Lok Sabha Question No. 1521 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-07
Subject: Use of Drugs Among Women and Children
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1521 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2021

## USE OF DRUGS AMONG WOMEN AND CHILDREN

## 1521. DR NISHIKANT DUBEY:

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

- (a) whether it has come to the notice of the Government that the incidence of use of drugs is rising among women and children in the country;
- (6) if so, the details thereof;
- the number of women and children detained for selling/using drugs during each of the last three years and current year; year-wise;
- the number of the de-addiction Centres functioning across the country, State-wise; and
- e) the details of financial assistance provided to these Centres during each of the last three years and the current year; State-wise including the State of Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (DR  VIRENDRA KUMAR)

(a) & (b) As per the first 'Comprehensive National Survey on Extent and Pattern of Substance Use in India' conducted during 2018, the details of abuse among children and women is as under drug

|           | Prevalence of current use   | Prevalence of current use   |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|           | Children (10-17 Years)      | Women (10-75 years)         |
| Cannabis  | 0.9%                        | 0.6%                        |
| Opioids   | 1.8%                        | 0.2%                        |
| Sedatives | 0.58%                       |                             |
| Inhalants | 1.17%                       | 0.07%                       |

- (c): The gender-wise and age-wise break-Up of the persons arrested under The Narcotic and  Psychotropic  substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) is number of cases related to drug abuse filed in the last three years is as below: Drugs

2018

60,155

2019

74,620

2020*

67,214

2021*

43,179

(Sep:)

Data is provisional

- (d) & (e) The number of the de-addiction  centres functioning across the Country and the details of financial assistance provided to these centres during last three years and the current year, Statewise including the State of Jharkhand is placed at Annexure-I

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Annexure-I Statement referred to in reply to part (d) and (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1521 for answer on 07.12.2021

| Sr.No.   | StatelUTs        | Number of de-addiction centre   |
|----------|------------------|---------------------------------|
|          | A&N islands      |                                 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh   | 10                              |
| 3        | Arunachal Pr;    | 1                               |
|          | Assam            | 19                              |
|          | Bihar            |                                 |
|          | Chandigarh       |                                 |
|          | Chhatisgarh      |                                 |
| 8        | D&N Haveli       |                                 |
| 9        | Daman &Diu       |                                 |
|          | Deobi            |                                 |
| 12       | Gujarat          |                                 |
| 13       | Haryana          |                                 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh |                                 |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashimir |                                 |
| 16       | Jharkhand        |                                 |
| 17       | Karnataka        |                                 |
| 18       | Kerala           | 2                               |
| 19       | Lakshadweep      |                                 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh_  | 13                              |
| 21       | Maharashtra      | 42                              |
| 22       | Manipur          | 26                              |
| 23       | Meghalaya        |                                 |
| 24       | Mizoram          |                                 |
| 25       | Nagaland         |                                 |
| 26       |                  |                                 |
| 28       | Punjab           |                                 |
| 29       | Rajasthan        | 19                              |
| 30       | Sikkim           |                                 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu       | 22                              |
| 32       | Telangana        |                                 |
| 33       | Tripura          |                                 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh    |                                 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand      | 3                               |
| 36       | West Bengal      | 9                               |
|          | Total            | 364                             |

## Details of funds released to de-addiction centres in last three years and the current year, State-wise under the scheme of NAPDDR (Rs in lakhs)

|    | StatesIUTs       | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22 (till 02.12.2021   |
|----|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------|
|    | A&N islands      |           |           |           |                            |
| 2  | Andhra Pradesh   |           | 314.41    | 394.2     | 157.04                     |
|    | Arunachal Pr.    |           | 2.32      |           |                            |
|    | Assam            |           |           | 668.51    |                            |
|    | Bihar            | 197.53    | 105.12    | 396.91    |                            |
|    | Chandigarh       |           |           | 15.79     |                            |
| 6  | Chhatisgarh      | 17.76     | 39.14     | 88.10     | 40.19                      |
| 8  | D&N Haveli       |           |           |           |                            |
| 9  | Daman &Diu       | 2.21      |           | 17.74     |                            |
| 10 | Delhi            | 241.51    | 267.39    | 392.03    | 165.63                     |
| 11 | Goa              |           |           |           |                            |
| 12 | Gujarat          | 145.651   | 215.86    | 169.661   | 58.28                      |
| 13 | Haryana          | 157.051   | 166.31    |           | 22.86                      |
| 14 | Himachal Pradesh |           | 53.52     |           | 42.98                      |
|    | Jammu & Kashimir |           | 18.99     |           | 47.87                      |
| 16 | Jharkhand        |           | 2.2       | 39.18     | 11.06                      |
| 17 | Karnataka        | 698.11    | 1290.08   | 922.11    | 262.16                     |
| 18 | Kerala           | 307.44    | 905.13    | 596.37    | 168.55                     |
| 19 | Lakshadweep      |           |           |           |                            |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh   | 252.051   | 270.37    | 479.63    | 129.43                     |
| 21 | Maharashtra      | 1370.7    | 1645.7    | 1790.38   | 215.73                     |
| 22 | Manipur          | 545.01    | 864.2     | 634.09    | 263.54                     |
|    | Meghalaya        | 14.13     | 58.49     | 11.90     |                            |
| 24 | Mizoram          | 265.961   |           |           | 75.09                      |
| 25 | Nagaland         |           | 155.74    | 140.00    | 74.67                      |
| 26 | Orissa           | 846.31    | 1115.06   | 1066.39   | 268.78                     |
| 27 | Puducherry       | 81.161    | 41.36     | 66.37     |                            |
| 28 | Punjab           | 96.521    | 167.04    | 154.921   |                            |
| 29 | Rajasthan        | 177.91    | 498.28    | 658.63    | 167.66                     |
| 30 | Sikkim           | 38.181    | 18.55     | 41.58     | 22.26                      |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu       | 838.09    | 750.81    | 566.43    | 188.84                     |
| 32 | Telangana        | 123.061   | 351       | 244.79    |                            |
| 33 | Tripura          |           | 2.451     | 7.751     |                            |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh    | 374.63    | 510.7     | 1049.44   | 200.69                     |
| 35 | Uttarakhand      |           | 213.23    | 38.651    | 18.67                      |
| 36 | West Bengal      | 94.161    | 236.53    | 213.84    | 62.05                      |
|    | Total            | 7945.74   | 10826.41  | 11452.85  | 2997.65                    |