Background: To assess prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in non- insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) patients. Materials and Methods: One hundred thirty non- insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) patients of both genders were enrolled and the prevalence of DR was recorded. Retinopathy was classified as mild non-proliferative retinopathy, moderate non-proliferative retinopathy and severe retinopathy