Lok Sabha Parliamentary Q & A on Organ Donation & Transplantation

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 668

ANSWERED ON 08.07.2009

AMENDMENT IN HUMAN ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION ACT

668.        Shri MANSUKHBHAI D. VASAVA

                YASHBANT NARAYAN SINGH LAGURI

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

(a) whether the Government proposes to amend the Transplantation of Human Organs act, 1994;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the action taken by the Government in this regard?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE(SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD)

(a) to (c): Yes.As the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994 was enacted by the Parliament in exercise of powers vested in it under Article 252(1) of the Constitution of India. To amend such a law, Article 252(2) requires that legislative Assemblies of the States should pass resolutions authorizing Parliament for the same,which have been obtained from the Legislative Assemblies of the States of Himachal Pradesh and Goa.Inter-ministerial consultations for the same is in process.