Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi urges people to embrace organ donation, hails 'women power'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged to people to embrace organ donation, and said his government is working on a uniform policy that will make the process easy and encourage people to adopt the life-saving exercise.

Addressing the nation in his monthly 'Mann ki Baat' radio broadcast, PM Modi said it is a matter of satisfaction that today, awareness on organ donation has increased in the country.

"Organ donation has played an important role in saving lives. It is said that when a person donates one's body after death, it creates a possibility for eight to nine people to get a new life. It is matter of satisfaction, that today awareness about Organ Donation is also rising in the country," PM Modi said.

"In the year 2013, there were less than 5,000 cases of organ donation in our country, but in 2022 this number has increased to more than 15,000," he added.

"In the year 2013, there were less than 5,000 cases of organ donation in our country, but in 2022, this number has increased to more than 15,000. The people who have done organ donation, their families, have really done a great deed," the prime minister said.

"Sukhbir Singh and his wife Supreet Kaur made an inspirational decision to donate the organs of their 39-day-old daughter after she passed away," PM Modi said.

Further, PM Modi said, in this era of modern medical science, organ donation has become a very important means of imparting life to someone. It is said that when a person donates one's body after death, it creates a possibility for eight to nine people to get a new life."

PM Modi effusively praised the families for opting to donate the organs of their deceased members.

He said, "Great donors like them make us understand the importance of life. A large number of needy people are waiting for an organ donor in the hope of a healthy life. It is a matter of utmost satisfaction for me that, to make organ donation easy and to encourage it, work is being done on a uniform policy in the whole country."

PM Modi on covid

PM Modi also noted that the cases of corona are rising in some places and asked people to take precautions.

"At this time, cases of Corona are also rising in some places. That's why, all of you must take precautions and be mindful of cleanliness," PM Modi said.

PM Modi hails Nari shakti

In his address, the prime minister lauded the women power at the forefront of India achieving its potential.

He mentioned several examples, including that of Surekha Yadav becoming the first women loco pilot in Asia. Producer Guneet Monga and director Kartiki Gonsalves brought laurels to the country by winning an Oscar for their documentary 'The Elephant Whisperers', he said and also lauded women's role in the NDRF's relief and rescue work in Turkey.

"This is the time of Navratri; the time to worship Shakti. Today, the potential of India which is emerging from a new perspective, our woman power has a very big role in it. Recently, many such examples have emerged before us. You must have seen Asia's first female loco pilot Surekha Yadav on social media. Surekha ji, setting another record, has also become the first woman loco pilot of Vande Bharat Express as well. This month, producer Guneet Monga and director Kartiki Gonsalves brought laurels to the country by winning an Oscar for their documentary, 'The Elephant Whisperers'," PM Modi said.

"Sister Jyotirmayi Mohanty, Scientist of Bhabha Atomic Research Center has also notched another achievement for the country. Jyotirmoyee has received a special award from IUPAC in the field of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Earlier this year, India's Under-19 women's cricket team created history by winning the T-20 World Cup. If you look at politics, a new beginning has taken place in Nagaland. In Nagaland, for the first time in 75 years, two women legislators have reached the Vidhan Sabha through their victory. One of them has also been made a minister in the Government of Nagaland, that is, for the first time the people of the state have also got a woman minister," the prime minister said.

"I also met those brave daughters who went to help the people of Turkey after the devastating earthquake. All these were part of the NDRF contingent. Their courage and skills are being praised all over the world. India has also deployed a Women-only Platoon in the Peacekeeping Force under the UN Mission," PM Modi said.

"Today, the daughters of the country are raising the flag of their bravery in all the three armed forces. Group Captain Shalija Dhami has become the first woman Air Force officer to get a Command Appointment in a Combat Unit. She has a flying experience of about 3000 hours. Similarly, brave heart Captain Shiva Chauhan of the Indian Army has become the first woman officer to be posted at Siachen. Shiva will be stationed for three months in Siachen where the temperature drops to minus sixty (-60) degrees," he said.

"This list is so long that it is difficult to discuss all of them here. All such women, our daughters, are today giving energy to India and India's dreams. This energy of women power is the oxygen of a developed India," PM Modi said.