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Lok Sabha Question No. 978 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative Report
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Balashowry Vallabbhaneni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.978 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2020

## OXFORD POVERTY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE REPORT

## 978. SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken note of the recent report by Oxford Poverty and  Human  Development  Initiative  pointing  out  the  high  rates  of  child  poverty prevailing in India and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  out  of  217  million  children  in  the  country  50  per  cent  are  living  under multi-dimensional poverty;
- (c) whether  the  Indian  children  lack  at  least  one  third  out  of  ten  indicators  of dimensions of poverty and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the remedial measures proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a)  to  (d)  :  The    information  regarding  Oxford  Poverty  and  Human  Development Initiative Report are available in the public domain (https://ophi.org.uk/multidimensionalpoverty-index/global-mpi-2019/ and http://hdr.undp.org/en/2019-MPI). The report observes that in India, there were 271 million fewer people in poverty in 2016 than in 2006,  which  shows  improvement  in  status.  The  report  noted  that  of  the  10  selected countries  for  which  changes  over  time  were  analysed,  India  and  Cambodia  reduced their Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) values the fastest-and they did not leave the poorest groups behind. The Government of India accords high priority to the issue of poverty alleviation in India. Ministry of Women and Child Development has accorded high  priority  to  the  issue  of  malnutrition  and  is  making  serious  efforts  to  eradicate malnutrition.  Several  schemes  with  direct  as  well  as  indirect  interventions  to  address the  problem  of  malnutrition  among  women  and  children  are  being  implemented  as direct  targeted interventions  across the country like Anganwadi Services, Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG) and Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojna (PMMVY) under the Umbrella Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme. These schemes are universal  and  open  to  all  the  eligible  beneficiaries.  Further,  Government  has  set  up POSHAN Abhiyaan on 18.12.2017 commencing from 2017-18. The goals of POSHAN Abhiyaan are to achieve improvement in nutritional status of Children from 0-6 years, Adolescent Girls, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers in a time bound manner with fixed targets.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 976 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Water Borne Diseases
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Asaduddin Owaisi, Imtiaz Jaleel Syed

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 976 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07 TH FEBRUARY, 20 20

## WATER BORNE DISEASES

## 976. SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI: SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that 2437 people died in 2018 because of four major w borne diseases Cholera, Acute Diarrheal Diseases, Typhoid and Viral Hepatitis, if so, the details thereof along with the number of deaths in 2019;
- (b)  whether  as  per  the  data  and  study  of  Government/  Central  Bureau  of  Health  Intelli (CBHI), the children below five years are mostly affected and their death rate is high, details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to pay spec ial attention in the wake of data available with the Government; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken or being taken in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY )

- (a) & (b): As per data reported by theCentral Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI), 2439 people died  in  2018  because  of  four  major  water  borne  diseases  Cholera,  Acute  Diarrh Diseases, Typhoid and Viral Hepatitis . Complete data for the year 2019 have not been received from all the States / UTs.
- (c) & (d):    As per the Constitutional provisions, ' Health ' is a State subject . T he responsibility for providing safe drinking water to avoid spreading of water borne diseases primarily lies with respectiv e  State  Government.  However,  the  Ministry  of  Health  and  Family W elfare  provide s financial and technical assistance to States /UTs under the National Health Mission (NHM) for strengthening of Primary and Secondary health care facilities to effectively resp ond to health care need s including health problems arising from consumption of contaminated drinking wate U nder the Integrated Disease Survei llance Programme (IDSP), additional manpower, training of identified  Rapid  Response  Team  members  for  outbreak  inv estigations,  strengthening  of laboratories for detection of epidemic prone diseases, IT equipment for data entry, anal data  transfer,  and  provision  of  funds  for operationalization,  etc.  are  provided  t o  prevent  the spreadof disease outbreaks .
Lok Sabha Question No. 968 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Incentive Scheme for Acquisition of Plants and Machinery
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Ritesh Pandey

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 968 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2020

## INCENTIVE SCHEME FOR ACQUISITION OF PLANTS AND MACHINERY

## 968.      SHRI RITESH PANDEY:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंरी be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has implemented the programme of Incentive Scheme for Acquisition of Plants and Machinery (ISAPM) in all States/UTs, if so, the details thereof;

(b) the details of challenges faced during effective and widespread implementation of the scheme; and

- (c) the details of the financial outlay for the scheme during 2018-19, State-wise?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंरी ( श्रीमती स्त्म ृ तत ज़ू बिन इरानी )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) : The Government has been implementing Incentive Scheme for Acquisition of Plant & Machinery (ISAPM) throughout the country, however, presently, the States comprising West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh have availed benefit under the scheme. The Scheme provides assistance for modernization and upgradation of technology in existing jute mills and new jute units to manufacture value added jute products as well as to reduce operation cost in manufacturing process.

Under the scheme, an incentive of 20% of the cost of new machinery for jute mill and 30% for JDP - MSME units is considered for reimbursement, subject to maximum of Rs 2.50 crore per unit. A Capital Subsidy amounting to approx. Rs. 50.00 crores has been released during 2014-15 to 2018-19 to various Jute mills and JDP units.

- (b) :  As such, there are no major challenges faced in wider and effective implementation of the  Scheme.   Government has already taken a number of ameliorative measures, inter-alia, allocation of more funds, creation of more technical and administration posts etc. for NJB to help ensure effective implementation of the Scheme.

(c) : During 2018-19, NJB disbursed incentive of Rs. 9.20 crores to 27 mills / JDP units under the scheme. Since the scheme is implemented / applicable to cover all the jute mills / JDP units all over country, no state wise financial outlay has been made.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 967 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Awareness of AYUSH
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: T. R. Paarivendhar, Basanta Kumar Panda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 967 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07 TH FEBRUARY, 2020

## AWARENESS OF AYUSH

## 967. DR. T.R. PAARIVENDHAR: SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

Will  the  Minister of AYURVEDA,  YOGA  AND  NATUROPATHY,  UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH ) be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  any  scheme/programmes  have  been  implemented  for  spreading  awareness  about AYUSH in the country, State/ UT and stream -wise;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of utilization of funds allocated to the States/UTs for each programme during the last three years and the current year?

## ANSW ER THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

(a)  &  (b):      Yes. A  Central  Sector  Scheme  for  Promotion  of  Information  Education  and Communication (IEC) in AYUSH has been devised by the Ministry of AYUSH for this purpose. Under this Scheme, the Ministry of AYUSH takes up initiatives to create awareness about a promote AYUSH systems of medicine. These initiatives include organizing National and St Arogya Fairs, Melas, Conferences, Exhibitions, Seminars, Workshops, Symposium, Yoga Utsavs and Ayurveda Parvs. The IEC Scheme also supports undertaking of publicity campa igns through electronic media, print media and social media for spreading awareness about AYUSH syste of medicine amongst the citizens in the country.

The Ministry also observes days dedicated to AYUSH Systems of Medicine viz. Internation Day of Yoga, Ayurveda Day, Unani Day, Siddha Day, Naturopathy Day, Homoeopathy Day etc. to create awareness about the benefits of the respective AYUSH systems of medi cine.

Under  the  IEC  Scheme,  the  programmes  are  organized  to  create  awareness  about  AYUSH systems of medicine amongst the citizens across the country; there are no separate State/ programmes.

Contd……..

## (c):  The budget details of the IEC Schem e during the last three financial years are as follows:

| FY       |   RE (Rs. in crores) |   AE (Rs. in crores) |
|----------|----------------------|----------------------|
| 2016- 17 |                 27   |                24.66 |
| 2017- 18 |                 37.1 |                31.07 |
| 2018- 19 |                 64   |                63.69 |

The  budget  of  Rs.  44.50  crores  has  been  allocated  for  the  current  financial  ye 2019- 20 at RE stage. Under IEC Scheme, the funds are not allocated to States/UTs separatel
Lok Sabha Question No. 956 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: UN Decade of Ocean Science
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: Pocha Brahmananda Reddy, Kotagiri Sridhar, M V V Satyanarayana, Midhun Reddy, Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 956 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 07, 2020

## UN DECADE OF OCEAN SCIENCE

## 956.         SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY:

SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGIRI:

SHRI M.V.V. SATYANARAYANA:

SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY:

SHRI N. REDDEPPA

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- the details of existing  policy relating to sustainable development
- (a) of oceans in the country;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  initiated  any  steps  to  formulate policies in line with the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030): and
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a) The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ratified by India in June, 1995, the Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones Act, 1976 and Ocean Policy Statement, 1981 are the primary instruments for sustainable development of oceans. Further, various domestic legislations are in place for the management and protection of the coastal and marine environment.
- (b) & (c)   Yes,  Sir.  India  is  a  member  of  Executive  Planning  Group  (EPG)  of Intergovernmental  Oceanographic  Commission  (IOC)  for  devising the action plan for UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainability (2021-2030). The Regional Planning workshop of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) for  the  Northern  and  Central  Indian  Ocean  countries  as  well  as Regional Organization for Protection of Marine Environment (ROPME)  Sea  area,  was  hosted  by  Ministry  of  Earth  Sciences  at Chennai, from 8-10 January, 2020.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 953 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Decline in Cases of Cancer
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Jyotsna Charandas Mahant, Kunhalikutty P.K.

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 953 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07 TH FEBRUARY, 20 20

## DECLINE IN CASES OF CANCER

## 953. SHRIMATI JYOTSNA CHARANDAS MAHANT: SHRI P.K. KUNHALIKUTTY:

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

(a) whether according to National Cancer Registry Programme and Indian Medical Associati (IMA)/Indian  Council  of  Medical  Research  (ICMR)  the  cases  of  cancer have  declined considerately in Coimbatore, Kancheepuram and Thoothukudi districts in Tamil Nadu;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  of  decline  in  cancer  cases  in  above  districts  during  the  last district - wise and year - wise; and

- (c) the precautionary measures or steps taken by IMA/ICMR to further reduce cancer cases these districts?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (c):   Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) does not have any Population Bas Cancer  Registry  (PBCR)  in  Coimbatore, Kancheepuram  and  Thoothukudi  districts  in  Tamil Nadu. Thus, information on cancer incidence in these districts is not available separ ately. The only PBCR under National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP) in Tamil Nadu is situated in Chennai. As per NCRP report, all sites showed an increase in Age Adjusted Incidence Rate Chennai PBCR.

Health is a State subject. The Central Government, however, supplements the efforts of the State Governments to prevent and control cancer and to provide affordable and acce care.  The  Government  is  implementing  National  Programme  for  Prevention  and  Control  o Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease s and Stroke (NPCDCS), with focus on strengthening infrastructure, human resource development, health promotion & awareness generation, e diagnosis, management and referral to an appropriate level institution for treatment.

To tackle the challenge of Non Communicable Diseases (NCD), including cancer, 616 NCD Clinics at District level and 3,827 NCD Clinics at Community Health Centre level h been set up in the country under NPCDCS, including 32 NCD Clinics at District level and NCD Clinics at Com munity Health Centre level in Tamil Nadu.

Population  level  initiative  for  prevention,  control  and  screening  for  common  N (diabetes, hypertension and common cancers viz. oral, breast and cervical cancer) has al rolled out under the National Heal th Mission (NHM) in over 215 districts. Screening of common NCDs including three common cancers i.e. oral, breast and cervical is also an integral service delivery under Ayushman Bharat -Health and Wellness Centres. Under NHM support is provided t o States/UTs to provide free essential medicines and diagnostic services for pr and secondary health care needs.
Lok Sabha Question No. 951 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Kyoto Protocol Targets
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: K. Muraleedharan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 951

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2020

## Kyoto Protocol Targets

## 951. SHRI K. MURALEEDHARAN:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether India has proposed for commitments from developed countries on providing finance to developing countries by 2023 instead of 2020;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the developed countries have not met Kyoto protocol targets and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether India is on its way to achieving voluntary targets it has set for itself to curb emissions; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO )

(a)  and  (b)  No  Sir.  India  has  underscored  the  importance  of  fulfilling  the  commitment  of developed countries to achieve the goal of mobilizing USD 100 billion annually by 2020 and further scaling it up thereafter. India has stressed that the level of climate finance flows from developed countries to developing countries should be fixed at a higher level by 2023.

(c) The Kyoto Protocol (KP) of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) provided that the developed country Parties included in Annex I must ensure that their aggregate anthropogenic carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of green house gases do not exceed their assigned amounts, with a view to reducing their overall emissions of such gases by at least five percent below 1990 levels in the commitment period 2008 to 2012. The targets were collectively complied with and achieved while United States of America (USA) did not ratify the KP and Canada withdrew from it.

The  Doha  Amendments  to  the  Kyoto  Protocol,  at  the  18 th COP  brought  in  the  Second Commitment  Period  of  KP.  The  Doha  Amendment  provided  that  the  developed  country Parties included in Annex I must ensure that their aggregate anthropogenic carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of greenhouse gases do not exceed their assigned amounts, with a view to  reducing  their  overall  emissions  of  such  gases  by  at  least  eighteen  percent  below  1990 levels in the commitment period 2013 to 2020. The Doha Amendment has not been ratified by requisite number of Parties till date to bring it into force.

(d)  &  (e)  As  per  India's  2 nd Biennial  Update  Report  2018,  India  has  achieved  emission intensity reduction of its GDP by 21% between 2005 and 2014, against the voluntary pledge to reduce the emission intensity of its GDP by 20-25 % by 2020, compared with 2005 level.
Lok Sabha Question No. 950 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Digital Mapping of the Country
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: P. Velusamy, K. Shanmuga Sundaram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.950 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07/02/2020

## DIGITAL MAPPING OF THE COUNTRY

950. SHRI VELUSAMY P.:

SHRI SHANMUGA SUNDARAM K.:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY वान और ौयोगक मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Department of Science and Technology has taken up the task of digitally mapping the entire country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the existing GPS system which is based on satellite-based navigation system cannot be used for digital mapping;
- (d) if not, the reasons for bringing drone based digital mapping system;
- (e) the number of States to be covered under the scheme and the accuracy of the digital mapping done by drones; and
- (f) the steps taken by the Government to preserve the data?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE; MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; AND MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

वाय

और

परवार

कयाण

;

मंी

वान

और

ौयोगक

(डॉ. हष वधन)

- (a) & (b):  Yes Sir. Survey of India (SoI) under Department of Science & Technology (DST) has taken up the work of digitally mapping the entire country being done as per National Map Policy-2005 under "Generation  of  High  Resolution  National  Topographic  Database  (HRNTDB)"  scheme  during  next three financial years from 2020-2021, using:
- 1) High Resolution Satellite Imagery (HRSI) (Sub - meter Imagery): 22.5 lakh sq km.
- 2) Drone/Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) (Professional Survey Grade): 10 lakh sq km.

Work components in the scheme are:

- i. Ground Control Points provisioning/Data Capturing
- ii. Geo-referencing/Data Processing
- iii. Feature Extraction

;

मंी

और

पृ वी

वान

मंी

- iv. Ground validation/Attribute Collection
- v. Final Map Publishing

Deliverables are:

Topographic data layers (based on Spatial Data Model Structure (SDMS) on various scale) viz.

- i. 1:2,000/1000/500 scale data/maps for urban/semi urban/rural settlement (abadi) areas.
- ii. 1:10,000 scale data/maps for balance areas.

(c) The existing Global Positioning System (GPS) system being used for providing ground control points for data capturing, data processing, geo-referencing and ground validation cannot be directly used for digital mapping.

(d) Drone based Digital Mapping System has been introduced for large scale mapping and is not a referencing system as Global Positioning System (GPS).

(e) 25 States and 7 Union Territories are covered under the scheme. The accuracy of Drone based Digital  mapping  is  ±10  cm  Horizontal  (planimetry)  of  Ortho  Rectified  Image  (ORI)  and  Spatial Resolution and 5 cm Ground Sampling Distance (GSD).

(f) Data is archived in Survey of India (SOI) directorates i.e. National Geo-spatial Data Centre, Dehradun and disaster recovery  backup  is  being  done  at  GIS  (Geographic  Information  System)  & Remote Sensing, Hyderabad.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 948 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Facilities at Tata Memorial Center
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Annasaheb Shankar Jolle

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 948 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07 TH FEBRUARY, 20 20

## FACILITIES AT TATA M EMORIAL CENTER

## 948. SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE:

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

(a) whether the Government has taken note of the fact that the Tata Memorial Center, Mumb flooded with thousands of patients, if so, whether the Government proposes to put in p a proper monitoring system for its smooth functioning controlled by the Health Ministry ke in view the increasing inflow of patients;

- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(c) the other steps taken by the Government to prioritize the treatments based on the severity o the disease?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (c): As informed by Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), considering the increase in th number  of  cancer  patients  visiting  Tata  Memorial  Centre  (TMC),  Mumbai  for  treatmen Government of India has sanctioned 6 new cancer hospitals in various parts of the countr y. Out of this, a hospital in Sangrur, Punjab and two hospitals in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh ar commissioned  and  started  functioning.  A  100  bedded  hospital  in  Visakhapatnam  ,  Andhr Pradesh and another 250 bedded cancer hospital in Mullanpur, Punjab are in advanced stages of being  commissioned.  In  addition  TMC/DAE  has  taken  over  260  bedded  Dr.  Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute (BBCI), Guwahati, Assam. Over 50,000 cancer patients have recei treatment  at  these  centres.  To  reduce  inflow  of  patient s  in  Tata  Memorial  Hospital  (TMH), Mumbai, TMC has begun web based second opinion services, where more than 30000 opinions have been given.

DAE has further informed that, as far as TMC is concerned the clinicians triage pa who require immediate atten io  as compared to those where treatment is not on an emergency basis.  TMC  also  have  a  full  fledged  casualty  department  to  deal  with  emergency complications.

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