(a) whether the Union Government have received a proposal from the State Government of Andhra Pradesh regarding financial assistance to the Indo-American Cancer Research which is pending with the Centre for a long time;
(b) if so, the details of the proposals and the reasons for pendency; and
(c) the time by which the Union Government are likely to clear the proposal?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI A. RAJA)
(a) Yes, Sir.
(b) & (c) Indo-American Cancer Institute & Research Centre promoted by Smt. N.B.T. Rama Rao Memorial Cancer Foundation & American Telugu Women`s Organisation has requested for grant-in-aid for purchase of Simulator Machine. Under the scheme of setting up of Cobalt Therapy Unit an amount of Rs.1.00 crore was released to the Smt. NBT Rama Rao Memorial Cancer Hospital, Hyderabad in 1999. Since this is a one time grant, the request of the organisation for additional assistance was not acceded to and they were informed accordingly.