Lok Sabha Question No. 1059 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: Health Minister’s Discretionary Grant
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Navneet Ravi Rana

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1059 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03 rd  DECEMBER 2021

## HEALTH MINISTER'S DISCRETIONARY GRANT

## 1059   SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA: SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

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

- (a) the  criteria  fixed  and  the  number  of  patients  provided  assistance  from  Health  Minister's Discretionary Grant (HMDG) during the last three years including the number of patients benefitted out of the said grant, State/UT-wise including Amravati Parliamentary Constituency;
- (b) the number of applications pending for approval under the Health Minister's  Discretionary Grant including the action taken by the Government thereon;
- (c) the total number of cancer patients diagnosed and the number of them who succumbed to the  disease  across  the  country  during  the  last  three  years  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) whether  complaints  regarding  assistance  not  being  provided  under  the  said  Discretionary Grant to people have been received and if so, the details thereof and the corrective steps taken thereon?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

- (a) Under Health Minister's Discretionary Grant (HMDG) financial assistance up to a maximum of Rs. 1.25 lakhs is provided to the poor indigent patients to defray a part of the expenditure on hospitalization/treatment  in  Government  Hospitals  for  life  threatening  diseases  covered  under Rashtriya  Arogya Nidhi (RAN) in cases where free medical facilities are not available. Only those  having  annual  family  income  up  to  Rs.1.25  lakhs  and  below  are  eligible  for  financial assistance  under  the  scheme.  The  number  of  patients  benefitted  out  of  the  HMDG  grant, State/UT-wise including state of Maharashtra is at Annexure-I
- (b) Recommendation  of  Technical  expert  on  13  cases  have  been  obtained  and  processed  for administrative approval.
- (c) As  per  the  National  Cancer  Registry  Programme  Report,  2020,  the  estimated  number  of incidence and death of cancer cases reported in the country during the last three years is at Annexure-II & III
- (d) No complaints have been received in the last two years.

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|   Sl.No. | State &Uts        |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    |        16 |        22 |        11 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh |         1 |         1 |         0 |
|        3 | Assam             |        21 |         7 |         1 |
|        4 | Bihar             |        80 |        52 |         8 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh      |         3 |         1 |         0 |
|        6 | Delhi             |        22 |        23 |         6 |
|        7 | Himachal Pradesh  |         1 |         0 |         0 |
|        8 | Haryana           |        15 |        25 |         1 |
|        9 | Gujarat           |         0 |         0 |         1 |
|       10 | Jharkhand         |         4 |         6 |         0 |
|       11 | J&K               |        12 |         4 |         1 |
|       12 | Ladakh            |         0 |         1 |         0 |
|       13 | Lakshadweep       |         1 |         1 |         0 |
|       14 | Kerala            |        17 |        11 |        42 |
|       15 | Maharashtra       |         3 |         3 |         3 |
|       16 | Mizoram           |         3 |         6 |        13 |
|       17 | Madhya Pradesh    |        18 |        16 |         7 |
|       18 | Meghalaya         |        10 |         7 |         0 |
|       19 | Manipur           |         1 |         1 |         0 |
|       20 | Nagaland          |         1 |         0 |         0 |
|       21 | Odisha            |         2 |         3 |         0 |
|       22 | Puducherry        |         1 |         0 |         0 |
|       23 | Punjab            |         6 |         5 |         3 |
|       24 | Rajasthan         |         5 |         3 |         3 |
|       25 | Telengana         |         0 |         1 |         0 |
|       26 | Tamil Nadu        |        78 |        19 |         5 |
|       27 | Tripura           |         1 |         1 |         1 |
|       28 | Uttrakhand        |         7 |         0 |         0 |
|       29 | Uttar Pradesh     |       183 |       105 |        22 |
|       30 | West Bengal       |         3 |         4 |         1 |

Annexure-I

Table 1: Estimated Incidence of cancer cases in India by different State/UT- All sites (ICD10: C00-C97) - (2018-2020)* - Both sexes

| States                  |    2018 |    2019 |    2020 |
|-------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
| Jammu &Kashmir          |   12344 |   12675 |   13012 |
| Himachal Pradesh        |    8412 |    8589 |    8799 |
| Punjab                  |   36888 |   37744 |   38636 |
| Chandigarh              |     966 |     994 |    1024 |
| Uttaranchal             |   10932 |   11216 |   11482 |
| Haryana                 |   27665 |   28453 |   29219 |
| Delhi                   |   23678 |   24436 |   25178 |
| Rajasthan               |   67380 |   69156 |   70987 |
| Uttar Pradesh           |  192019 |  196652 |  201319 |
| Bihar                   |   98383 |  101014 |  103711 |
| Sikkim                  |     437 |     443 |     445 |
| Arunachal Pradesh       |     991 |    1015 |    1035 |
| Nagaland                |    1684 |    1719 |    1768 |
| Manipur                 |    1803 |    1844 |    1899 |
| Mizoram                 |    1742 |    1783 |    1837 |
| Tripura                 |    2454 |    2507 |    2574 |
| Meghalaya               |    2741 |    2808 |    2879 |
| Assam                   |   36029 |   36948 |   37880 |
| West Bengal             |  103309 |  105814 |  108394 |
| Jharkhand               |   32150 |   33045 |   33961 |
| Orissa                  |   48491 |   49604 |   50692 |
| Chattisgarh             |   26443 |   27113 |   27828 |
| Madhya Pradesh          |   73957 |   75911 |   77888 |
| Gujarat                 |   66069 |   67841 |   69660 |
| Daman                   |     107 |     118 |     124 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli     |     173 |     186 |     206 |
| Maharashtra             |  110696 |  113374 |  116121 |
| Telangana               |   45335 |   46464 |   47620 |
| Andhra Pradesh          |   67370 |   68883 |   70424 |
| Karnataka               |   81729 |   83824 |   85968 |
| Goa                     |    1543 |    1591 |    1618 |
| Lakshadweep             |      27 |      27 |      27 |
| Kerala                  |   55145 |   56148 |   57155 |
| Tamil Nadu              |   84320 |   86596 |   88866 |
| Pondicherry             |    1469 |    1523 |    1577 |
| Andaman &Nicobar Island |     351 |     357 |     366 |
| Total                   | 1325232 | 1358415 | 1392179 |

Ref: National Cancer Registry Program report, 2020

*Projected cancer cases for India were computed using Age specific incidence Rate of 28 PBCRs of 2012-2016 and the projected population (person-years)

Table 2: Estimated Incidence of cancer cases in India by different State/UT- All sites (ICD10: C00-C97) - (2018-2020)** - Both sexes

| States                  |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |
|-------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| Jammu &Kashmir          |   6824 |   7003 |   7189 |
| Himachal Pradesh        |   4624 |   4744 |   4856 |
| Punjab                  |  21278 |  21763 |  22276 |
| Chandigarh              |    532 |    548 |    564 |
| Uttaranchal             |   6028 |   6184 |   6337 |
| Haryana                 |  15255 |  15684 |  16109 |
| Delhi                   |  13218 |  13644 |  14057 |
| Rajasthan               |  37123 |  38100 |  39111 |
| Uttar Pradesh           | 106350 | 108911 | 111491 |
| Bihar                   |  54566 |  56028 |  57531 |
| Sikkim                  |    270 |    275 |    276 |
| Arunachal Pradesh       |    612 |    622 |    635 |
| Nagaland                |    961 |    982 |   1008 |
| Manipur                 |   1047 |   1070 |   1105 |
| Mizoram                 |   1119 |   1149 |   1183 |
| Tripura                 |   1496 |   1526 |   1571 |
| Meghalaya               |   1791 |   1837 |   1887 |
| Assam                   |  21715 |  22261 |  22824 |
| West Bengal             |  56988 |  58368 |  59786 |
| Jharkhand               |  17710 |  18215 |  18716 |
| Orissa                  |  26810 |  27427 |  28024 |
| Chattisgarh             |  14522 |  14891 |  15279 |
| Madhya Pradesh          |  40798 |  41876 |  42966 |
| Gujarat                 |  36325 |  37300 |  38306 |
| Daman                   |     55 |     63 |     66 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli     |     92 |    102 |    109 |
| Maharashtra             |  60814 |  62291 |  63797 |
| Telangana               |  24788 |  25408 |  26038 |
| Andhra Pradesh          |  36884 |  37724 |  38582 |
| Karnataka               |  44775 |  45926 |  47113 |
| Goa                     |    848 |    877 |    893 |
| Lakshadweep             |     13 |     13 |     13 |
| Kerala                  |  30057 |  30615 |  31166 |
| Tamil Nadu              |  45846 |  47075 |  48314 |
| Pondicherry             |    794 |    820 |    852 |
| Andaman &Nicobar Island |    193 |    195 |    200 |
| Total                   | 733139 | 751517 | 770230 |

Ref: National Cancer Registry Program report, 2020

* Projected cancer cases for India were computed using Age specific incidence Rate of 28 PBCRs of 2012-2016 and the projected population (person-years)

**Projected mortality cases for India were computed by applying Mumbai Mortality/Incidence (MI) ratio to the projected incidence cancer cases.