Lok Sabha Question No. 134 (STARRED), answered on 2023-02-10
Subject: Health Minister’s Cancer Patient Fund
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Pintu, Jugal Kishore Sharma

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 134 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 TH  FEBRUARY, 2023

## HEALTH MINISTER'S CANCER PATIENT FUND

## †*134. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU: SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA:

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

- (a) whether the Government is providing financial assistance to the poor cancer patients living Below Poverty Line under Health Minister's Cancer Patient Fund and if so, the details thereof along with procedure to seek financial assistance from the said fund;
- (b) the number of patients benefitted under the scheme along with the amount disbursed during each of the last three years and the current year, State/ UT-wise;
- (c) the number of applications seeking financial assistance under the said fund pending with the Government, State/UT-wise including Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu along with the reasons therefor; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  increase  financial  assistance  under  the  said fund  to  Rupees  fifteen  lakhs  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (DR MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

- (a) to (  d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 134 FOR 10 TH  FEBRUARY, 2023

(a) The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare provides one-time financial assistance upto Rs.15 lakh for treatment of poor patients living below threshold poverty line and suffering from cancer through Health Minister's Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF) which is a component of the Umbrella Scheme of Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN). The financial assistance is provided for treatment of the patient at Regional Cancer Centres (RCCs) / Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCC),  State Cancer Institutes (SCI) and other Government hospitals/institutes having cancer treatment facilities.

Application  in  prescribed  proforma  duly  signed  by  the  treating  doctor  and countersigned by Medical Superintendent of the Government hospital along with Income Certificate  and  Ration  Card  of  the  family  is  required  to  be  submitted  for  seeking financial assistance under HMCPF. The process of cases under HMCPF involves various stages  of  action  i.e.  scrutiny  of  application,  placing  the  matter  before  Technical Committee, administrative and financial approvals.

(b)          Financial  assistance  for  eligible  patients  is  released  to  the  treating  hospitals  / institutes. There is no State / UT-wise allocation of funds under the Umbrella Scheme of RAN.  Therefore,  State  /  UT-wise  data  is  not  maintained  centrally.  As  per  records maintained  in  the  Ministry,  the  number  of  patients  (identified  on  the  basis  of  their residence)  for  whom  financial  assistance  had  been  provided  along  with  amount disbursed under HMCPF, State/UT wise, is placed at Annexure.

(c)    All  three  applications  which  were  received  recently  in  the  Ministry  have  already been processed.

(d)      Under  HMCPF  component of  the  Umbrella  Scheme  of  RAN,  there  is  already  a provision of providing financial assistance upto maximum of Rs.15 lakh.

## Statement showing State/UT-wise number of patients for whom financial assistance had been provided under HMCPF through Government Hospitals/Institutes

|         |                  | FY 2019-20      | FY 2019-20                      | FY 2020-21      | FY 2020-21                      | FY 2021-22      | FY 2021-22                      | FY 2022-23 (As on 08.02.2023)   | FY 2022-23 (As on 08.02.2023)   |
|---------|------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Sl. No. | State/UT         | No. of patients | Amount disbursed (Rs. in lakhs) | No. of patients | Amount disbursed (Rs. in lakhs) | No. of patients | Amount disbursed (Rs. in lakhs) | No. of patients                 | Amount disbursed (Rs. in lakhs) |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh   | 74              | 407.52                          | 19              | 81.35                           | 2               | 10.00                           | 1                               | 5.00                            |
| 2       | Assam            | 1               | 6.00                            | 1               | 8.00                            | 0               | 0.00                            | 0                               | 0.00                            |
| 3       | Bihar            | 43              | 246.28                          | 16              | 163.70                          | 4               | 46.00                           | 2                               | 15.00                           |
| 4       | Chandigarh       | 0               | 0                               | 0               | 0                               | 0               | 0                               | 1                               | 9.60                            |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh     | 0               | 0.00                            | 1               | 2.50                            | 0               | 0.00                            | 0                               | 0.00                            |
| 6       | Delhi            | 16              | 126.93                          | 12              | 103.50                          | 12              | 127.00                          | 11                              | 80.38                           |
| 7       | Himachal Pradesh | 0               | 0.00                            | 0               | 0.00                            | 0               | 0.00                            | 2                               | 24.10                           |
| 8       | Haryana          | 29              | 169.70                          | 17              | 75.87                           | 3               | 35.00                           | 0                               | 0.00                            |
| 9       | Jharkhand        | 6               | 48.00                           | 4               | 54.00                           | 0               | 0.00                            | 0                               | 0.00                            |
| 10      | J&K              | 88              | 430.10                          | 31              | 186.88                          | 3               | 31.00                           | 0                               | 0.00                            |
| 11      | Ladakh           | 0               | 0.00                            | 0               | 0.00                            | 1               | 15.00                           | 0                               | 0.00                            |
| 12      | Kerala           | 6               | 30.00                           | 0               | 0.00                            | 1               | 2.00                            | 0                               | 0.00                            |
| 13      | Maharashtra      | 16              | 111.50                          | 17              | 201.20                          | 6               | 56.50                           | 0                               | 0.00                            |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh   | 7               | 54.75                           | 4               | 46.08                           | 2               | 14.00                           | 2                               | 8.50                            |
| 15      | Odisha           | 1               | 15.00                           | 3               | 33.70                           | 0               | 0.00                            | 1                               | 15.00                           |
| 16      | Punjab           | 7               | 30.40                           | 2               | 23.50                           | 2               | 15.00                           | 0                               | 0.00                            |
| 17      | Rajasthan        | 4               | 25.00                           | 4               | 37.00                           | 2               | 21.00                           | 1                               | 10.00                           |
| 18      | Sikkim           | 1               | 10.00                           | 0               | 0.00                            | 0               | 0.00                            | 0                               | 0.00                            |
| 19      | Tamil Nadu       | 8               | 44.90                           | 0               | 0.00                            | 0               | 0.00                            | 0                               | 0.00                            |
| 20      | Tripura          | 1               | 5.00                            | 0               | 0.00                            | 0               | 0.00                            | 1                               | 0.13                            |
| 21      | Uttarakhand      | 12              | 75.25                           | 2               | 27.00                           | 0               | 0.00                            | 1                               | 7.00                            |
| 22      | Uttar Pradesh    | 143             | 802.27                          | 56              | 442.22                          | 49              | 345.94                          | 38                              | 245.11                          |
| 23      | West Bengal      | 7               | 38.47                           | 7               | 86.50                           | 2               | 25.00                           | 2                               | 11.00                           |