Explanation:

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) being built in Jhajjar, Haryana, is set to begin operations in September end. The centre, which comes under the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), will be the nodal institution in the country for all activities related to cancer care, prevention and treatment.

The one-of-its-kind institute will have links with regional cancer centres and institutions in the country and “evolve model cancer-control programmes and new therapies for the developing world”. Spread over 50 acre, the institute is expected to take some patient load off the overburdened Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, Delhi. Besides over 700 beds for cancer patients, NCI will engage in research and development of novel interventions to prevent and treat cancer.