Organ Donation and Transplantation of Human Organs Act

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Organ Donation and Transplantation of Human Organs Act

By PIB Delhi

The government of India has enacted the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994 which has been amended in 2011 after the Parliament has passed the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act, 2011. The Act is for the purpose of regulation and removal, storage and transplantation of human organs and tissues for therapeutic purpose and for prevention of commercial dealing in human organs and tissues and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Further, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has notified Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Rules, 2014. The aforesaid Act and Rules provide for the policy regarding organ donation.

Health being a State subject, the States are required to adopt the Act before it may become applicable therein.  The Original Act, i.e. the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994 is applicable in all States and Union Territories (UTs) except State of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana which have their own Act on this subject.

After notification by Government of India, the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act, 2011 has come into force on 10-01-2014 in the States of Goa, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, and all UTs. Subsequently the States which have adopted the Amendment Act till date are Rajasthan, Sikkim, Jharkhand, Kerala, Odisha, Punjab, Maharashtra, Assam, Manipur, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. Other States have not yet adopted the Amendment Act. 

State/UT wise details of the number of cases of organ donation pending since January 1, 2018, are given below.  The reason for pendency is gap between demand and supply of organs.

S.NoStates/ UTsNo. of Cases in Waiting List
 Andaman Nicobar Island0
 Andhra Pradesh1861
 Arunachal Pradesh0
 Assam43
 Bihar23
 Chandigarh1521
 Chhatisgarh0
 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu0
 Delhi4543
 Goa20
 Gujarat318
 Haryana164
 Himachal Pradesh0
 Jammu and Kashmir37
 Jharkhand0
 Karnataka2550
 Kerala2252
 Ladakh0
 Lakshwdeep0
 Madhya Pradesh269
 Maharashtra6844
 Manipur11
 Meghalaya0
 Mizoram0
 Nagaland0
 Odisha55
 Puducherry226
 Punjab16
 Rajasthan231
 Sikkim0
 Tamil Nadu4661
 Telangana2680
 Tripura0
 Uttar Pradesh2340
 Uttrakhand0
 West Bengal221
 Total30886

The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.

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