Lok Sabha Question No. 4329 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-11
Subject: Expenditure on Curing of Diseases Caused by Alcohol
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4329 TO BE ANSWERED ON   11 TH AUGUST, 2017

## EXPENDITURE ON CURIN G OF DISEASES CAUSED BY ALCOHOL

## 4329. SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government maintains  a  data  on  revenue  generated  from alcohol  and  the expenditure/amount incurred  in  the  treatment  of  health  risk caused  by  the  chronic  heavy drinking;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a)& (b) : No such information is available in the Ministry.
- (c) : Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare  runs  a  Drug  De - Addiction  Programme  under which grants are provided to three Central Government Hospitals i.e. National Drug Depend Treatment  Centre  (NDDTC), All  India  Institute  of  Medical  Sciences  (AIIMS),  New  Delhi, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, (NIMHANS), Bengaluru and Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh to run Dru De-Addiction  Centres.  Under  a new  initiative,    National  Drug  Dependence  Treatment  Centre (NDDTC), AIIMS has setup 14 Drug Treatment Clinics to provide outpatient services for d dependence treatment. The details of expenditure under the scheme for the last 3  financi is as follows:

## (Rupees in Crore)

| Year     |   B.E. |   R.E. |   Grants Sanction |
|----------|--------|--------|-------------------|
| 2014- 15 |     35 |  37.43 |             32    |
| 2015- 16 |     35 |  35    |             26    |
| 2016- 17 |     30 |  25    |             25.35 |

Further,  Ministry  of  Social  Justice  and  Empowerment  implements  the  Central Sector Scheme of Assistance for Prevention of Alcoholism and Substance (Drug) Abuse and for Soc Defence Services for identification, counseling, treatment and rehabilitation of addicts voluntary and other eligible organizations.  Under this Sche me, f nancial assistance upto 90% of the  expenditure  is  provided  to  Non - Government  Organizations  (NGOs),  Panchayati  Raj Institutions,  Urban  Local  Bodies  etc.  for  inter - alia,  awareness  &  preventive  education  and running of Integrated Rehabilitation Centres for Addicts (IRCAs).  In the case of North - Eastern States, Sikkim and Jammu & Kashmir, the quantum of assistance is 95% of the total admiss expenditure.

The  approach  of  this  Scheme  is  to  provide  the  whole  range  of  services  includ awareness generat ion, identification, counseling, treatment and rehabilitation of addicts. view  to  reduce  the  demand  for  and  consumption  of  alcohol  and  dependence  producing substances, the thrust is on preventive education programmes and Whole Person Recovery.

The details of expenditure under the Scheme for the last three financial years is a -

## (Rupees in Crore)

| Year     |   B.E. |   R.E. |   Grants sanctioned |
|----------|--------|--------|---------------------|
| 2014- 15 |  50    |  35.11 |               30.74 |
| 2015- 16 |  20.15 |  36.15 |               36.15 |
| 2016- 17 |  35    |  47    |               47    |