Over 200 Day Care Cancer Centres to be set up soon: Centre - Video

For Financial Year 2025-26, more than 200 Day Care Cancer Centres (DCCCs) have been approved for establishment across the country. A list of approved DCCCs for Financial Year 2025-26 is attached as Annexure.

The DCCCs will be established in District hospitals as per availability of space and logistics; however, based on the feasibility and as per State proposals, DCCCs can be established in other Government health facilities also. Unit cost for establishment of DCCCs may be up to Rs. 1.49 Crores as per requirement and gaps at that facility.

Fund requirement is fulfilled by the State Resource Envelope (RE) of National Health Mission (NHM) and proportion of States/UTs will be as per norms of NHM.

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare conducted a national gap analysis using Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) cancer registry data and planned for establishment of Day Care Cancer Centres (DCCCs) in consultation with States, as per announcement in the Union Budget 2025-26.