Lok Sabha Question No. 3409 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-13
Subject: Organ Donation
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Santosh Pandey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3409 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH MARCH, 2020

## ORGAN DONATION

## 3409. SHRI SANTOSH PANDEY:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of policy of the Union Government regarding organ donation;
- (b) whether there is any difference between the policies of Union and State Governments in this regard, if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the number  of  cases  of  organ  donation  pending since  January  1,  2018,  State/UT - wise particularly in Chhattisgarh along with the reasons for pendency;
- (d)  whether  the  Union  Government  is  formulating any  plan  to  simplify  the  policy  on  organ donation; and
- (e)if so, the time by which it is likely to be implemented?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (e): 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 Hu Organs (Amendment) Act, 2011. The Act is for the purpose of regulation and removal, stor 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 incidental thereto.

Further,  Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare,  Government  of  India  has  notifi Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Ru les, 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 become applicable therein.  The Original Act, i.e. the Transplantation of Human Or gans Act, 1994 is applicable in all States and Union Territories (UTs) except State of Andhra Prade Telangana which have their own Act on this subject.

After  notification  by  Government  of  India,  the  Transplantation  of  Human  Organ (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 Amendmen Act till date are Rajasthan, Sikkim, Jharkhand, Kerala, Odisha, Punjab, Maharashtra, A Ma nipur, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. Other States have not yet adopt Amendment Act.

State/UT wise details of the number of cases of organ donation pending since Janua 2018, are at Annexure .  The reason for pendency is gap be tween demand and supply of organs.

| S.No   | States/ UTs                             |   No. of Cases in Waiting List |
|--------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1.     | Andaman Nicobar Island                  |                              0 |
| 2.     | Andhra Pradesh                          |                           1861 |
| 3.     | Arunachal Pradesh                       |                              0 |
| 4.     | Assam                                   |                             43 |
| 5.     | Bihar                                   |                             23 |
| 6.     | Chandigarh                              |                           1521 |
| 7.     | Chhatisgarh                             |                              0 |
| 8.     | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman andDiu |                              0 |
| 9.     | Delhi                                   |                           4543 |
| 10.    | Goa                                     |                             20 |
| 11.    | Gujarat                                 |                            318 |
| 12.    | Haryana                                 |                            164 |
| 13.    | Himachal Pradesh                        |                              0 |
| 14.    | Jammu and Kashmir                       |                             37 |
| 15.    | Jharkhand                               |                              0 |
| 16.    | Karnataka                               |                           2550 |
| 17.    | Kerala                                  |                           2252 |
| 18.    | Ladakh                                  |                              0 |
| 19.    | Lakshwdeep                              |                              0 |
| 20.    | Madhya Pradesh                          |                            269 |
| 21.    | Maharashtra                             |                           6844 |
| 22.    | Manipur                                 |                             11 |
| 23.    | Meghalaya                               |                              0 |
| 24.    | Mizoram                                 |                              0 |
| 25.    | Nagaland                                |                              0 |
| 26.    | Odisha                                  |                             55 |
| 27.    | Puducherry                              |                            226 |
| 28.    | Punjab                                  |                             16 |
| 29.    | Rajasthan                               |                            231 |
| 30.    | Sikkim                                  |                              0 |
| 31.    | Tamil Nadu                              |                           4661 |
| 32.    | Telangana                               |                           2680 |
| 33.    | Tripura                                 |                              0 |
| 34.    | Uttar Pradesh                           |                           2340 |
| 35.    | Uttrakhand                              |                              0 |
| 36.    | West Bengal                             |                            221 |
|        | Total                                   |                          30886 |