sentence: Kidney diseases may become a major threat to the health of the population of developing nations and particularly India in the near future.Hypertension , diabetes mellitus ( DM ) , obesity and stone diseases are the common risk factors for development of CKD , as well as less common causes such as infections and congenital anomalies of the urogenital tract.World Kidney Day ( WKD ) is has been celebrated every year in many parts of the world since 2006 [ 5 ] .