Measures taken against Rising Cervical Cancer

8.73 Crore Women Screened for Cervical Cancer as on February 17, 2026: National NCD Portal Nationwide HPV Vaccination Campaign Underway for 14-Year-Old Girls at Government Health Facilities Posted On: 10 MAR 2026 1:19PM by PIB Delhi As per the National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research (NCDIR) &ndash; National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP), the estimated number of incidence and the estimated number of mortalities of Cervical Cancer in the country during (2021-2025), State/UT -wise is at Annexure I & II. As per the National NCD Portal, 8.73 Cr women have been screened for cervical cancer as on 17th February 2026. The nationwide HPV vaccination campaign is running targeting eligible girls aged 14 years at designated Government facilities like - Ayushman Aarogya Mandir (AAM) - Primary Health Centers (PHCs), Community Health Centers (CHCs), Sub-district Hospitals (SDHs), District Hospitals (DHs) and Government Medical Colleges and Hospitals (GMCHs). The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Shri. Prataprao Jadhav stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today. **** Annexure-I Estimated Incidence of cancer cases in India by different State/UT wise (2021-2025) - Cervix Uteri (C53) State 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Jammu & Kashmir 70 71 72 72 73 Ladakh 1 1 1 1 1 Himachal Pradesh 301 303 304 306 307 Punjab 1279 1288 1296 1305 1314 Chandigarh 36 36 36 37 37 Uttarakhand 460 465 469 474 479 Haryana 1148 1163 1178 1193 1208 Delhi 793 767 741 716 692 Rajasthan 3852 3898 3945 3991 4038 Uttar Pradesh 11054 11173 11292 11411 11530 Bihar 7773 7892 8012 8131 8250 Sikkim 23 23 23 24 24 Arunachal Pradesh 35 35 36 36 36 Nagaland 158 160 161 163 164 Manipur 102 105 108 111 114 Mizoram 134 138 141 144 147 Tripura 192 195 198 201 204 Meghalaya 87 88 89 90 90 Assam 1750 1767 1784 1802 1819 West Bengal 6300 6334 6368 6403 6437 Jharkhand 2468 2501 2534 2567 2600 Orissa 2978 2998 3018 3038 3057 Chhattisgarh 1470 1487 1504 1522 1539 Madhya Pradesh 4093 4145 4197 4249 4300 Gujarat 2483 2436 2390 2345 2372 Daman 11 11 11 11 12 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 19 19 20 20 21 Maharashtra 4848 4752 4658 4566 4600 Telangana 3169 3185 3201 3217 3233 Andhra Pradesh 4460 4476 4493 4509 4526 Karnataka 5572 5607 5642 5677 5712 Goa 58 56 55 53 54 Lakshadweep 6 6 6 6 6 Kerala 1642 1649 1655 1662 1668 Tamilnadu 7902 8021 8142 8264 8389 Puducherry 139 143 147 150 154 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 32 32 32 32 32 Total 76898 77426 77959 78499 79239 Annexure-II Estimated Mortality of cancer cases in India by different State/UT wise (2021-2025) - Cervix Uteri (C53) State 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Jammu & Kashmir 38 38 39 39 39 Ladakh 1 1 1 1 1 Himachal Pradesh 163 164 164 165 166 Punjab 691 696 700 705 710 <span style="f