Providing Tobacco Cessation Centers
                     E-RCTC, a joint initiative of PGIMER Chandigarh and The Union, is emerging as one of the 
most-sought-after platforms that showcases tobacco control initiatives, updates, policies, 
resource materials etc. from the length and breadth of the country. It has helped in strengthening 
National Control Tobacco Programme (NTCP) to a great extent. Further, this online hub contains
latest notifications and circulars by national and state government's related to effective 
implementation of NTCP.
E-RCTC compiles and channelizes the correct and reliable information, and then disseminates it 
from one source. On the portal these contents have been associated in a way that enables the 
visitor from different backgrounds can fetch the necessary information in no time.
The portal has helped in increasing the global collaborations between organizations and health 
care professionals from different corners of the globe who strive to work on diverse tobacco 
related issues for better enforcement of tobacco control laws in their organizations. It has also 
enabled researchers to gain knowledge related to the best practices and interventions in tobacco
control.
It is capacitating the grassroots workforce involved in tobacco related programmes. Officials at 
administrative levels has been approaching E-RCTC for accessing latest advisories and 
notifications to counter tobacco use. Researchers and academicians are seeking this platform to 
acquire knowledge related to best practices and innovations in tobacco control will get enough 
information from the portal. This is a promising beginning to have a significant impact on the 
tobacco control landscape in India.
Our Vision
Envisioning enabling environment for stakeholders by providing a platform for universal access to
information on various tobacco control issues.
Our Mission
Committed to disseminate reliable and relevant information for Tobacco Free India.
Our Objective
The main objective behind establishment of a Resource centre for Tobacco Control (RC) is to
have a common platform or one-point reference system for all tobacco control (TC) information/
updates/ activities and technical resource materials across the country