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Cabinet Committee on Economics Affairs(CCEA) today gave its approval for implementation of National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) at an outlay of Rs.266.00 crore during the 10th Five Year Plan. CCEA also gave an approval for incurring of expenditure on infrastructural facilities in the 2nd campus of CNCI, Kolkata to the extent of Rs.25.00 crore in the 11th Plan subject to meeting the expenditure within the overall allocation for the Department during the next Plan.
This will result in better awareness for prevention and early detection of cancer as well as enhanced availability of cancer treatment facilities in the country.
To tackle the problem of Cancer in the country the Government of India started the NCCP in 1975, revised in 1984-85, with the objectives of Primary prevention by health education, Secondary prevention by early detection & diagnosis and Tertiary prevention by strengthening existing institutions. Cancers in all forms cause about 12 per cent of deaths throughout the world. In the developing countries cancer ranks third as a cause of death and accounts for 9.5 per cent (3.8 million) of all deaths. Tobacco, alcohol, infections and hormones contribute towards occurrence of common cancers all over the world. Cancer has become one of the ten leading causes of death in India. It is estimated that there are nearly 1.5-2 million cancer cases at any given point of time. Over 7 lakh new cases of cancer and 3-4 lakh deaths occur annually due to cancer. Nearly 15 lakh patients require facilities for diagnosis, treatment and follow up at a given time. Cancer usually occurs in the later years of life and with increase in life expectancy it is estimated that the total cancer burden in India for all sites will increase from 6.02 lakh new cases per year to 14.14. lakh between 1991-2026.
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