Lok Sabha Question No. 1267 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-06
Subject: Rising of Cancer Cases
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Deepender Singh Hooda

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1267 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH FEBRUARY, 2026

## RISING OF CANCER CASES

## 1267. SHRI DEEPENDER SINGH HOODA:

Will the Ministerof HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Government has observed an increase in cancer cases across the country since 2014 and if so, the data thereof, cancer-type-wise and State-wise;
- (b) the details of the number of cancer-related deaths reported annually since 2014;
- (c) whether any studies or expert committees have identified specific causes or products contributing to the rise in cancer cases in the country and if so, the details thereof including any items or substances banned or restricted by the Government;
- (d) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to strengthen cancer screening,early detection and treatment infrastructure, including establishment of regional cancer centres and the availability of oncology specialists; and
- (e) the details of budget allocation and expenditure for cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment from 2014-15 till date?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

- (a) & (b) As per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) -National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP), the estimated number of incidence of all types of cancer cases in the country since 2014 by States and Union Territories-wise is at Annexure-I. The estimated number of mortality of cancer in the country since 2014 is at Annexure-II.
- (c) ICMR has informed that the reasons for increase in number of cancer cases reported is due to access and availability of improved diagnostic techniques for detection of cancer, increased life expectancy, growing share of geriatric population, higher health consciousness and improved health seeking behaviour. Also, there has been significant increase in the classical risk factors associated with Non - Communicable Disease(NCDs) including cancer such as tobacco and alcohol consumption, insufficient physical activities, unhealthy diets, consumption of high salt, sugar and saturated fats, etc.

(d) The Department of Health and Family Welfare provides technical and financial support to States and Union Territories under the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non Communicable Diseases (NP-NCD). The programme focuses on strengthening infrastructure, human resource development, screening, early diagnosis, referral, treatment, and health promotion for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) including cancer.

Under National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NPNCD), 770 District NCD Clinics, 364 District Day Care Cancer Centres (DCCC), and 6,410 NCD clinics at Community Health Centres have been set up. Further 297 District Day Care Cancer Centre (DCCC) were approved for the Financial Year 2025-26 to ensure cancer care accessibility at district hospital level.

A population-based initiative for the prevention, control and screening of common noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including three common cancers, has been rolled out across the country. Under the initiative, persons over 30 years of age are targeted for their screening for the common NCDs including Cancer.

Further 19 State Cancer Institutes (SCIs) and 20 Tertiary Cancer Care Centers (TCCCs) have been set up in different parts of the country to provide advanced cancer care. Also, cancer treatment facilities have been approved in all 22 new AIIMS with diagnostic, medical and surgical facilities.

(e) Details of expenditure against National Programme for Prevention and Control of NonCommunicable Diseases (NP-NCD) under Flexible Pool for Non Communicable Diseases Programme (NCD) under NHM during the period of F.Y. 2015-16 to 2024-25 is attached at Annexure-III.

## Annexure referred in part (a) of PQ

## Estimated Incidence of Cancer Cases in India (All Sites - Both Sexes)

State/UT-wise: 2014 to 2024

| State/UT                  | 2014   | 2015   | 2016   | 2017   | 2018   |   2019 |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |   2023 |   2024 |
|---------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| Jammu & Kashmir           | 14115  | 14864  | 15652  | 16480  | 17351  |  12396 |  12726 |  13060 |  13395 |  13744 |  14112 |
| Ladakh                    | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      |    279 |    286 |    294 |    302 |    309 |    318 |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 7425   | 7722   | 8029   | 8348   | 8679   |   8589 |   8799 |   8978 |   9164 |   9373 |   9566 |
| Punjab                    | 30025  | 31214  | 32474  | 33781  | 35137  |  37744 |  38636 |  39521 |  40435 |  41337 |  42288 |
| Chandigarh                | 1162   | 1217   | 1274   | 1335   | 1398   |    994 |   1024 |   1053 |   1088 |   1120 |   1152 |
| Uttarakhand               | 11240  | 11796  | 12381  | 12995  | 13640  |  11216 |  11482 |  11779 |  12065 |  12348 |  12642 |
| Haryana                   | 27933  | 29240  | 30611  | 32049  | 33558  |  28453 |  29219 |  30015 |  30851 |  31679 |  32513 |
| Delhi                     | 18356  | 19168  | 20015  | 20899  | 21821  |  24436 |  25178 |  25969 |  26735 |  27561 |  28387 |
| Rajasthan                 | 75642  | 79160  | 82836  | 86675  | 90686  |  69156 |  70987 |  72825 |  74725 |  76655 |  78604 |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 222615 | 233659 | 245231 | 257353 | 270053 | 196652 | 201319 | 206088 | 210958 | 215931 | 221000 |
| Bihar                     | 117603 | 123949 | 130628 | 137656 | 145051 | 101014 | 103711 | 106435 | 109274 | 112180 | 115123 |
| Sikkim                    | 463    | 473    | 479    | 485    | 490    |    443 |    445 |    465 |    496 |    525 |    561 |
| Arunachal Pradesh         | 1231   | 1252   | 1272   | 1292   | 1313   |   1015 |   1035 |   1064 |   1087 |   1125 |   1143 |
| Nagaland                  | 1288   | 1294   | 1300   | 1309   | 1318   |   1719 |   1768 |   1805 |   1854 |   1890 |   1935 |
| Manipur                   | 2836   | 2916   | 2998   | 3082   | 3168   |   1844 |   1899 |   2022 |   2097 |   2169 |   2250 |
| Mizoram                   | 1585   | 1618   | 1652   | 1687   | 1723   |   1783 |   1837 |   1919 |   1985 |   2063 |   2114 |
| Tripura                   | 2139   | 2169   | 2199   | 2229   | 2260   |   2507 |   2574 |   2623 |   2715 |   2790 |   2871 |
| Meghalaya                 | 3184   | 3246   | 3311   | 3376   | 3442   |   2808 |   2879 |   2943 |   3025 |   3099 |   3168 |
| Assam                     | 31124  | 31474  | 31825  | 32177  | 32530  |  36948 |  37880 |  38834 |  39787 |  40721 |  41713 |
| West Bengal               | 99339  | 103532 | 107906 | 112466 | 117220 | 105814 | 108394 | 110972 | 113581 | 116230 | 118910 |
| Jharkhand                 | 37031  | 38947  | 40959  | 43071  | 45289  |  33045 |  33961 |  34910 |  35860 |  36840 |  37824 |
| Odisha                    | 45736  | 47666  | 49674  | 51763  | 53936  |  49604 |  50692 |  51829 |  52960 |  54136 |  55335 |
| Chhattisgarh              | 28738  | 30239  | 31817  | 33477  | 35223  |  27113 |  27828 |  28529 |  29253 |  30014 |  30763 |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 81034  | 85078  | 89315  | 93754  | 98403  |  75911 |  77888 |  79871 |  81901 |  84029 |  86124 |
| Gujarat                   | 66952  | 70171  | 73551  | 77097  | 80820  |  67841 |  69660 |  71507 |  73382 |  75290 |  77205 |
| Daman & Diu               | 339    | 385    | 440    | 504    | 579    |    118 |    124 |    135 |    150 |    161 |    173 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 421    | 457    | 497    | 542    | 591    |    186 |    206 |    219 |    238 |    252 |    268 |
| Maharashtra               | 122256 | 127390 | 132726 | 138271 | 144032 | 113374 | 116121 | 118906 | 121717 | 124584 | 127512 |
| Telangana                 | 38494  | 40177  | 41939  | 43784  | 45713  |  46464 |  47620 |  48775 |  49983 |  51145 |  52334 |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 53570  | 55776  | 58072  | 60475  | 62978  |  68883 |  70424 |  71970 |  73536 |  75086 |  76708 |
| Karnataka                 | 67237  | 70302  | 73511  | 76867  | 80381  |  83824 |  85968 |  88126 |  90349 |  92560 |  94832 |
| Goa                       | 1587   | 1655   | 1726   | 1801   | 1881   |   1591 |   1618 |   1652 |   1700 |   1735 |   1783 |
| Lakshadwee p              | 77     | 82     | 89     | 96     | 104    |     27 |     27 |     28 |     28 |     31 |     32 |
| Kerala                    | 37550  | 39672  | 42004  | 44566  | 47382  |  56148 |  57155 |  58139 |  59143 |  60162 |  61175 |
| Tamil Nadu                | 76091  | 78512  | 80999  | 83554  | 86180  |  86596 |  88866 |  91184 |  93536 |  95944 |  98386 |
| Puducherry                | 1428   | 1510   | 1596   | 1687   | 1783   |   1523 |   1577 |   1623 |   1679 |   1753 |   1823 |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 402    | 415    | 429    | 443    | 458    |    357 |    366 |    380 |    393 |    401 |    408 |

Annexure-I

## Annexure referred in part (b) of PQ

| Estimated Mortality of cancer cases in India by different State/UT-All sites (2014-2023)-Both sexes   | Estimated Mortality of cancer cases in India by different State/UT-All sites (2014-2023)-Both sexes   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year                                                                                                  | No. of Mortality of cancer cases                                                                      |
| 2014                                                                                                  | 6,62,592                                                                                              |
| 2015                                                                                                  | 6,79,776                                                                                              |
| 2016                                                                                                  | 6,97,255                                                                                              |
| 2017                                                                                                  | 7,15,010                                                                                              |
| 2018                                                                                                  | 7,33,139                                                                                              |
| 2019                                                                                                  | 7,51,517                                                                                              |
| 2020                                                                                                  | 7,70,230                                                                                              |
| 2021                                                                                                  | 7,89,202                                                                                              |
| 2022                                                                                                  | 8,08,558                                                                                              |
| 2023                                                                                                  | 8,28,252                                                                                              |

## Annexure-II

## Annexure referred in part (e) of PQ

## Annexure-III

| Details of Expenditure against National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NP- NCD) underFlexible Pool forNon Communicable Diseases Programme (NCD)under NHMduring the period of F.Y. 2015-16 to 2024-25   | Details of Expenditure against National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NP- NCD) underFlexible Pool forNon Communicable Diseases Programme (NCD)under NHMduring the period of F.Y. 2015-16 to 2024-25   | Details of Expenditure against National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NP- NCD) underFlexible Pool forNon Communicable Diseases Programme (NCD)under NHMduring the period of F.Y. 2015-16 to 2024-25   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Financial Year                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Expenditure                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 2015-16                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 15356.91                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 2016-17                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 19928.78                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 2017-18                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 10964.48                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 2018-19                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 12410.9                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 2019-20                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 13472.92                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 2020-21                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 12973.52                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 2021-22                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 41349.17                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 2022-23                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 47354.57                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 2023-24                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 48720.78                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 2024-25                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 64471.31                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |