Lok Sabha Question No. 2726 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-04
Subject: National Cancer Registry Programme
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sanjay(Kaka) Ramchandra Patil

## GOVERNMENT OFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2726 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 th AUGUST, 2023

## NATIONALCANCER REGISTRYPROGRAMME

## 2726. SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL:

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

- (a) the goal of the National Cancer Registry Programme;
- (b) whether the Government is aware that only 10% of India's population is covered by the PopulationBased Cancer Registries (PBCRs) under the National Cancer Registry Programme;
- (c) the details of the number of PBCRs across the country, State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether it is a fact that more rural-based PBCRs are required to get information about the incidence and type of cancers across the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to further this endeavor including the quantum of funds being dedicated to the project, State/UT-wise?

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

## (PROF. SATYA PAL SINGH BAGHEL)

- (a): The National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP) collects data to achieve the following purposes:
1. Cancer incidence, mortality, outcome, diagnosis and treatment according to sex, age, place of the patient and the anatomical site of cancer. This is useful in estimating burden, trends and survival from cancers.
2. Capacity building in cancer registration in hospitals

(b) and (c): The coverage by the National Cancer Registry Programme is 16.4% in India. There are 38 Population Based Cancer Registries (PBCRs), of which 36 PBCRs are in 20 states, and 2 PBCRs are in two UTs. The status of number of PBCRs in the country by States/UTs is attached as Annexure 1.

(d): National Cancer Registry Programme covers 2 PBCRs (Barshi rural and Nagpur rural) in rural population, 24 PBCRs cover both rural and urban population and 12 PBCRs cover urban population. It strengthens the cancer statistics.

(e): Under National Cancer Registry Programme, the per annum cost of running PBCRs is approximately Rs 15 Crores.

| Table - Number of PBCRs across the country, States/UTs-wise under NCRP   | Table - Number of PBCRs across the country, States/UTs-wise under NCRP   | Table - Number of PBCRs across the country, States/UTs-wise under NCRP   |
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| S.No                                                                     | States/UTs                                                               | Number of PBCRs                                                          |
| 1.                                                                       | Arunachal Pradesh                                                        | 2                                                                        |
| 2.                                                                       | Assam                                                                    | 4                                                                        |
| 3.                                                                       | Bihar                                                                    | 1                                                                        |
| 4.                                                                       | Gujarat                                                                  | 2                                                                        |
| 5.                                                                       | Karnataka                                                                | 1                                                                        |
| 6.                                                                       | Kerala                                                                   | 3                                                                        |
| 7.                                                                       | Madhya Pradesh                                                           | 1                                                                        |
| 8.                                                                       | Maharashtra                                                              | 8                                                                        |
| 9.                                                                       | Manipur                                                                  | 1                                                                        |
| 10.                                                                      | Meghalaya                                                                | 1                                                                        |
| 11.                                                                      | Mizoram                                                                  | 1                                                                        |
| 12.                                                                      | Nagaland                                                                 | 1                                                                        |
| 13.                                                                      | Punjab                                                                   | 1                                                                        |
| 14.                                                                      | Sikkim                                                                   | 1                                                                        |
| 15.                                                                      | Tamil Nadu                                                               | 1                                                                        |
| 16.                                                                      | Telangana                                                                | 1                                                                        |
| 17.                                                                      | Tripura                                                                  | 1                                                                        |
| 18.                                                                      | Uttarakhand                                                              | 1                                                                        |
| 19.                                                                      | Uttar Pradesh                                                            | 3                                                                        |
| 20.                                                                      | West Bengal                                                              | 1                                                                        |
| 21.                                                                      | Delhi                                                                    | 1                                                                        |
| 22.                                                                      | Jammu &Kashmir                                                           | 1                                                                        |

## Annexure 1