October | Sunday | 25, 2015 :: Organ donation is an important issue. The need for kidneys, heart and livers is high but less number of transplants happen,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday while addressing the nation in the 13th edition of his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme.
Prime Minister said, “A student from Kerala was called by AIR & she shared her feedback on #MannKiBaat. This is inspiring & other Kendras must try to do same.
In a country of 1.25 billion, only 5000 successful transplants are done every year. Need one lakh eyes every year but we only manage to get 25,000: PM on organ donation.
Mann Ki Baat is an Indian radio programme hosted by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which he freely addresses to the people of nation on radio, DD National and DD News.
Episodes
| # | Date | Topic |
| 1 | 3 October 2014 | Modi urged the listeners to purchase Khadi clothes to contribute to the prosperity of the poor. He also discussed the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the success of India’s Mars Mission, skill development, disabled children and mygov.in website. |
| 2 | 2 November 2014 | Modi discussed several Government initiatives, including a scholarship for disabled children and grants to educational institutions for developing infrastructure for such children. He also discussed the positive effects of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on health. He paid tributes to Indian soldiers, whom he had visited during Diwali in Siachen area. |
| 3 | 14 December 2014 | Modi discussed drug abuse, and appealed the youth to say no to drugs. He also said that the money spent on drugs might be used for funding terrorism. He stated that a toll-free helpline would be set up to help drug addicts and their families. |
| 4 | 27 January 2015 | The US President Barack Obama co-hosted the show with Modi. Both answered a series of questions from Indian citizens. Obama also discussed the impact of some of the policies he had implemented in the US. |
| 5 | 22 February 2015 | Modi addressed students, asking them to avoid exam stress and compete with themselves, not others. |
| 6 | 22 March 2015 | Modi discussed issues of concern to farmers, like soil health, right value for yield and land acquisition. He clarified many misunderstandings about the recent Land Act. Additionally, he addressed several concerns and questions voiced to him by the farmers of India . |
| 7 | 26 April 2015 | ‘PM Modi promised that his government will find a solution to the ‘One rank One Pension’ issue soon. He spoke in length about the new initiatives taken up by his government to fight poverty in the country. The prime minister also congratulated students on their success in board exams and urged them to chose a career that would help India.. |
| 8 | 31 May 2015 | |
| 9 | 28 June 2015 | #SelfieWithDaughter |
| 10 | 26 July 2015 | |
| 11 | 30 August 2015 | |
| 12 | 20 September 2015 | Initiative of Incredible india |
| 13 | 25 October 2015 | PM spoke about no interview in non-gazette government jobs for Group B, C and D posts and gold monetisation. |
