Cancer is widely spread in Bathinda district of Punjab. Over usage of pesticides in agricultural practices, concentration of uranium in water and use of tobacco and alcohol etc. are considered as important factors of it in this region. Cancer has a lot of socio-economic impact on the people of Bathinda district. Moreover, care cost of cancer is higher and it put negative impact not only over the patient but also on his/her family members with negatively implication on credits. This impact can be seen more over the lowest and middle income group family. It has also impact on the people's ability to work which are further responsible for poverty. Therefore this present study is an attempt towards this. The study will try to find out the factors responsible and impacts of this disease on economy of different categories of Bathinda residents. By this, it will make an access the economic burden of cancer for different categories of people with various social and economic factors.
Cancer, Pesticides, Cotton, Uranium, Bathinda
