•Supreme Court approved passive euthanasia for Harish Rana, 31, from Ghaziabad, who has been in a Persistent Vegetative State since 2013; AIIMS Delhi has begun the process.
•Passive euthanasia, legal in India, involves gradually withdrawing life-sustaining treatments like feeding tubes and oxygen, allowing natural death with comfort care.
•Active euthanasia, illegal in India, is performed by administering a powerful sedative followed by a neuromuscular blocker, causing a painless death within minutes.
•The process for Harish Rana involves an AIIMS medical panel confirming no recovery, family consent, and gradual removal of support under Supreme Court guidelines.
•Medical experts state active euthanasia is painless as the patient is in a deep sleep before the final drug, preventing any sensation of suffocation or pain.
