Lok Sabha Question No. 3852 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-21
Subject: Drug Abuse
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: E. T. Mohammed Basheer, Nishikant  Dubey

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3852 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2021

## DRUG ABUSE

## 3852. SHRI E.T: MOHAMMED BASHEER: 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 is rapidly among women, children and budding generation in the country in an alarming way, if SO, the details thereof; drugs rising
- (6) the steps proposed by the Government to control it;
- the number of women and children detained for selling/using drugs during each of the last three years and the current year;
- the number of de-addiction Centres functioning across the country, State-wise; and
- (e) the details of financial assistance provided to these Centres during the said period, State-wise including Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI A. NARAYANASWAMY)

- (a): As per the first 'Comprehensive National Survey on Extent and Pattern of Substance Use in India' conducted during 2018, the details of drug abuse among women, children and budding generation   is as under:
- (b): Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment implements the scheme of National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR), under which financial assistance is provided to NGOs/VOs for running and Rehabilitation  Centres   for  Addicts (IRCAs), Community based peer Led Intervention (CPLI) for early Use Prevention among Adolescents   and Outreach and Drop In Centres (ODIC) and Addiction treatment   facilities (ATFs) in Government Hospitals'. The Ministry is supporting the following: Drug
- i. Launching of NashaMukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) in 272 most vulnerable districts under this a massive community outreach is than 45.6 lakh youth have been contacted under the Abhiyaan. being
- ii. Maintaining (364) Integrated Rehabilitation Centres for Addicts (IRCAs) not only for treating the victims but to provide services of   preventive   education, awareness generation, motivational counselling; detoxification/de-addiction, after care and re-integration into the social mainstream: drug
- iii.  Maintaining (54) Community based Peer led Intervention (CPLI) Centres with focus on vulnerable and at risk children and adolescents. Under this, peer educators engage children for awareness generation and life skill activities.
- iv. Maintaining (87) Outreach and In Centres (ODICs) to provide safe and secure space for  substance users; with provision of screening,  assessment and  counseling and  thereafter provide referral and linkage to treatment and rehabilitation services for substance dependence. Drop
- V\_ Setting up of 35 Addiction Treatment Facilities (ATFs) in Government hospitals, which is being implemented through AIIMS, New Delhi.
- vi: Ministry has developed Navchetna Modules to be followed in the schools for generating awareness among the children; teachers and parents about ill effects of substance use under the scheme of NAPDDR
- (c): The gender-wise and age-wise break-up of the persons arrested under "The Narcotic Drugs and  Psychotropic   Substances (NDPS) Act; 1985 is number of cases related to drug abuse filed in the last three years is as below:

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

2018

60,155

2019

74,620

2020*

67,214

2021*(Sep:)

43,179

#Data is provisional

- (d) & (e): There are a total of 364 De-addiction centres (IRCAs) running across the Country: 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:

## Statement referred to in reply to part (d) and (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3852 for answer on 21.12.2021

## Annexure-l

| Sr No_   | StatelUTs        | Number of de-addiction centres   |
|----------|------------------|----------------------------------|
|          | A&N islands      |                                  |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh   | 10                               |
| 3        | Arunachal Pr.    | 1                                |
| 4        | Assam            |                                  |
| 5        | Bihar            |                                  |
| 6        | Chandigarh       |                                  |
|          | Chhatisgarh      |                                  |
| 8        | D&N Haveli       |                                  |
| 9        | Daman &Diu       |                                  |
| 13       | Haryana          |                                  |
|          | Himachal Pradesh |                                  |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashimir |                                  |
| 16       | Jharkhand        |                                  |
| 17       | Karnataka        |                                  |
| 18       | Kerala           | 21                               |
| 19       | Lakshadweep      | 0                                |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh   | 13                               |
| 21       | Maharashtra      | 42                               |
| 22       | Manipur          | 26                               |
| 23       | Meghalaya        | 0                                |
| 24       | Mizoram          | 11                               |
| 25       | Nagaland         |                                  |
| 26       | Orissa           | 42                               |
| 27       | Puducherry       | 5                                |
| 28       | Punjab           |                                  |
| 29       | Rajasthan        |                                  |
| 30       | Sikkim           |                                  |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu       | 22                               |
| 32       | Telangana        |                                  |
| 33       | Tripura          |                                  |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh    | 9                                |
| 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)

|    | States/UTs       | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22 02.12.2021_ (till   |
|----|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|
|    | AeN islands      |           |           |           |                             |
| 2  | Andhra Pradesh   | 302.451   | 314.41    | 394.2     | 157.04                      |
| 3  | Arunachal Pr;    |           |           |           |                             |
| 4  | Assam            | 469.37    | 333.681   | 668.51    | 200.54                      |
| 5  | Bihar            | 197.53    | 105.12    | 396.91    | 91.44                       |
| 6  | Chandigarh       |           |           | 15.79     |                             |
|    | Chhatisgarh      | 17.76     | 39.14     | 88.10     | 40.19                       |
| 8  | DeN Haveli       |           |           |           |                             |
| 9  | Daman &Diu       |           |           | 17.74     |                             |
| 10 | Delhi            | 241.51    | 267.39    | 392.03    | 165.63                      |
| 11 | Goa              |           |           | 0         |                             |
| 12 | Gujarat          | 145.651   | 215.86    | 169.661   | 58.28                       |
| 13 | Haryana          | 157.051   | 166.31    | 247.00    | 22.86                       |
| 14 | Himachal Pradesh |           |           |           | 42.98                       |
| 15 | Jammu & Kashimir | 20.04     | 18.99     | 84.28     | 47.87                       |
| 16 | Jharkhand        |           |           | 39.18     | 11.06                       |
| 17 | Karnataka        | 698.11    | 1290.08   | 922.11    | 262.16                      |
| 18 | Kerala           | 307.44    | 905.13    | 596.37    |                             |
| 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                      |
| 23 | Meghalaya        | 14.13     | 58.49     | 11.90     |                             |
| 24 | Mizoram          | 265.96    | 212.76    | 216.62    | 75.09                       |
| 25 | Nagaland         | 179.3     | 155.74    | 140.00    | 74.67                       |
| 26 | Orissa           | 846.31    | 1115.061  | 1066.39   | 268.78                      |
| 27 | Puducherry       | 81.16     |           | 66.37     |                             |
| 28 | Punjab           |           | 167.04    |           |                             |
| 29 | Rajasthan        | 177.91    | 498.28]   | 658.631   | 167.66                      |
| 30 | Sikkim           | 38.18     |           | 41.581    | 22.26                       |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu       | 838.09    | 750.8     | 566.43    | 188.84                      |
| 32 | Telangana        | 123.061   | 351       | 244.79    | 41.64                       |
| 33 | Tripura          |           | 2.45      | 7.751     |                             |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh    | 374.63    | 510.7     | 1049.44   | 200.69                      |
| 35 | Uttarakhand      |           | 213.23    |           | 18.67                       |
| 36 | West Bengal      | 94.16     | 236.53    | 213.84    | 62.05                       |
|    | Total            | 7945.74   | 10826.41  | 11452.851 | 2997.65                     |

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