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Individual Grants

Changing lives, Details of Medical Grants sanctioned/disbursed under Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Allied Trusts
from April 2020 to March 2021
a grant at a time Number of Amount Sanctioned Number of Amount
Ailments
Applications Sanctioned (`)* Disbursals Made Disbursed (`) #
While Tata Trusts have been engaged in major Aid to differently
philanthropic activities, they have not lost sight of abled individuals 2 346,000 8 2,920,000
the ‘individual’. Since their founding, great emphasis
has been laid on assisting in the health and Burns 16 4,483,000 16 1,975,761
education costs of needy and meritorious
individuals. The Individual Grants Programme Cancer 614 198,991,000 803 170,716,194
across the Trusts adopts a comprehensive,
systematic and, most importantly, fair and humane Chronic Illness 72 9,476,800 64 7,290,922
approach to identify individuals in need and
deserving of financial assistance. The Programme Cochlear Implant 6 2,800,000 26 9,032,098
comprises Medical Grants and Educational Grants.
Ophthalmic 2 178,000 1 105,000
Medical Grants General Surgery 7 810,000 4 394,000

A medical emergency, for most families, causes Gynecological 3 220,000 3 220,000
tremendous emotional and financial stress.
Escalating hospital bills and medicine costs have Heart 105 16,135,000 174 16,464,124
rendered decent medical attention beyond the
reach of even the middle-class population of the ICU Treatment 45 10,104,000 44 7,388,058
country. Though medical insurance is becoming
increasingly popular in India, it does not cover the Kidney 24 7,333,000 26 6,030,389
entire cost of treatment, especially for cases such
as cancer, heart ailments, cochlear implants, Liver Disease 14 6,271,000 12 5,966,000
kidney diseases etc. Charitable trusts and
benevolent individuals have been the only Neurology 16 5,301,000 17 4,666,839
recourse for these families to help them
overcome their financial burden. Neurosurgery 26 4,929,000 21 3,537,369
The Trusts are utilising their spreading network of Neo Natal Intensive Care
medical professionals and social workers at Unit (NICU) Treatment 22 2,809,000 18 2,062,198
various prominent government, municipal, private
and charitable hospitals within the country. The Orthopedic 35 5,311,000 30 3,774,274
linkages with these hospitals help in assessing the
socio-economic condition of the family, Respiratory 2 748,000 2 748,000
forwarding the form with the entire set of
documents to the Trusts and providing Tuberculosis 3 926,000 2 460,253
information on the utilisation of the grant Others - - - 5,667,500
disbursed by the Trusts for the patient’s
treatment. All new linkages established by the Total 1,014 277,171,800 1,272 249,418,979
Trusts are valid for a specific time period, after
which a review is undertaken to decide on further (*) Sanctions may also relate to applications received during the previous year, in addition to those received during the year in review.
action. The Trusts have active linkages with 37 (#) Disbursals include grants sanctioned during the previous year, as well as the year in review.
hospitals as on March 2021.

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