Lok Sabha Question No. 459 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-20
Subject: Drug Trafficking
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: K. Muraleedharan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 459

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  JULY, 2021/ ASHADHA 29,1943 (SAKA) DRUG TRAFFICKING

459. SHRI K. MURALEEDHARAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the cases of drug trafficking are increasing in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the total number of such cases registered during each of the last year, Statewise;
- (c) the number of cases registered under Narcotics Control Bureau during the said period, State-wise; and
- (d) the  action  taken  by  the  Government  for  the  prevention  of  drug trafficking?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) Sharp vigil, effective surveillance, public cooperation, source-based intelligence, sensitization of field officials for better enforcement etc. have resulted  in  gradual  increase  in  registration  of  number  of  drug  trafficking related cases in the country.  National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) is the central  agency,  which  compiles the data on crimes, as reported by States and  Union  Territories,  and  publishes  the  same  in  its  annual  publication 'Crime  in  India'.  The  latest  published  report  is  of  the  year  2019.    The State/UT-wise  details  of  cases  registered  under  the  Narcotics  Drugs  & Psychotropic Substance (NDPS) Act-1985 for the year- 2017, 2018 & 2019 is at Annexure-I.

## LS.US.Q.NO.459 FOR 20.07.2021

- (c) Narcotics  Control  Bureau  maintains  zone  wise  data.  The  zone-wise number of cases booked under NDPS Act-1985 by Narcotics Control Bureau during the year 2017, 2018 & 2019 is at Annexure-II.
- (d) Government of India has taken various steps for the prevention of drug trafficking in the country which, inter-alia, are as under:-
-  For coordination among various Central and State Agencies, the Narco Coordination  Centre  (NCORD)  mechanism  was  set  up  by  Ministry  of Home  Affairs (MHA) in the year 2016 for effective Drug  Law Enforcement. This NCORD system has been restructured into a 4 tier scheme  up  to  district  level  by  MHA  on  29  July  2019  for  better coordination.
-  For  monitoring  the  investigation  of  large  seizure  cases,  a  Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) with  Director General (DG), Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) as its Chairman was set up by Govt. of India on 19 July 2019.
-  For digitization of pan-India drug seizure data, MHA has launched an eportal called 'SIMS' (Seizure Information Management System) in the year  2019  for  all  the  drug  law  enforcement  agencies  under  the mandate of Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
-  Financial  assistance  under  the  scheme  'Assistance  to  States  for Narcotics Control' is provided by MHA  to eligible States for strengthening their narcotic units.

## LS.US.Q.NO.459 FOR 20.07.2021

-  Border Security Force (BSF), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Indian Coast Guard,  Railway  Protection  Force  and  National  Investigation  Agency (NIA) have been empowered under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) for making interdiction of narcotic drugs  in remotest and far furlong areas of the country.
-  Illicit  cultivation  is  addressed  through  use  of  satellite  imagery  and subsequent destruction of such crops in coordination with States.
-  As a part of International co-operation, India has signed 26 Bilateral Agreements,  15  Memoranda  of  Understanding  &  02  Agreements  on Security  Cooperation  with  different  countries  for  combating  illicit trafficking  of  NDPS  and  Chemical  Precursors  as  well  as  related offences.
-  NCB  also  co-ordinates  with  various  international  organizations  such as  SAARC  Drug  Offences  Monitoring  Desk  (SDOMD),  Brazil,  Russia, India,  China  and  South  Africa  (BRICS),  Colombo  Plan,  Association  of Southeast  Asian  Nations  (ASEAN),  ASEAN  Senior  Officials  on  Drug Matters (ASOD), Bay of Bengal Initiative For Multi-Sectoral Technical and  Economic  Co-Operation  (BIMSTEC),  United  Nations  Office  on Drugs  and  Crime  (UNODC),  International  Narcotics  Control  Board (INCB)  etc  for  sharing  information  and  intelligence  to  combat  transnational drug trafficking.

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## State/UT-wise details of Cases Registered (CR) for the year 2017, 2018 & 2019:-

| S.No   | States/UTs        |   2017 |   2018 |   2019 |
|--------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    |    682 |    534 |    717 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh |    124 |    122 |    124 |
| 3      | Assam             |    354 |    478 |    841 |
| 4      | Bihar             |    749 |    615 |    697 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      |    743 |    712 |    707 |
| 6      | Goa               |    168 |    222 |    218 |
| 7      | Gujarat           |     69 |    150 |    289 |
| 8      | Haryana           |   2200 |   2587 |   2677 |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh  |   1010 |   1342 |   1439 |
| 10     | Jammu & Kashmir   |    991 |    938 |   1173 |
| 11     | Jharkhand         |    204 |    237 |    242 |
| 12     | Karnataka         |   1126 |   1030 |   1652 |
| 13     | Kerala            |   9244 |   8724 |   9245 |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh    |   1286 |   1874 |   3432 |
| 15     | Maharashtra       |  14634 |  12195 |  14158 |
| 16     | Manipur           |    275 |    381 |    338 |
| 17     | Meghalaya         |     56 |     81 |    117 |
| 18     | Mizoram           |    139 |    164 |    160 |
| 19     | Nagaland          |     81 |     66 |    142 |
| 20     | Odisha            |    573 |    573 |    980 |
| 21     | Punjab            |  12356 |  11654 |  11536 |
| 22     | Rajasthan         |   1596 |   1862 |   2592 |
| 23     | Sikkim            |      3 |      7 |     20 |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu        |   3812 |   3717 |   4329 |
| 25     | Telangana         |    387 |    311 |    464 |
| 26     | Tripura           |     84 |    431 |    316 |
| 27     | Uttar Pradesh     |   7439 |   8821 |  10198 |
| 28     | Uttarakhand       |   1017 |   1064 |   1396 |
| 29     | West Bengal       |   1724 |   1479 |   1479 |
|        | TOTAL STATE(S)    |  63126 |  62371 |  71678 |
| 30     | A&N Islands       |     34 |     49 |    133 |
| 31     | Chandigarh        |    244 |    178 |    226 |
| 32     | D&N Haveli        |      2 |      3 |      0 |
| 33     | Daman & Diu       |      1 |      0 |      0 |
| 34     | Delhi             |    376 |    507 |    712 |
| 35     | Lakshadweep       |      6 |      8 |      4 |
| 36     | Puducherry        |     11 |     21 |     26 |
|        | TOTAL UT(S)       |    674 |    766 |   1101 |
|        | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |  63800 |  63137 |  72779 |

Source: Crime in India

Note : Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal in time for 2019, Data furnished

for 2018 has been used

No.  of  cases  booked  under  NDPS  Act,  by  Narcotics  Control  Bureau  in  the  Year  2017,2018  & 2019:-

| Sl. No.           | NCB Zone          | State/UT under Jurisdiction                                                |   2017 |   2018 |   2019 |
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1                 | NCB AHEMEDABAD    | Gujarat, UT of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli.                       |     10 |     18 |     15 |
| 2                 | NCB BANGALORE     | Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana.                                      |     17 |     25 |     17 |
| 3                 | NCB CHANDIGARH    | Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana & UT of Chandigarh.                      |     81 |     52 |     72 |
| 4                 | NCB CHENNAI       | Tamil Nadu, Kerala and UT of Puducherry and Lakshadweep.                   |     17 |     31 |     27 |
| 5                 | NCB GUWAHATI      | Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura & Manipur. |     27 |     36 |     29 |
| 6                 | NCB INDORE        | Madhya Pradesh ,Chhattisgarh                                               |      7 |     10 |      6 |
| 7                 | NCB JAMMU         | Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh                                                    |     11 |     15 |      7 |
| 8                 | NCB JODHPUR       | Rajasthan                                                                  |     18 |     18 |     19 |
| 9                 | NCB KOLKATA       | West Bengal, Odisha, Sikkim & UT of Andaman & Nicobar islands.             |     68 |     67 |     29 |
| 10                | NCB LUCKNOW       | Uttar Pradesh                                                              |     21 |     32 |     42 |
| 11                | NCB MUMBAI        | Maharashtra, Goa                                                           |     29 |     25 |     35 |
| 12                | NCB NEW DELHI     | NCR Delhi, area of Haryana, Uttarakhand, Few portions of Rajasthan & UP.   |     35 |     44 |     54 |
| 13                | NCB PATNA         | Bihar, Jharkhand                                                           |     32 |     51 |     33 |
| Total No of cases | Total No of cases | Total No of cases                                                          |    373 |    424 |    385 |