19-Jul-2022: National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR)

The major aims & objectives of National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR) are to:

1. Focus on preventive education, awareness generation, identification, counseling, treatment and rehabilitation of individuals with substance dependence, training and capacity building of the service providers through collaborative efforts of the Central and State Governments and Non-Governmental Organizations;
2. Create awareness and educate people about the ill-effects of substance dependence on the individual, family, workplace and the society at large;
3. reduce stigmatization of and discrimination against groups and individuals dependent on substances in order to integrate them back into the society;
4. Develop human resource and build capacity to:
5. Provide for a whole range of community based services for identification, motivation, counseling, de-addiction, after care and rehabilitation for Whole Person Recovery (WPR) of dependents;
6. Formulate and implement comprehensive guidelines, schemes, and programmes using a multi-agency approach for drug demand reduction;
7. Undertake drug demand reduction efforts to address all forms of illicit use of any substances;
8. Alleviate the consequences of substance dependence amongst individuals, family and society at large;
9. Facilitate research, training, documentation, innovation and collection of relevant information to strengthen the above mentioned objectives.

1. The Ministry under the scheme of NAPDDR has been providing financial assistance to 535 projects all over country. The details of the funds released and beneficiaries benefitted in the State of Rajasthan and Maharashtra during Financial year 2021-22 are as given below –

2. Further, the Ministry has launched Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) in 272 identified vulnerable districts with an aim to create awareness about ill effects of substance abuse among the youth, with special focus on higher education institutes, university campuses, schools and reaching out into the community and garnering community involvement and ownership of the Abhiyaan. Out of the 272 districts, 33 Districts of Rajasthan i.e. Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara, Baran, Barmer, Beawer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dausa, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Karauli, Kota, Nagaur, Pali, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Sirohi, Sriganganagar, Tonk, Udaipur and four district of Maharashtra namely Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik and Pune have been selected under Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan.

Under NMBA, several activities have been taken up in Maharashtra to create awareness on substance use. Events like awareness sessions, webinars, symposiums, capacity building sessions with service providers, cultural programmes, social media campaigns, oaths & pledges have been taken up under NMBA. Messages from different celebrities and influencers have also been used to create awareness. Youth, Women, schools & NYKS volunteers are some of the stakeholders that have actively participated in the campaign.

Moreover, in Rajasthan, events like awareness vehicle launch, oaths & pledges to be drug free, sessions with children & youth in educational institutions have been taken up to create awareness on substance use under NMBA.

6-Apr-2022: Drug De-Addiction Centres in The Country

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has formulated and implemented National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR) under which the Government is taking a sustained and coordinated action for arresting the problem of substance abuse among the youth.

1. Ministry launched Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) in 272 most vulnerable districts under which a massive community outreach is being done through more than 8000 youth volunteers. Till now through the various activities undertaken on-ground 2.4+ Crore people reached out so far, out of which more than 92 lakh youth and 29.6 lakh women have actively participated in the activities of the Abhiyaan and spreading on-ground the message against substance use. Around 4,000+ Yuva Mandals, NYKS & NSS Volunteers, Youth Clubs have also been associated with the Abhiyaan. Across the country till now, 13+ lakh students have been reached with events, competitions and sessions organized in 6000+ schools.
2. Social media has effectively been utilized to spread the message of the NMBA online by creating handles on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram and sharing daily updates on them. An Android based mobile Application has been developed to capture the data of activities happening on ground on a real-time basis by the districts and master volunteers. This App has been placed on the Google Play Store.
3. 355 Integrated Rehabilitation Centres for Addicts (IRCAs) are supported by the Ministry. These IRCAs not only provide for treating the drug victims, but also give services of preventive education, awareness generation, motivational counselling, detoxification/de-addiction, after care and re-integration into the social mainstream. Ministry also provided support to special de-addiction centre for women and children.
4. 53 Community based Peer led Intervention (CPLI) Centres are supported by the Ministry. These CPLIs focus on vulnerable and at risk children and adolescents. Under this, peer educators engage children for awareness generation and life skill activities.
5. 78 Outreach and Drop In Centres (ODICs) are supported by the Ministry. These ODICs provide safe and secure space of treatment and rehabilitation for substance users, with provision of screening, assessment and counselling and thereafter provide referral and linkage to treatment and rehabilitation services for substance dependence.
6. Ministry also supports setting up of 36 Addiction Treatment Facilities (ATFs) in some Government hospitals, which is being implemented through AIIMS, New Delhi.
7. The Ministry is also providing financial support for setting up of District De-Addiction Centre (DDAC) in various districts. These DDACs would provide comprehensive facilities hitherto being provided by IRCA, ODIC & CPLI together. The main focus of the DDAC is early prevention, education, demand reduction, identification, treatment and rehabilitation services of vulnerable individuals or individuals affected by substance use disorders.
8. The Ministry supported GIA institutions providing counselling, treatment & rehabilitation services have been geo-tagged for ease of access.
9. A Toll-free Helpline for de-addiction, 14446 is being maintained by the Ministry for providing primary counseling and immediate assistance to the persons seeking help through this helpline.
10. Ministry through its autonomous body National Institute of Social Defence (NISD) and other collaborating agencies like SCERTs, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan etc. provides for regular awareness generation and sensitization sessions for all stakeholders including students, teachers, parents.

The Ministry under the scheme of NAPDDR has proposed to open 290 district de-addiction centres across the country in next five years.

The Ministry provides financial assistance to NGOs/VOs for running and maintenance of IRCAs, ODICs and CPLIs under the Scheme of NAPDDR. As per guideline of the Scheme, 15 Staffs are for 15 bedded IRCA Centre, 06 Staffs are for ODIC projects and 23 Staffs are for CPLI projects have been sanctioned.

15-Dec-2021: National Action Plan For Drug Demand Reduction

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment implements the scheme of National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR), under which financial assistance is provided to 'NGOs/VOs for running and maintenance of Integrated Rehabilitation Centres for Addicts (IRCAs), Community based peer Led Intervention (CPLI) for early Drug Use Prevention among Adolescents and Outreach and Drop In Centres (ODIC) and Addiction treatment facilities (ATFs) in Government Hospitals'. The Ministry is supporting the following:

1. Launching of Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) in 272 most vulnerable districts under this a massive community outreach is being done through about 8000 youth volunteers. More than 80 lakh youth have been contacted under the Abhiyaan. 4 Districts of Maharashtra are included under Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan.
2. Maintaining (364) Integrated Rehabilitation Centres for Addicts (IRCAs) not only for treating the drug victims but to provide services of preventive education, awareness generation, motivational counselling, detoxification/de-addiction, after care and re-integration into the social mainstream. There are 42 IRCAs in Maharashtra.
3. Maintaining (54) Community based Peer led Intervention (CPLI) Centres with focus on vulnerable and at risk children and adolescents. Under this, peer educators engage children for awareness generation and life skill activities. There are 3 CPLIs in Maharashtra.
4. Maintaining of (87) Outreach and Drop In Centres (ODICs) to provide safe and secure space for substance users, with provision of screening, assessment and counseling and thereafter provide referral and linkage to treatment and rehabilitation services for substance dependence. There are 3 ODICs in Maharashtra.
5. Setting up of 35 Addiction Treatment Facilities (ATFs) in Government hospitals, which is being implemented through AIIMS, New Delhi. There is one ATF in Maharashtra.

20-Sep-2020: M/o Social Justice and Empowerment is Implementing a National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR) for 2018-2025

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has formulated and is implementing a National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR) for 2018-2025. The Plan aims at reduction of adverse consequences of drug abuse through a multi-pronged strategy. The activities under the NAPDDR, inter-alia, include awareness generation programmes in  schools/colleges/Universities, workshops/seminars/ with parents, community based peer led interactions intervention programmes for vulnerable adolescent and youth in the community, provisioning of treatment facilities and capacity building of service providers.

The Ministry has also initiated focused intervention programmes in vulnerable districts across the country with an aim to increase community participation and public cooperation in the reduction of demand for dependence-producing substances and promote collective initiatives and self-help endeavour among individuals and groups vulnerable to addiction or found at risk.

5-Feb-2020: National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has formulated and is implementing a National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR) for 2018-2025. The Plan aims at reduction of adverse consequences of drug abuse through a multi-pronged strategy. The activities under the NAPDDR, inter-alia, include awareness generation programmes in schools/colleges/Universities, workshops/seminars/ with parents, community based peer led interactions intervention programmes for vulnerable adolescent and youth in the community, provisioning of treatment facilities and capacity building of service providers.

The Ministry has also approved the proposal of National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (NDDTC, AIIMS) for providing financial assistance for establishment of Addiction Treatment Facilities at 125 Govt. Hospitals in phase manner for over a period of three years. An amount of Rs. 6.46 Cr has been released to AIIMS for the same during 2019-20.

The National Institute of Social Defence (NISD) is the technical resource agency for implementing the activities of the NAPDDR across the country.

NISD through various stakeholders has conducted awareness  programs and campaign in schools and colleges. Till date, 1033 awareness programs have been conducted across nationwide.

During 2018-19, an amount of Rs 112.33 Crore was released under the Scheme of NAPDDR. Out of this amount, about Rs 58 Crore is for the purpose of awareness generation in schools, colleges and communities, capacity building of various stakeholders,  setting up de-addiction centres in Government/District Hospitals, Prisons, Juvenile Homes and other closed settings, focused intervention programmes in vulnerable districts, etc. Further, an amount of Rs 52.10 Crore has been released to States/UTs for awareness generation, capacity building and specific intervention programmes to be carried out by them.

During 2019-20 (till 03.02.2020) an amount of Rs. 106.0 Crore has been released under the Scheme of NAPDDR. Approximately an amount of Rs. 56.88 Crores has been released to States/UTs for awareness generation, capacity building and specific intervention programmes to be carried out by them.  Further, an amount of Rs. 35 Crores has been released to NISD for taking various activities under NAPDDR. An amount of Rs. 1.5 Crore has been released to NBCFDC for skill development . An amount of Rs. 3.58 Crore has been released to AIIMS for capacity building mechanism and  Rs.0.70 Crore has been released to State Govt.  of M.P. for setting up an anti-drug awareness project "KAWACH" for school children in Madhya Pradesh.

The Ministry has also initiated establishing of Outreach and Drop in Centres (ODIC) to conduct outreach activities in the community for prevention of drug abuse with a special focus on youth who are dependent on drugs and is also undertaking Community based Peer led Intervention (CPLI) programmes for early prevention education specially for vulnerable adolescents and youth in the community in selected districts across the Country.

Along with the earlier identified 127 districts, following 4 districts have also been included for Target Intervention programme (ODIC & CPLI) :

1. Hanumangarh (Rajasthan)
2. Churu (Rajasthan)
3. Seoni (Madhya Pradesh)
4. Balaghat (Madhya Pradesh)

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20-Nov-2019: National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment through the National Institute of Social Defence (NISD) has identified 127 vulnerable districts across the country for setting up Community Based Peer Led Intervention Centres (CPLIs) and Outreach and Drop in Centres (ODICs). The list of districts is given below. Total fund released under NAPDDR to State Governments and other implementing agencies since its formulation in the year 2018-19 & 2019-20 is as follows:

For maintaining standards of services and quality service delivery, a manual on minimum standards of services for the programmes under the Scheme for Prevention of Alcoholism and Substance (Drugs) abuse has been developed by NISD. The guideline, inter-alia, provides for minimum standards of care in the field of addiction treatment/prevention, to improve the quality of treatment delivery, to ensure effective service delivery and for optimum utilization of resources through networking and convergence.

17-Jan-2019: National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (2018-2023)

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has drafted National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (2018-2023) for addressing the problem of drug and substance abuse in the country, dumping a long-pending draft policy on the matter.

The components of the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (2018-2023) are:

• Employ a multi-pronged strategy involving education, de-addiction and rehabilitation of affected individuals and their families to address the issue.
• Focus on preventive education, awareness generation, counselling, treatment and rehabilitation of drug-dependent people, besides training and capacity-building of service providers through the collaborative efforts of the Centre, state and NGOs.
• Involvement of stakeholders: Coordination with implementing agencies for controlling the sale of sedatives, painkillers and muscle relaxant drugs, holding awareness generation programmes and checking online sale of drugs by stringent monitoring by the cyber cell are proposed under the Action Plan.
• Awareness generation through social, print, digital and online media, and engagement of celebrities, besides strengthening the national toll-free helpline for drug prevention. The Action Plan calls for persuading principals, directors, vice chancellors of educational institutions to ensure that no drugs are sold within/nearby the campus.
• Increase community participation and public cooperation in the reduction of demand by involving Panchayati Raj institutions, Urban Local Bodies, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan and other local groups like Mahila Mandals, self-help groups etc. to tackle the menace of drugs.
• A steering committee would be constituted under the chairmanship of the secretary, Social Justice Ministry, and with representatives from several other Ministries to monitor the implementation of the Action Plan.

Drug menace: India is vulnerable to narcotic drug trafficking as it is located between two largest Opium producing regions of the world i.e. Golden Crescent in the west and Golden Triangle in the east. Drug trafficking and abuse also pose serious threat to our societies. Estimates suggest that there are 40 lakh drug addicts in the country. The most common drugs of abuse are ‘ganja’, ‘hashish’, ‘opium’ and ‘heroin’. The abuse of pharmaceutical preparations like ‘buprenorphine’, codeine based cough syrups and painkillers like ‘proxivon’ has also assumed serious proportions. In certain regions of the country, drug abuse has already become a severe social-economic problem affecting the vulnerable age groups.

The Government has taken several policy and other initiatives to deal with drug trafficking problem.

• It constituted Narco-Coordination Centre (NCORD) in November, 2016 and revived the scheme of “Financial Assistance to States for Narcotics Control”.
• In 2017, the government approved new Reward Guidelines with increased quantum of reward for interdiction or seizure of different illicit drugs.
• For effective coordination with foreign countries, India has signed 37 Bilateral Agreements/Memoranda of Understanding.
• Narcotics Control Bureau has been provided funds for developing a new software i.e. Seizure Information Management System (SIMS) which will create a complete online database of drug offences and offenders.
• The government has constituted a fund called “National Fund for Control of Drug Abuse” to meet the expenditure incurred in connection with combating illicit traffic in Narcotic Drugs; rehabilitating addicts, and educating public against drug abuse, etc.
• The government is also conducting National Drug Abuse Survey to measure trends of drug abuse in India through Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment with the help of National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre of AIIMS.

6-Jul-2022: Shri Parshottam Rupala inaugurates India’s first ever Animal Health Summit

Shri Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying said that there is need to strengthen the cooperative movement in the livestock sector. Inaugurating First India Animal Health Summit 2022, he called for greater use of Ayurveda for ensuring better animal health.

First India Animal Health Summit 2022 was held at NASC Complex, New Delhi today understanding the significance of animal health towards the broader objective of the country's food and nutrition security, rural incomes and prosperity and overall economic development.

Shri Rupala was the chief guest at the inaugural function of ‘India Animal Health Summit 2022’ organized by Indian Chamber of Food and Agriculture (ICFA) and the Agriculture Today Group. He said that by ensuring good animal health, veterinarians are playing a very significant role. Shri Rupala called for suggestions from the general public on the initiatives that can be taken to give due recognition to the work of veterinarians in serving the nation.

Speaking on the occasion, Shri Atul Chaturvedi, Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying said that animal health is a very major component of One Health and there is need to ensure even more respect for veterinarians in the community at large. He said that the department is taking initiatives to address animal pandemic preparedness.

The two-day event will host a plethora of panel discussions ranging from topics such as Animal Health policy initiatives to Business environment & investment opportunities in the Animal Health sector. The deliberations evolved will later be documented and presented to authorities.

Dr Praveen Malik, Commissioner, Animal Husbandry; Dr KML Pathak, Chairman, ICFA Working group on Animal Husbandry, Dr Umesh Sharma, President Veterinary Council of India, Dr Dieter Joseph Schillinger, DDG, International Livestock Research Institute, Dr BN Tripathi, DDG Animal Science, ICAR, Dr MJ Khan, Chairman, Indian Chamber of Food & Agriculture and Mrs. Mamta Jain, Editor & CEO, Agriculture Today Group were present at the event.