4. Despite this lofty aim, India’s blind population totals a whopping 12 million.
5. More than two thirds of India’s visually handicapped live in Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.
6.Cataract, the leading cause of visual disability, accounts for 62.6 percent of blindness in the country.
7. Other causes areglaucoma, macular degeneration, posterior segment pathology, retinal detachment, corneal opacities, retinitis pigmentosa,and surgical complications.