Give optometrist their right to give india vision

India has more blind people than any other country in the world. Of the 45 million blind people worldwide, Indian citizens number 12 million, 1 million of whom are children. Considering the fact that almost 70 percent of blindness is curable, these numbers speak volumes for the poor infrastructure and facilities available in the eye care sector in the county, leading to a very large un-served population. The loss of productivity, as a result, is huge for India – the cost of blindness in the county equals US$ 3 billion annually.

Population per opthalmologist in india- 180178
So we need we need to make a council and self regulatory body for optometrist so that they can also contribute with opthalmologists to give india vision