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INDIVIDUAL GRANTS

PROMOTING TALENT, MEDICAL GRANTS

ASSUAGING PHYSICAL Most families experience extreme emotional and financial

SUFFERING stress as a result of a medical emergency. Even
middle-income households in the country find it hard to
Since its inception, the Trusts have extended help to a ord quality medical care due to rising hospital bills and
deserving and disadvantaged individuals with their medication expenditures. Although medical insurance is
medical and educational expenses. The Trusts' Individual becoming increasingly popular in India, it does not often
Grants Programme uses a thorough, structured, and, most cover the entire cost of treatment, particularly in cases
importantly, fair and humanitarian methodology to involving cancer, heart ailments, cochlear implants, kidney
identify those who are in need of and merit financial diseases, etc. The only options left to individuals and
support. The programme comprises educational and families encountering a medical emergency and unable to
medical grants. cover the cost of treatment seem to be charitable
organisations and compassionate individuals coming
forward to help lessen their load.

In order to aid such cases, the Trusts tap into its extensive
network of medical specialists and social workers at
numerous prestigious government, municipal, commercial,
and non-profit hospitals around the country. As of March
2023, Tata Trusts is actively working with 24 hospitals.

Details of Medical Grants sanctioned/disbursed under Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Allied Trusts from April 2022 to March 2023

Number of Amount Sanctioned Number of Amount Disbursed
Ailments
Applications Sanctioned in ` million* Disbursals Made in ` million #
Cancer 612 257.43 721 189.46

Cochlear Implant 24 11.71 30 14.63

Heart 182 34.34 208 30.23
Liver Disease 26 15.28 27 12.34

Others 294 84.00 345 76.25

Total 1,138 402.76 1,331 322.91

* Sanctions may also relate to applications received during the previous year, in addition to those received during the year in review.
# Disbursals include grants sanctioned during the previous year, as well as the year in review. Further, a sum of `1.04 million disbursed by
the Allied Trusts of SRTT towards relief of poverty has not been included in the table above.

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