Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) under the Administrative control of Department of Atomic Energy expanded in seven states by establishing 11 Hospital/Institutions to provide the comprehensive cancer care at Mumbai, Kharghar-New Mumbai, Punjab, Varanasi, Vizag, Muzaffarupur and Guwahati. TMC created the facility at Khopoli by tapping Indian system of medicine for drug discovery and for cheaper and less side effective drugs. Promotion of Indian and Traditional knowledge of Medicine. Cultivation and Conservation of Medicinal plants unique to India and a 200-bed state-of-the-art cancer hospital and research centre is being established at the NISER Campus, Jatni (Khurda district), Odisha. The current status and the utilization are as follows:

1. There is no irradiation facility established by DAE for sterilisation of medical products in Odisha. There are two Gamma Irradiation Chamber unit in Odisha
   1. GC-5000 installed in “National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
   2. Blood Irradiator in “IMS & SUM Hospital”, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
2. Ferrocarbonatite (FC) is a proven source for REEs explored in large deposits in India. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), jointly with Atomic Minerals Directorate

for Exploration and Research (AMDER), has prepared Certified Reference Material (FC-CRM) for rare earth element (REE) required for development and validation of analytical methods, calibration of instruments and quality control. It certifies 13 REEs (Ce, Dy, Er, Eu, Gd, La, Nd, Pr, Sc, Sm, Tb, Y and Yb) and 6 major elements (Al, Ca, Fe, Mg, Mn and P) and is useful in exploration, extraction and process control in REE ore mining. The CRM is the 4th such CRM in the world and first in India. BARC is producing high-purity gallium, indium, and germanium which is vital for use in semiconductors and radiation detectors to support its nuclear power programme. Further, requisite quality lutetium for radiopharmaceutical applications is also produced through isotope enrichment route. These CRM and lutetium based radiopharmaceutical development can be used by industries and hospitals respectively across the country including Odisha.

3. These indigenously developed technologies related to REEs CRM required for exploration, extraction and process control in REE ore mining, production of radioisotope of requisite quality for medical applications especially in cancer care and production of high purity gallium, indium, and germanium are likely to reduce the dependency on imports in line with the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative. These materials are vital for major technology intensive sectors such as renewable energy, healthcare sector, electronics, radiation detectors for self-reliance in nuclear, healthcare and industrial sector in the country including the state of Odisha. Presently, BARC does not have project proposal in the tribal and aspirational district in Odisha.

This Information was submitted by The Minister Of State For Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in Lok Sabha on 4th February 2026.