Smuggling of Drugs
Smuggling of Drugs
The Government is making various efforts jointly with the neighbouring countries to check smuggling of Narcotics drugs. Some of them are detailed below: –
Ø Director General Level Talk has been organized with neighbouring countries such as Myanmar, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, etc, to resolve various issues on drugs having international implications.
To address the problem of Drug Abuse, Government has formulated and implemented the 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. This includes:
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
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- Launching of Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) in 272 most vulnerable districts, later on extended to all districts of the country under which a massive community outreach is being done through more than 8000 youth volunteers. So far NMBA has reached out to more-than 10.73 crore people including 3.39 crore youth and 2.27 crore women.