Diabetes is the most common lifestyle disease associated with many serious worries including diabetic ketoacidosis, cardiac problems, kidney failure, non ketotic hyperosmolar coma, foot ulcers, eye damage etc. All these complications develops due to abnormalities in carbohydrate metabolism and insulin synthesis resulting in high blood sugar with symptoms such as elevated hunger and thirst, polyuria, glycosuria, lethargy etc. The article is focused on different targets of diabetes. INTRODUCTION: Type 2 diabetes mellitus or non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) or adult onset diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder characterised by hyperglycaemia (fasting and post-prandial). Due to its increasing incidence across the globe, it affects nearly about 5% of the total population in the urbanizednations. 1, 2 and accounts for about 90% of all the diagnosed cases, thereby becoming one of the biggest challenges in 21st century 3-5 leading to hyperglycaemia, insulin resistance and obesity, etc. 6-8. According to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), the global prevalence of diabetes is predicted to grow from 366 million in 2011to 552 million by 2030 9. The major incidence of diabetes mellitus will occur in Asia, mainly China and India (57 million in India).