Lok Sabha Question No. 3465 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-08
Subject: Schemes on Alcoholism
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3465 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2017

## SCHEMES ON ALCOHOLISM

## †3465. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  make  the  schemes  in  respect  of  treatment  and rehabilitation  of  people  affected  by  harmful  effects  of  liquor  and  tobacco  more  effective  and  if  so,  the details thereof;

(b) whether the Government is also contemplating on a special legislative measure for total prohibition of intoxicating elements and if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the number of people died due to intoxication in the country particularly in Bundelkhand region during the last three years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA)

(a): The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment implements the 'Central Sector Scheme of Prevention of  Alcoholism  and  Substance  (Drug)  Abuse'  under  which  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  NonGovernmental Organizations, Panchayati Raj Institutions, Urban Local Bodies etc for, inter-alia, running and maintenance of Integrated Rehabilitation Centres for Addicts (IRCAs). The cost norms of the Scheme have been revised w.e.f. 01.01.2015 and the enhancement under different components ranges between 80 and 100 percent. The revised Scheme has provision for free food to all inmates of the IRCAs.

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has informed that National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP)  was  launched  by  Ministry  of  Health  &  Family  Welfare  in  2007-08.  Setting-up  of  Tobacco Cessation facilities is one of the key components of this Programme for providing cessation services to the people affected by the use of tobacco. The number of Tobacco Cessation centres (TCCs)/ Tobacco Deaddiction Centers pan-India is 264.

(b):  As  per  entry  8  of  the  State  list  in  the  Seventh  Schedule  of  the  Indian  Constitution,    the  production, manufacture, possession, transport, purchase and sale of intoxicating liquors and as per entry no. 51 duties of  excise  on  alcoholic  liquors  for  human  consumption  manufactured  or  produced  elsewhere  in  India  are State subject. There is no such proposal under consideration of this Ministry.

(c)  The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) under the Ministry of Home Affairs has furnished the following data pertaining to number of persons died due to consumption of illicit/spurious liquor and drug overdose in the country including Bundelkhand region during the last three years:

| year                    |   2014 |   2015 |   2016* |
|-------------------------|--------|--------|---------|
| Total death in country  |    874 |    750 |     757 |
| Death in Uttar Pradesh  |     31 |     36 |       0 |
| Death in Madhya Pradesh |     40 |     14 |      58 |

*The data for year 2016 is provisional as data is under clarification.