Lok Sabha Question No. 33 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-19
Subject: Drug Trafficking
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *33

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH  JULY, 2022/ ASHADHA 28, 1944 (SAKA)

DRUG TRAFFICKING

†*33.     SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  drug  trafficking  is  a  national  crime  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;

(b) whether the Government has taken any steps to improve coordination with the international agencies and other countries to deal with the issue of narcotic drugs; and

(c) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT IN REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *33 FOR 19.07.2022 REGARDING DRUG TRAFFICKING

(a) As  per  latest  data  published  by  National  Crime  Records  Bureau (NCRB) pertaining to the year 2020, state-wise details of Cases Registered,  Cases  Charge  sheeted,  Cases  Convicted,  Persons  Arrested, Persons Charge sheeted and Persons Convicted under the Narcotic Drugs &  Psychotropic  Substances  (NDPS)  Act-1985  for  the  year  2018,  2019  & 2020   is annexed  at Annexure-I.

(b) & (c) Govt.  of  India  through  Narcotics  Control  Bureau  (NCB)  has taken the following measures to improve co-ordination with International organizations and other countries in the matter related to narcotic drugs  :-

-  As a part of international co-operation, India has signed Bilateral Agreements  with  27  countries,  Memorandum  of  Understandings with  15  countries  and  Agreements  on  Security  Cooperation  with 02 countries for combating illicit trafficking  of  Narcotic  Drugs  & Psychotropic  Substances  and  Chemical  Precursors  as  well  as related offences.
-  NCB co-ordinates with various international organizations such as South  Asian  Association  for  Regional  Cooperation  (SAARC)  Drug Offences  Monitoring  Desk  (SDOMD), BRICS- Brazil, Russia,  India,

## L.S.S.Q.NO.*33 FOR 19.07.2022

China and South Africa, Colombo Plan, Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), ASEAN Senior Officials  on Drug Matters (ASOD), Bay of Bengal Initiative  for  Multi-Sectoral  Technical  and Economic Co-operation (BIMSTEC), Sanghai Cooperation organization (SCO) and International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)  etc. for sharing intelligence and information on matters related to narcotic drugs.

-  NCB liaises with various Drug Liaison Officers of other countries such  as  Drug  Enforcement  Agency  of  United  States  of  America, National  Crime  Agency  of  United  Kingdom,  Federal  Police  of Austria,  Royal  Canadian  Mounted  Police  of  Canada,  General Directorate  of  Narcotics  Control  of  Saudi  Arabia,  South  African Police Services.
-  NCB  also  organizes  DG  level  Bilateral  talks  with  the  various countries on regular basis on the issue of drug trafficking.

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## State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases Charge sheeted (CCS), Cases Convicted (CON), Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Charge sheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act  during 2018, 2019 & 2020

| SL    | State/UT             | 2018       | 2018     | 2018   | 2018      | 2018      | 2018   |       |           |        |           |           |        | 2020      | 2020           | 2020      | 2020      | 2020   | 2020   |
|-------|----------------------|------------|----------|--------|-----------|-----------|--------|-------|-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|--------|-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|--------|--------|
| SL    | State/UT             | CR         | CCS      | CON    | PAR       | PCS       | PCV    | CR    | CCS       | CON    | PAR       | PCS       | PCV    | CR        | CCS CON        | PAR       | PCS       | PCV    |        |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh       | 534        | 399      | 57     | 1635      | 1474 175  |        | 717   | 430       | 28     | 1559      | 1182      | 80     | 866       | 409 10         | 1569      | 905       | 22     |        |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh    | 122        | 109      | 2      | 212       | 150       | 3      | 124   | 95        | 3      | 182       | 120       | 3      | 132       | 146 0          | 255       | 205       | 0      |        |
| 3     | Assam                | 478        | 483      | 9      | 668       | 514       | 10     | 841   | 495       | 10     | 1237      | 679       | 10     | 983       | 638 3          | 2107      | 796       | 4      |        |
| 4     | Bihar                | 615        | 780      | 57     | 1040 1006 |           | 82     | 697   | 451       | 83     | 899       | 655       | 125    | 964       | 642 30         | 983       | 870       | 42     |        |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh         | 712        | 750      | 274    |           | 1071      | 362    | 707   | 680       | 278    | 954       | 963       | 338    | 875       | 776 154        | 1336      | 1175      | 182    |        |
| 6     | Goa                  | 222        | 188      | 18     | 1084 237  | 205       | 18     | 218   | 208       | 12     | 239       | 224       | 13     | 147       | 213 8          | 177       | 233       | 9      |        |
| 7     | Gujarat              | 150        | 128      | 4      | 255       | 247       | 4      | 289   | 259       | 3      | 499       | 480       | 6      | 308       | 307 4          | 577       | 582       | 11     |        |
| 8     | Haryana              | 2587       | 2424     | 886    | 3643      | 3084      | 1041   | 2677  | 2589      | 621    | 3951      | 3594      | 743    | 3060      | 2870 124       | 5153      | 4635      | 168    |        |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh     | 1342       | 1255     | 195    | 1789      | 1678      | 241    | 1439  | 1327      | 169    | 1881      | 1822      | 214    | 1538      | 1503 63        | 1931      | 2107      | 81     |        |
| 10    | Jharkhand            | 237        | 159      | 41     | 234       | 216       | 41     | 242   | 208       | 96     | 209       | 249       | 96     | 415       | 243 41         | 344       | 325       | 46     |        |
| 11    | Karnataka            | 1030       | 885      | 275    | 1804      | 1400      | 367    | 1652  | 1474      | 335    | 2639      | 2333      | 467    | 4054      | 3832           | 5934      | 5406      | 1266   |        |
| 12    | Kerala               | 8724       | 8926     | 6181   | 9433      | 9679      | 6446   | 9245  | 9101      | 6978   | 9792      | 9992      | 7317   | 4968      | 888 4868 2857  | 5140      | 5490      | 3173   |        |
| 13    | Madhya Pradesh       | 1874       | 1844     | 868    | 2459      | 2494      | 1012   | 3432  | 3350      | 1743   | 3826      | 4189      | 2018   | 3155      | 3054 535       | 3926      | 4092      | 645    |        |
| 14    | Maharashtra          | 12195      | 10868    | 6522   | 16094     | 11705     | 6831   | 14158 | 13462     | 9027   | 17945     | 14914     | 9309   | 4714      | 4262 2405      | 7437      | 4892      | 2470   |        |
| 15    | Manipur              | 381        | 221      | 33     | 490       | 267       | 33     | 338   | 352       | 38     | 479       | 515       | 42     | 304       | 123 18         | 364       | 237       | 29     |        |
| 16    | Meghalaya            | 81         | 39       | 11     | 167       | 83        | 13     | 117   | 91        | 14     | 166       | 155       | 14     | 76        | 73 13          | 150       | 130       | 34     |        |
| 17    | Mizoram              | 164        | 176      | 56     | 232       | 207       | 67     | 160   | 148       | 72     | 209       | 208       | 94     | 97        | 112 53         | 136       | 145       | 69     |        |
| 18    | Nagaland             | 66         | 52       | 21     | 93        | 69        | 21     | 142   | 117       | 61     | 243       | 175       | 91     | 115       | 82 37          | 204       | 114       | 55     |        |
| 19    | Odisha               | 573        | 417      | 15     | 415       | 523       | 19     | 980   | 580       | 144    | 1368      | 1554      | 201    | 1179      | 753 1          | 1885      | 1885      | 1      |        |
| 20    | Punjab               | 11654      | 11763    | 5036   | 14983     | 14126     | 5950   | 11536 | 12203     | 5098   | 16296     | 14589     | 6035   | 6909      | 8804 1323      | 11455     | 10615     | 1652   |        |
| 21    | Rajasthan            | 1862       | 1616     | 437    | 2984      | 2942      | 603    | 2592  | 2235      | 673    | 4017      | 3871      | 1159   | 2743      | 390            | 4643      | 4377      | 487    |        |
| 22    | Sikkim               | 7          | 7        | 2      | 8         | 8         | 4      | 20    | 18        | 2      | 25        | 20        | 2      | 19        | 2280 12 2      | 36        | 18        | 2      |        |
| 23    | Tamil Nadu           | 3717       | 3272     | 2095   | 4877      | 3897      | 2252   | 4329  | 3108      | 2024   | 5640      | 3545      | 2193   | 5403      | 2124 964       | 6969      | 2965      | 1094   |        |
| 24    | Telangana            | 311        | 275      | 61     | 879       | 676       | 104    | 464   | 269       | 10     | 878       | 527       | 21     | 509       | 404 30         | 1114      | 735       | 51     |        |
| 25    | Tripura              |            |          | 3      |           | 180       | 5      |       |           | 1      | 698       |           | 1      |           | 3              | 662       | 499       | 4      |        |
|       |                      | 431        | 129      |        | 579       |           |        | 316   | 402       |        |           | 617       |        | 307       | 324            |           |           |        |        |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh        | 8821       | 8734     | 4855   | 9605      | 9614      | 6296   | 10198 | 10091     | 4074   | 12073     | 11284     | 4267   | 10852     | 10728 4170     | 12013     | 11748     | 4274   |        |
| 27 28 | Uttarakhand          | 1064       | 954 1540 | 102    | 1032 2195 | 1028 2039 | 104 25 | 1396  | 1221 1170 | 177 32 | 1511 2277 | 1466 1849 | 284 43 | 1282 1626 | 997 80 1654 16 | 1386 2775 | 1342 2057 | 89 27  |        |
|       | TOTAL                | 1479 61433 | 58393    | 8      | 79126     | 70582     | 32129  | 1421  | 66134     | 31806  | 91692     | 81771     | 35186  | 57600     | 52233 14222    | 80661     | 68580     | 15987  |        |
|       | West Bengal STATE(S) |            |          | 28124  |           |           |        | 70447 |           |        |           |           |        |           |                |           |           |        |        |

LS S Q No. *33 for 19.07.2022 Page No. 2/2 of Annexure-I

| SL   | State/UT                   | 2018   | 2018   | 2018   | 2018   | 2018   | 2018   | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   | 2020   | 2020   | 2020   | 2020   | 2020   | 2020   |
|------|----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL   | State/UT                   | CR     | CCS    | CON    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    | CR     | CCS    | CON    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    | CR     | CCS    | CON    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    |
| 29   | A&N Islands                | 49     | 49     | 3      | 67     | 58     | 3      | 133    | 104    | 1      | 176    | 163    | 1      | 55     | 80     | 12     | 152    | 147    | 15     |
| 30   | Chandigarh                 | 178    | 215    | 65     | 312    | 224    | 67     | 226    | 171    | 90     | 231    | 178    | 90     | 134    | 218    | 57     | 119    | 218    | 58     |
| 31   | D&N Haveli and Daman& Diu+ | 3      | 3      | 0      | 9      | 6      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 5      | 3      | 0      | 14     | 7      | 0      |
| 32   | Delhi                      | 507    | 442    | 103    | 774    | 572    | 120    | 712    | 543    | 86     | 1072   | 711    | 95     | 748    | 525    | 35     | 1085   | 656    | 38     |
| 33   | Jammu& Kashmir*            | 938    | 995    | 38     | 1460   | 1428   | 45     | 1173   | 1229   | 95     | 1884   | 1804   | 116    | 1222   | 948    | 14     | 1564   | 1474   | 19     |
| 34   | Ladakh                     | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | 2      | 4      | 0      | 4      | 4      | 0      |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                | 8      | 4      | 0      | 11     | 5      | 0      | 4      | 0      | 0      | 16     | 0      | 0      | 4      | 3      | 0      | 21     | 15     | 0      |
| 36   | Puducherry                 | 21     | 19     | 0      | 19     | 19     | 0      | 26     | 21     | 6      | 21     | 21     | 6      | 36     | 10     | 0      | 99     | 99     | 0      |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)                | 1704   | 1727   | 209    | 2652   | 2312   | 235    | 2274   | 2068   | 279    | 3401   | 2877   | 309    | 2206   | 1791   | 118    | 3058   | 2620   | 130    |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)          | 63137  | 60120  | 28333  | 81778  | 72894  | 32364  | 72721  | 68202  | 32085  | 95093  | 84648  | 35495  | 59806  | 54024  | 14340  | 83719  | 71200  | 16117  |

Source: Crime in India Note : '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT

*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh