |   81034 | 85078        |   89315 |   93754 |   98403 |
| Gujarat                                                          |   66952 | 70171        |   73551 |   77097 |   80820 |
| Daman &Diu                                                       |     339 | 385          |     440 |     504 |     579 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                              |     421 | 457          |     497 |     542 |     591 |
| Maharashtra                                                      |  122256 | 127390       |  132726 |  138271 |  144032 |
| Telangana                                                        |   38492 | 40177        |   41939 |   43784 |   45713 |
| Andhra pradesh                                                   |   53572 | 55776        |   58072 |   60475 |   62978 |
| Karnataka                                                        |   67237 | 70302        |   73511 |   76867 |   80381 |
| Goa                                                              |    1587 | 1655         |    1726 |    1801 |    1881 |
| Lakshadweep                                                      |      77 | 82           |      89 |      96 |     104 |
| Kerala                                                           |   37550 | 39672        |   42004 |   44566 |   47382 |
| Tamil nadu                                                       |   76091 | 78512        |   80999 |   83554 |   86180 |
| Pondicherry                                                      |    1428 | 1510         |    1596 |    1687 |    1783 |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands                                        |     402 | 415          |     429 |     443 |     458 |
| Total Ref: Three-year Report of the PBCRs: 2012-2014, Bengaluru, | 1328229 | 1388397 2016 | 1451417 | 1517426 | 1586571 |

## Table 1: Estimated Incidence of cancer cases in India by different State/UT - All sites (ICD10: C00-C97) (2014 to 2018)* - Both sexes

*Projected cancer cases for India were computed using a projected incidence rates and the population (personyears)