A total of Rs 99,858.56 crore has been given to the Ministry of health and Family Welfare. Out of this, Rs 95,957.87 crore is for the Department of health and Family Welfare and Rs 3900.69 crore is for the Department of health Research. In the 2025-26 budget, the government of india has taken some special steps to improve cancer treatment. The government will open day care cancer centers in all district hospitals in the next three years. 200 centers will be opened in 2025-26. To reduce the cost of treatment, basic custom duty (BCD) has been completely waived on 36 essential medicines for the treatment of cancer, rare diseases and chronic diseases. A concessional custom duty of 5% will be levied on six essential medicines. Apart from this, BCD has also been completely waived on certain medicines given under patient assistance programs run by pharma companies.
Where is the National cancer Grid Centre?
The head office of the National cancer Grid is located at Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Tata Memorial Centre, under the Department of Atomic Energy, government of india, is one of the largest cancer research and treatment institutes in the country.
Tata Memorial Centre was chosen as the head office of NCG because it has a very old and good name in cancer treatment, research and policy making. It has been at the forefront of starting new and better cancer treatments in India. It has cancer expert doctors, advanced research facilities and collaboration with institutions around the world.
Which are the centres of National Cancer Grid?
NSG has expanded its network from 17 centres to 340 centres across states and union territories. With the help of a charitable foundation, Koita Centre of wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital Oncology has been set up to improve cancer prevention and treatment using wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital technology. A National cancer Database has been created for all cancer related policies and the National cancer Control Scheme. Initially, databases have been created for five common cancers.
It is spread across almost every state and union territory in India. Some of the major centers are: AIIMS, Delhi, Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai, Amarta Institute of Medical Sciences, Kerala, rajiv gandhi cancer Institute, Delhi, Kidwai Memorial cancer Institute, Bengaluru.
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