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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