Archive · 31 Aug 2026
Assam Approves Rs 600-Crore Proton Beam Cancer Facility
The Assam government has approved a new facility for a specialized type of cancer treatment.
The facility will use Proton Beam Therapy.
It is expected to cost Rs 600 crore.
The project is part of a larger plan to build and improve important infrastructure.
The plan includes hospitals, schools, roads, electricity, homes, and industrial facilities.
The government also wants to improve primary healthcare.
It plans to strengthen embankments because floods often damage homes, farms, roads, and other structures in Assam.
Money for these projects will come from the state, NABARD loans, and Central government schemes.
The Assam Cabinet approved a Rs 600-crore Proton Beam Therapy facility.
The project is part of a broader capital expenditure plan covering healthcare, education, roads, power, housing, and industry.
Funding is expected from state resources, NABARD borrowings, and Central government schemes.
The government also approved proposals involving schools, anganwadi centres, women’s facilities, roads, and power infrastructure.
Plans include strengthening vulnerable embankments to improve flood protection and upgrading industrial infrastructure.
- Who
- The Assam Cabinet and Assam state government.
- What
- Approval of a Rs 600-crore Proton Beam Therapy facility and wider infrastructure investments.
- Where
- Assam, India.
- Why
- To expand access to advanced cancer treatment, improve healthcare and other infrastructure, strengthen flood protection, and support industrial investment.
- Project
- Proton Beam Therapy facility
- Estimated cost
- Rs 600 crore
- Approving body
- Assam Cabinet
- Funding sources
- State resources, NABARD borrowings, and Central government schemes
- Other sectors
- Education, roads, power, housing, and industrial infrastructure
- Flood protection
- Strengthening embankments at vulnerable locations
- Women’s facilities
- Proposed women-only markets and hostels