{"id":58954,"date":"2025-11-11T20:08:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=58954"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:59:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T10:29:26","slug":"human-organs-tissues-rules-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/11-11-2025\/human-organs-tissues-rules-2025","title":{"rendered":"Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Rules, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/Health, GS3\/ S&amp;T<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has amended the Transplantation of<strong> Human Organs and Tissues (Amendment) Rules, 2025<\/strong> under the <strong>Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The amendment strengthens the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/18-02-2023\/organ-transplants-in-india\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/18-02-2023\/organ-transplants-in-india\"> <strong>National Organ Transplant Programme (NOTP)<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>and streamlines functioning of corneal transplantation centres, while facilitating wider <strong>accessibility to eye donation and transplantation services across the country.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The amendment removes the mandatory requirement of <strong>Clinical Specular Microscope equipment<\/strong> in corneal transplantation centers, which was used earlier to assess corneal endothelial cell health.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the Cornea<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The cornea is the<strong> transparent, dome-shaped outermost layer of the eye<\/strong> that acts like a window, allowing light to pass and focus on the retina for clear vision.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It serves as a protective barrier against dust, microbes, and physical injury and maintains the eye\u2019s shape and fluid balance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The<strong> cornea comprises six layers<\/strong> \u2014 Epithelium, Bowman\u2019s Layer, Stroma, Pre-Descemet\u2019s (Dua\u2019s) Layer, Descemet\u2019s Layer, and Endothelium \u2014 each essential for transparency and refraction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is <strong>highly sensitive with 300\u2013600 time<\/strong>s more pain receptors than skin, ensuring rapid reflex protection.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>While minor injuries heal quickly, deeper damage or scarring can cause opacity and vision loss, often requiring a corneal transplant (keratoplasty) or artificial cornea (keratoprosthesis) to restore vision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"dacecd\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-27.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-58955\" style=\"--dominant-color: #dacecd; width:419px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-27.png 765w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-27-300x235.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Significance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Corneal blindness has been the <strong>second-leading cause of blindness<\/strong> in the over-50 age group in India\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India has an estimated 1.2 million corneal blind persons, to which 25 000\u201330 000 people are added every year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The amendment aims to <strong>boost cornea donation and transplantation services by streamlining the functioning of corneal transplantation centers<\/strong> and improving coordination among hospitals, tissue banks, and regulatory authorities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It aligns with the government\u2019s vision of equitable healthcare access and is expected to strengthen India\u2019s cornea donation and transplantation ecosystem in the long term.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The overarching objective is to reduce the burden of corneal blindness, which is the second-leading cause of blindness among Indians over 50 years old.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/simplification-in-corneal-transplantation-rules-to-boost-cornea-donation-and-transplantation-services\/article70263185.ece#:~:text=A%20notification%20in%20this%20regard,been%20removed%20under%20this%20amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In News<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has amended the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues (Amendment) Rules, 2025 under the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The amendment strengthens the National Organ Transplant Programme (NOTP) and streamlines functioning of corneal transplantation centres, while facilitating wider accessibility to eye donation and transplantation services across the country.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The amendment removes the mandatory requirement of Clinical Specular Microscope equipment in corneal transplantation centers, which was used earlier to assess corneal endothelial cell health.\u00a0<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/11-11-2025\/human-organs-tissues-rules-2025\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58954"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58989,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58954\/revisions\/58989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}