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The evolution over the past six decades has been tremendous, placing India on the top, with one of the largest eye-banking system in the world. As of 2023, around 740 members are registered under the Eye Bank Association of India. The highest-ever collection of 71,700 donor eyes was achieved in 2017-2018. The overall tissue utilisation rate ranged between 22 - 28 % for voluntary donations and 50% for hospital-based corneal retrieval programs. Though India has an excellent infrastructure and readiness for corneal transplantation surgery, the need of the hour is to create a strong and independent nodal system. It shall take care of the logistics and factor in technological advances \u2013 surgical and otherwise. Public awareness, a national corneal grid, and reducing the red-tape barriers, shall improve availability of grafts nationwide. 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