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The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in alignment with the Government's vision to promote equitable access to organ and tissue transplantation services has notified theTransplantation of Human Organs and Tissues (Amendment) Rules, 2025under theTransplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994on 6thNovember, 2025.

This amendment which further strengthens theNational Organ Transplant Programme (NOTP),aims to streamline the functioning of corneal transplantation centres and facilitate wider accessibility to eye donation and transplantation services across the country.

The mandatory requirement of the Clinical Specular equipment in Corneal Transplantation Centres has now been removed un...