NOTTO-ID | 16 May 2024

Recently, the centre has expressed its concern over the violations of Laws related to Organ Transplantation in India.

Centre has urged States to direct the appropriate authority under the Transplantation of Human Organs & Tissues Act (THOTA), 1994, to investigate transplants in respect of foreign nationals in the State.
It has also directed the states to ensure that a NOTTO (National Organ and Tissue Transplantation Organisation) ID is generated for the donor and recipient for both living-donor as well as deceased-donor transplants.
- NOTTO-ID is mandatory for considering allocation of organs in case of deceased-donor transplant.
Centre has directed that this ID in case of a living-donor transplant shall also be generated at the earliest, maximum within 48 hours after the transplant surgery is done.
As per the Indian law, Commercial Trading of the Organ is Not Allowed.
- Organ can be donated by a living person only if they (donor and recipient) are close relatives or share a close bond and want to donate altruistically.