Diabetes is one of the most common non-communicable diseases affecting almost 7% of the world's population. Cataract is the opacification of the earlier transparent lens protein fibres commonly seen as senile degenerative change. Diabetic cataract is considered a complication of DM, which affect individuals at younger ages and 2-5 times more frequently than healthy subjects. Early detection of diabetic retinopathy risk can help in decreasing the morbidity and mortality in type 2 diabetes and its related complications and strict glycaemic control, monitoring of lipid profile, serum creatinine, serum albumin with better management may delay diabetic retinopathy and cataract.