Friday, 31 July 2015

Funds for BPL Cancer Patients

The Health Minister’s Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF) has been established within Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) which has a separate corpus fund. An amount of Rs. 100.00 crore has been placed in the corpus fund and the earnings from the Corpus Fund accruing out of interest are utilized for providing financial assistance to cancer patients, through 27 Regional Cancer Centres (RCC) located all over India. Revolving Funds have been set up in these RCCs by placing an amount up to Rs. 50 lakh for providing financial assistance for treatment up to Rs. 2 lakh in individual cases. Cases involving expenditure over and above Rs. 2 lakh are referred to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
The details of funds released to 27 Regional Cancer Centres (RCCs) State/UT wise from HMCPF for last three years and current year are given below:-
Details of funds released to States/ UTs under Health Minister’s Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF) during last three years and current year and number of patients benefitted*:
Name of State/UT


Amount released Rs. in Lakh)

No. of patients benefitted
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
(up to 20.7.2015)
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
(up to 20.7.2015)
Andhra Pradesh
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Assam
60
30
90
30
1202
1233
2182
-
Bihar
-
-
-
135.92
-
-
-
24
Chhattisgarh
-
-
20
35
-
-
32
1
Delhi
-
-
20
15
-
-
-
2
Gujarat
20
10
-
-
35
-
-
-
Haryana
-
10
-
33.25
-
-
-
7
Himachal Pradesh
50
40
50
22
637
602
236
1
Jammu and  Kashmir
20
10
20
42.02
299
225
293
2
Jharkhand
-
-
-
2.5
-
-
-
1
Karnataka
90
40
-
-
790
70
-
-
Kerala
160
60
50
-
181
1080
-
-
Madhya Pradesh
20
30
110
96.5
74
171
719
347
Maharashtra
40
20
40
12
164
100
-
1
Manipur
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Mizoram
60
20
20
-
374
84
-
-
Meghalaya
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Orissa
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Punjab
-
10
20
40
-
48
45
-
Puducherry
10
10
10
-
62
12
-
-
Rajasthan
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tamil Nadu
70
30
140
54
67
33
143
1
Tripura
60
40
80
-
1110
570
497
-
Uttar Pradesh
20
30
40
129
43
299
220
16
Uttarakhand
-
-
-
14
-
-
-
2
West Bengal
80
50
50
28.2
332
195
-
7
Total 
760
440
760
689.39
5370
4722
4367
412

*As per utilization received.

Presently financial assistance under HMCPF is extended to patients living below poverty line as fixed by the erstwhile Planning Commission, so as to provide assistance to the more vulnerable sections of the population.
The National Cancer Registry Programme of Indian Council of Medical Research aims at generating reliable data on magnitude and patterns of cancer.
The Health Minister, Shri J P Nadda stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today(31-07-2015).

Courtesy:pib.nic.in

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