Context: 

The Union Health Ministry has removed the age limit of 65 years for patients registering for organ transplant as part of the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization’s guidelines.

National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization’s guidelines:

• The government has decided to do away with the clause in the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) guidelines as it violates the right to life.
• The Health Ministry is charting a “One Nation, One Policy” for organ donation and transplantation. 
• It will also introduce a chapter in the school curriculum regarding organ donation awareness for students.

About NOTTO

• National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) is a National level organization set up under Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 
• It has following two divisions:

• • National Human Organ and Tissue Removal and Storage Network:

• • • This has been mandated as per the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act 2011.

• • • This division of the NOTTO is the nodal networking agency for Delhi and shall network for Procurement Allocation and Distribution of Organs and Tissues in Delhi.

• • National Biomaterial Centre:

• • • The main thrust & objective of establishing the centre is to fill up the gap between ‘Demand’ and ‘Supply’ as well as ‘Quality Assurance’ in the availability of various tissues.

Function/Activities

• The National Network division of NOTTO would function as the apex centre for All India activities of coordination and networking for procurement and distribution of organs and tissues and registry of organs and tissue donation and transplantation in the country. 

Source: The Hindu, notto.gov.in