A group of blind patients whose blindness is due to corneal diseases constitutes about 1.52% of the total blind population (WHO-NPCB). Unfortunately, majority of these persons are in their first or second decade of life. They can be cured by corneal transplantation. According to a study conducted by ICMR is 1973-74.

There is a serve lack of availability of donor eyes in Kerotoplasties are being done in India every year.  suffer from corneal blindness and another 25,000   where eye donation offers a ray of hope. Eye  around 15,000 eyes were collected by 80 eye  requirement 400,000 eyes per annum.

India. Due to this reason, only a small number of More than 2 million, a majority of them children, are added to that number every year. This is  donation statistics of 1996 indicate that only banks all over the country as against a