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Government of India
National Programme For Control of Blindness

Launched in 1976 as a 100% Centrally sponsored Programme to reduce prevalence of blindness from 1.4% to 0.3%.

“One of the basic Human Right is to see and , therefore, it is to be ensured that no citizen goes blind needlessly; or being blind does not remain so, if, by reasonable deployment of skill and recourses, his eye sight could be prevented from deteriorating and if already lost could be restored”

A National strategy for Prevention and control of Blindness was adopted which include :-

• Dissemination of information about eye-care through mass communication.
• Emphasis on ocular health among children and vulnerable sections of society
• Augmentation of ophthalmic services so that relief can be given in the shortest possible time
• Establishment of proper infrastructure for community eye health care