The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and Mrs. Gurusharan Kaur have pledged to donate their eyes. They signed the National Eye Donation Pledge form today on the occasion of National Eye donation day.

In a statement Dr. Singh and Mrs. Kaur said "we are aware that there are innumerable corneal blind patients in our country for whom the gift of sight will be a priceless one. We hope that people across the country will rise to the occasion and support the National Programme for Control of Blindness and help their fellow brethren."

They lauded the National Eye Bank and the Corneal transplantation teams at AIIMS and across the country for their efforts to illuminate the lives to those in need.