The NDA, consisting of 24 parties, formed a coalition government with Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee as Prime Minister. India has 26 states and six union territories. The Governor, as the representative of the President, is the head of Executive, but real executive power rests with the Chief Minister who heads the Council of Ministers. The Council of Ministers of a state is collectively responsible to the elected legislative assembly of the state. Sri Lanka is about 40 miles from the southern India, via Indian Ocean.
Precursor chemicals move from India into Myanmar and Pakistan.
According to Government reports, heroine seizures in 1997 amounted to 1.3 metric tons and in 1999 to 0.825 tons. Licit Cultivation of Opium India is the largest global producer of licit cultivation of poppy and the sole producer of opium gum, which is the source of alkaloids like thebane and codeine. The Central Bureau of Narcotics supervises licit opium cultivation in India. An elaborate system has been designed to ensure that all opium produced in India is duly accounted for. However, despite of all these efforts it is suspected that part of the production of licit opium still makes its way into illicit channels.