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Organ Donations in India 2024
August 6 , 2025
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- India achieves 18,900 organ transplants in 2024.
- It ranks third highest globally in the total organ transplantation, behind only the United States of America and China.
- India is first in living donor organ transplantation.
- India now leads the world in hand transplants.
- India observes Organ Donation Month every July under the “Angdaan – Jeevan Sanjeevani Abhiyan”.
- India faces a low deceased organ donation rate of less than 1 per the million population.
- Spain has 48 per million population.
- Organ donation and transplantation is regulated by Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act 1994.
- It was amended in 2011.
- It was introduced by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- Tamil Nadu tops nation in cadaveric organ donations for 2024
- The Union government has recognised Tamil Nadu with a national award for recording 268 cadaveric organ donations in 2024.
- It was with 146 donors from government hospitals and 122 from private hospitals.
- It is the highest in the country.
- The tally is the state’s highest annual total since the launch of its deceased donor programme in 2008.
- Puducherry was the Best Union Territory in organ donation in 2024.
- Telangana was recognized for having the highest deceased organ donation rate.
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