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Parliamentary committee on cancer disease

August 26 , 2025 15 hrs 0 min 29 0

A parliamentary committee has recommended declaring cancer a notifiable disease across all states and union territories.
Currently, the National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP) covers only about 18% of India’s population.
Declaring cancer notifiable would improve real-time reporting, support targeted interventions, and enable evidence-based policymaking.
The panel also proposed a high-risk cess or heavy tax on tobacco products to fund cancer research and care.
Oral cancer accounts for over 60,000 new cases annually and over five deaths every hour.