New Delhi, Dec 5, 2025

More than 1.20 crore women in India have been screened for cervical cancer in 2025, the government informed the Parliament on Friday.

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, the Union Minister for Health, Prataprao Jadhav, shared that a population-based initiative for prevention, control, and screening for common Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), including cervical cancer, has been rolled out in the country under the National Health Mission (NHM) as a part of Comprehensive Primary Health Care.

Under the initiative, persons more than 30 years of age are targeted for their screening.

As per the National NCD Portal, the rate of screening for cervical cancer has consistently increased since 2020-21.

“In 2020-21, screening for cervical cancer was done for 2,111,011 wome

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