A Blood bank is a place or organization or unit or institute or other arrangements made by such organization, unit or institution for carrying out all or any of the operations for collection, apheresis, storage, processing and distribution of blood drawn from donors and/or for preparation,storage and distribution of blood components. Apheresis is the process by which blood drawn from a donor, after separating plasma or platelets, or leucocytes, is re-transfused simultaneously into the said donor. A licence is required to run a blood bank. Without licence to run a blood bank is an offence under Drugs & Cosmetics Act 1940 & Rules made thereunder. Regulatory bodies The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) under Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,Government of India is the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) of India. CDSCO along with state regulators, is jointly responsible for grant of licenses of certain specialized categories of critical Drugs such as blood and blood products. The National Blood Transfusion Council and the Blood Transfusion Councils in each State function as the mechanism aimed at coordinating between the Government on the one side and public sector voluntary organizations, and the private sector on the other. The National Blood Transfusion Council and State Blood Transfusion Council, in collaboration with public sector voluntary organizations, professional associations and private entities, etc does advocacy for Voluntary Blood Donation, organizes local and pan-India blood donation drives and does Information Education and Communication activities. National Blood Policy prohibits the sale and purchase of blood since it is a voluntarily donated commodity of human origin. Only licensed blood banks are permitted for collection, processing, storage and transportation of blood and blood components. At licensed blood banks, safety and quality of blood and blood components is ensured by the Food and Drugs Authority at State and National level through licensing and periodic inspections. List of licensed blood banks in India There are three kinds of blood banks - government, private and those run by NGOs. To access the list of licensed blood banks in India, click here. To locate your nearest blood bank, click here To get status of available blood stock in blood banks, click here Transfer of blood between Blood Banks The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has identified two major initiatives towards better utilisation of blood and blood components, as part of its commitment to ensure safe blood and enhanced access to blood products, on the recommendation of the National Blood Transfusion Council. The first step is permitting the transfer of blood from one blood bank to another. This was not allowed earlier and will help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity. The second step is fixing of an exchange value for surplus plasma available at some blood banks in the country. In the absence of the enabling provision, surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood banks without any regulation whatsoever. An exchange value per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma can exchange it for consumables, equipments etc. or plasma derived products, as per their need. This exchange, however, cannot be in terms of cash. This step is expected to increase the availability of essential life saving medicines like human albumin, immunoglobulins, clotting factors, etc. which are all derived from plasma. This step would also reduce the country’s dependence on import of these products. To view the detailed guidelines for proper and efficient transport of blood between banks, click here. Major Blood banks - State wise Andaman & Nicobar Islands Blood Bank, G.B. Pant Hospital, Port Blair Andhra pradesh Blood Bank, Government Maternity Hospital, Nayapool, Hyderabad Blood Bank, MNJ Cancer Hospital, Hyderabad Blood Bank, Niloufer Hospital, Hyderabad Blood Bank, Government General hospital, Medical College, Kurnool Blood Bank, Government Victoria Hospital for Children, Vishakapatnam Blood Bank, Government HQs Hospital, Chittoor. Blood Bank, University Hospital, Vijayawada, Krishna Distt. Blood Bank, District Hospital, Cuddapah Blood Bank, District Hospital, Machilipatnam (Krishna Distt.) Blood Bank, District Hospital, Eluru (West Godhawari) Blood Bank, GGH, Ananthapur Blood Bank, Indian Red Cross Soceity , Hyderabad Arunachal pradesh Blood Bank, General Hospital, Naharlagun, Itanagar, Papum Pare Distt Assam Blood Bank, Kanaklata Civil Hospital, Tezpur, Distt. Sonitpur Blood Bank, Bhogeswari Phukononi Civil Hospital, Nagaon Blood Bank, Kushal Konwar Hospital, Golaghat Bihar Blood Bank, Darbhanga Medical College Hospital, Laheriasarai Blood Bank, Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College Hospital, Bhagalpur Blood Bank, Srikrishan Medical College, Muzafarpur Blood Bank, Anugrah Narain Magadh Medical College, Gaya. Blood Bank, Nalanda Medical College, Patna Chandigarh Blood Bank, Deptt. of Transfusion Medicine, PGIMER Chandigarh Blood Bank, Govt. Medical College & Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh Rotary Blood Bank and Resource Centre, Sec 37, Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Blood Bank, District Hospital, Durg Blood Bank, District Hospital, Raigarh Blood Bank, District Hospital, Rajnandgaon Blood Bank, District Hospital, Sarguja Dadra and Nagar Haveli Blood Bank, Indian Red Cross Society,in Distt. Hospital, Silvassa Daman & Diu Daman Raktadan Kendra, Government Hospital Campus, Marwad, Nani Daman Delhi Blood Bank, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, New Delhi Blood Bank, Hindu Rao, Hospital, New Delhi Blood Bank, Kasturba Hospital, New Delhi Blood Bank Swamy Dayanand Hospital, New Delhi Blood Bank, Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, Sector-6,Rohini Goa Blood Bank, Goa Medical College, Bambolin, Goa Blood Bank, Government Hospital, Margoa (HOSPICIO Hospital) Blood Bank, Asilo Hospital, Mapusa Gujarat Blood Bank, Civil Hospital, Amreli Blood Bank, District Hospital, Junagarh Blood Bank, Municipal Hospital, Surat Blood Bank,P.S. Medical College, Karamsad, Distt. Kheda Bhavnagar Blood Bank, Bhavnagar Blood Bank, G.K. General Hospital, Bhuj Blood Bank, Red Cross Soc., Sevashram Hosp., Bharuch Blood Bank, Indian Red Cross Society, Navsari, Distt. Valsad Blood Bank, Indian Red Cross Society, Nadiad, Kheda Blood Bank, Surat Health Care Foundation at Lokhat Hospital, Rampura, Surat Blood Bank, Indian Red Cross Society, Anand, Distt. Anand Blood Bank, Sheth L.G. General Hospital (MUN), Maninagar, Ahmedabad Himachal Pradesh Blood Bank, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla State Blood Bank, Rippon Hospital, Shimla Blood Bank, Zonal Hospital, Dharmashala, Distt. Kangra Blood Bank, Zonal Hospital, Mandi Haryana Blood Bank, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak Blood Bank, General Hospital, Karnal Blood Bank, General Hospital, Faridabad Blood Bank, District Hospital, Hissar Jammu & Kashmir Blood Bank, SMHS Hospital, Govt. Medical College, Srinagar Blood Bank, Jammu Medical College Hospital, Jammu Blood Bank, SKIMS Hospital, Srinagar Blood Bank, Lalla Ded Hospital, Srinagar Blood Bank, Bone & Joint Hospital, Srinagar Jharkhand Blood Bank, Rajendra Institute of Medical Science, Ranchi Jamshedpur Blood Bank, Jamshedpur, E.Singhbhum Distt. Blood Bank, Bokaro General Hospital (SAIL) Blood Bank, MGM Medical College, Jamshedpur, East Singhbhum Blood Bank, Patliputra Medical College Hospital, Dhanbad Karnataka Blood Bank, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore Rastrothana Parishath Blood Bank, Bangalore Blood Bank, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Hospital, Hubli, Dharwad Distt. Blood Bank, M.R. Medical College, Gulbarga Blood Bank, NIMHANS, Bangalore Blood Bank, Medical College, Bellary (Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Science (VIMS)) Blood Bank, Kasturba Medical College, (University Medical Centre) Mangalore Blood Bank, Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, Bangalore Blood Bank, HSIS Hospital, Bangalore Blood Bank, KC General Hospital, Bangalore Blood Bank, Victoria Hospital in Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore Blood Bank, Indian Red Cross Society, Karnataka State Branch, Bangalore Blood Bank, K.R. Hospital & Mysore Medical College, Mysore Blood Bank, District Hospital, Belgaum Blood Bank, Macgvan District Hospital, Shimogga Blood Bank, ESI Hospital, Rajajinagar, Bangalore Kerala Blood Bank, Medical College Hospital, Trivandrum IMA Blood Bank, Ernakulum (Kochi) Blood Bank, Medical College Hospital, Calicut Blood Bank, Medical College Hospital, Kottayam Blood Bank, Shri Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences & Technology, Trivandrum Blood Bank, Medical College, Thrissur Blood Bank, Medical College Hospital, Alappuzha Blood Bank, Academy of Medical Sciences, Pariyaram Blood Bank, District Hospital, Kollam Blood Bank, Government General Hospital, Trivandrum Blood Bank, Women and Children Hospital, Thycaud, Trivandurm Distt. Blood Bank, District Hospital, Manjeri, Malappuram Blood Bank, General Hospital, Ernakulum Blood Bank, General Hospital, Kozhikode Blood Bank, District Hospital, Cannanore Blood Bank, District Hospital, Trichur Blood Bank, Taluk HQ Hospital, Perinthalmanna, Malappuram Blood Bank, District Hospital, Palghat Lakshadweep Blood Bank, Indira Gandhi Hospital, Kavaratti Madhya Pradesh Blood Bank, MGM Medical College, Indore Blood Bank, Hamidia Hospital and Medical College Bhopal Blood Bank, Medical College, Gwalior Blood Bank, Medical College, Rewa Blood Bank, N.S.C. Bose Medical College, Jabalpur Blood Bank, Bhopal Memorial Hospital & Research Centre, Bhopal Blood Bank, District Hospital, Ujjain Blood Bank, District Hospital, Sagar Blood Bank, District Hospital, Chhindwada Blood Bank, District Hospital, Barwani Blood Bank, District Hospital, Khargone Blood Bank, District Hospital, Vidisha Blood Bank, District Hospital, Shahdol Blood Bank, District Hospital, Mandsaur Blood Bank, District Hospital, Ratlam Maharashtra Blood Bank, General Hospital, Pune Blood Bank, Civil Hospital, Ahmednagar Blood Bank, General Hospital, Solapur Blood Bank, General Hospital, Nasik Blood Bank, Civil Hospital, Sangli Blood Bank, Civil Hospital, Thane Blood Bank, Civil Hospital, Satara Blood Bank, Civil Hospital, Govt. Medical College, Akola Blood Bank, Government Hospital, Ullhasnagar Blood Bank, Cama and Albless Hospital, Mumbai Blood Bank, GT Hospital, Mumbai Blood Bank, Rajawadi Hospital, Mumbai Blood Bank, St. George ’s Hospital, Near VT Station, Mumbai Blood Bank, Nanavati Hospital, SVP Road, West Mumbai, Mumbai Blood Bank, Harilal Bhagvati Hospital, SV Road, Mumbai Blood Bank, Cooper Hospital, Ville Parel, Mumbai Blood Bank, KB Bhabha Hospital, Bandra, Mumbai Blood Bank, Indian Red Cross Society, Nanded Manipur Blood Bank, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Lamphelpat, Imphal. Blood Bank, Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital, Imphal Meghalaya Blood Bank, Pasteur Institute, Shillong Blood Bank, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong. Mizoram Blood Bank, Government Hospital, Aizwal Blood Bank, Civil Hospital, Lunglei Nagaland Blood Bank, Naga Hospital (Govt.), Kohima Blood Bank, Civil Hospital, Dimapur Blood Bank, Imkonglemba Memorial Hospital, Mokokchung Blood Bank, Mon Civil Hospital, Mon Blood Bank, Civil Hospital, Phek Blood Bank, Civil Hospital, Wokha Blood Bank, Civil Hospital, Zunheboto Blood Bank, Civil Hospital, Tuensang Odisha Central Red Cross Blood Bank, in Capital Hospital, Bhubaneshwar, Khordha Distt. Central (Indian) Red Cross Blood Bank, (In front of SCB Medical college), Cuttack ORC Blood Bank, District Hospital, Angul ORC Blood Bank, MKCG Medical College, Berhampur, Ganjam Distt. ORC Blood Bank, VSS Medical College, Burla, Sambalpur Orissa Red Cross (ORC) Blood Bank, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, ORC Blood Bank, District Hospital, Puri ORC Blood Bank, Distt. Hospital, Nawangapur ORC Blood Bank, District Hospital, Balasore ORC Blood Bank, District Hospital, Keonjhar ORC Blood Bank, Municipal Hospital, Bhubaneshwar, Khordha Distt. ORC Blood Bank, Govt. Hospital, Rourkela, Sundargarh ORC Blood Bank, SDH, Patnagarh, Bolangirr Puducherry Blood Bank, JIPMER, Puducherry Blood Bank, Indira Gandhi Govt. General Hospital & PGI, Puducherry Punjab Blood Bank, Sh. Guru Nanak Dev Hospital (in Medical College) Amritsar Blood Bank, Civil Hospital, Ludhiana Blood Bank, Patiala Medical College and Rajindra Hospital, Patiala Blood Bank, Civil Hospital and Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot Blood Bank, Indian Red Cross Society in Civil Hospital, Jalandhar Blood Bank, Civil Hospital, Gurudaspur Blood Bank, Civil Hospital, Ferozpur Blood Bank, Civil Hospital, Sangrur Rajasthan Blood Bank, SMS Medical College, Jaipur Blood Bank, RNT Medical College, Udaipur Blood Bank, Ummed Hospital, and S.N. Medical College, Jodhpur Blood Bank, PBM Hospital in SP Medical College, Bikaner Blood Bank, JLN Hospital & Medical College, Ajmer Blood Bank, MBS Hospital & Medical College, Kota Sikkim Blood Bank, STNM Hospital, Gangtok Blood Bank, District Hospital, Namchi, South Sikkim, NJP Tamil Nadu Blood Bank, Government Kasturba Gandhi Hospital for Women and Children, Chennai Blood Bank, Government RSRM Hospital, Royapuram, Chennai Blood Bank, Government Royapettah Hospital, Chennai Blood Bank, Government Women and Children Hospital, Egmore, Chennai Blood Bank, Chengalpattu Medical College, Chengalpattu. Blood Bank, Thoothukudi Medical College Hospital, Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) Blood Bank, Govt. Mohan Kumara Mangalam Medical College Hospital, Salem Blood Bank, Govt. Anna Gandhi Memorial Hospital, K.A.P. Viswanatham Government Medical College, Tiruchirapalli (Trichy) Blood Bank, Raja Mirasudhar Hospital, Thanjavur Blood Bank, Kanyakumari Medical College Hospital, Asaripallam, Nagarcoil Blood Bank, Government Vellore Medical College Hospital, Vellore Blood Bank, Government Medical College Hospital, Theni Blood Bank, Government Pheripheral Hospital, Anna Nagar, Chennai Blood Bank, Indian Red Cross Society, 50, Montieth Road, Egmore Chennai Tripura Blood Bank, GB Pant Hospital, Agartala, West Tripura Blood Bank, IGM Hospital, Agartala, West Tripura Society for Tripura Medical College & Dr B.R.A.M. Teaching Hospital, Hapania, West Tripura Bimal Singha Memorial Hospital, Kamalpur, Dhalai Blood Bank, RGM District Hospital, Kailashahar, North Tripura Blood Bank, Dharmanagar Sub-Divisional Hospital, Dharmanagar, North Tripura Uttar Pradesh Blood Bank, BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur Blood Bank, Agra District Hospital, Agra Blood Bank, District Hospital, Allahabad Blood Bank, District Hospital, Ballia Blood Bank, District Hospital UHM), Kanpur Blood Bank, Varanasi District Hospital (SPG), Varanasi Blood Bank, Balrampur Hospital, Gopalgunj Road, Lucknow Blood Bank, District Hospital, Shahjahanpur Blood Bank, District Hospital, Gorakhpur Blood Bank, District Hospital, Mathura Blood Bank, Syama Prasad Mukerjee Hospital, Lucknow Blood Bank, District Hospital, Muzzafarnagar Uttarakhand Blood Bank, Doon Hospital (District Hospital) Dehradun Blood Bank, Sobhan Singh Jeena Govt. Base Hospital, Haldwani, Distt. Nainital Blood Bank, SJNSM Govt. Joint Hospital, Roorkee, Distt. Haridwar. West Bengal Blood Bank, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata Blood Bank, Haldia Hospital, Midnapur Blood Bank, Calcutta National Medical College Hospital, Kolkata Blood Bank, Jalpaiguri District Hospital, Jalpaiguri Blood Bank, District Hospital, Balurghat, South Dinajpur Blood Bank, District Hospital, Coochbehar Blood Bank, Howrah Distt. Hospital, Howrah Blood bank, Hoogly District Hospital, Hoogly Blood Bank, Birbhum District Hospital, Suri, Birbhum Blood Bank, Purulia District Hospital, Purulia Blood Bank, GM Hospital, Kalyani, Nadia Blood Bank, Raiganj District Hospital, Raiganj, North Dinajpur Blood Bank, Tamluk Distt. Hospital, Midnapore Blood Bank, ESI Hospital, Maniktala, Kolkata Railway Ministry Blood Bank, Railway Hospital, Byculla, Mumbai Maharashtra Blood Bank, Northern Railway Hospital, New Delhi Delhi Garden Reach Railway Hospital, Calcutta West Bengal Kanchrapara Rly. Hospital, (S.E. Railway) West Bengal BR Singh Railway Hospital, ER, Calcutta West Bengal Kharagpur Railway Hospital (ER), Kharagpur, Distt. Midnapore West Bengal Howrah Railway Hospital, Howrah West Bengal Adra Railway Hospital, Adra (SE Rly), Purulia West Bengal Blood Bank, K.C.Hospital CLW, Chittaranjan, Burdwan West Bengal Blood Bank, Central Railway Hospital, Bhusawal Maharashtra Blood Bank, South Central Railway Hospital, Guntakul A.P. Blood Bank, South Central Railway Hospital, Lalaguda, Secunderabad A.P. Blood Bank, Railway Hospital, Vijayawada A.P. Blood Bank, Central Hospital, N.F. Railway, Maligaon Assam Blood Bank, Railway Hospital, Mysore Karnataka Blood Bank, SC Railway Hospital, Hubli Karnataka Defence Ministry Blood Bank, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra Blood Bank, 92 Base Hospital, Srinagar Jammu & Kashmir Blood Bank, Armed Forces Transfusion Centre, Delhi Cantt Delhi Blood Bank, Military Hospital, Allahabad Uttar Pradesh Blood Bank, Military Hospital, Meerut Uttar Pradesh Blood Bank, Military Hospital, Jhansi Uttar Pradesh Blood Bank, Military Hospital, Agra Cantt Uttar Pradesh Blood Bank, Military Hospital, Bareilly Uttar Pradesh Blood Bank, 7 Air Force Hospital, Kanpur Uttar Pradesh Blood Bank, 12 Air Force Hospital, Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh Blood Bank, INS Jeevanthi, South Goa, Goa Blood Bank, Military Hospital, Jabalpur M.P. Blood Bank, Indian Naval Hospital, Kalyani, Vishakapatnam A.P. Blood Bank, Military Hospital, Trimulgiri, Secunderabad A.P. Blood Bank, Military Hospital, Golconda, Hyderabad A.P. Blood Bank,155 Base Hospital, Tezpur Assam Blood Bank,151 Base Hospital, Basistha, Gauhati Assam Blood Bank, 5 Air Force Hospital, Jorhat Assam Blood Bank, Military Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat Blood Bank, Military Hospital, Namkum, Ranchi, Jharkhand Blood Bank, Air Force Command Hospital, Bangalore Karnataka Blood bank, INS Ashwini , Mumbai, Maharashtra Blood Bank, Military Hospital, East Khasi Hills, Shillong, Meghalaya Blood Bank, Military Hospital, Mount Road, Chennai, Tamilnadu Blood Bank, Military Hospital, Wellington, Nilgiris, Tamilnadu Blood Bank, Military Hospital, Dehradun, Uttarakhand