Lok Sabha Question No. 4522 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-28
Subject: Prevention of Narcotic Drug
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: S. Ramalingam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4522

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 TH  MARCH, 2023/ CHAITRA 7, 1945 (SAKA)

PREVENTION OF NARCOTIC DRUG

4522.      SHRI RAMALINGAM S.:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has entered into agreement/MoU or any other arrangement with any entity for the prevention of narcotic drug entering in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the  effective  steps  taken  by  the  Bureau  to  curb  the  menace  of narcotics;
- (c) the details of quantity of drugs seizure and disposed, destroyed by the NCB during the last five years, State-wise; and

(d)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  specific  efforts  to  put  in  a place  a  separate  National  Narcotics  intelligence  system/cell,  if  so,  the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a): NCB has entered into agreements/MoUs with various central agencies such as National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID), Financial Intelligence  Unit  (FIU),  National  Forensic  Science  University  (NFSU)  for prevention of narcotic drugs in the country. Moreover, NCB has also signed Bilateral Agreement / Memorandum of Understanding with foreign countries  on the behalf  of  Government  of  India  to  contain trans-border

drug trafficking. As on date, Government of India has signed 44 Bilateral Agreements/Memorandum of Understanding on drug related matters/security co-operation with different countries for combating illicit trafficking of  Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substance and Chemical Precursors as well as related offences.

(b): The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) under Ministry of Home Affairs is the  main  nodal  agency  on  the  matter  of  drug  law  enforcement  in  India. Major  initiatives  of  Government  of  India    is  implemented  through  NCB, some of which are as under :-

- (i) The Government has introduced the NCORD mechanism in 2016 to have  effective  coordination  of  actions  among  various  Ministries, Departments, Central and States law enforcement agencies dealing with narcotics. The mechanism was restructured in 2019 into a 4 tier structure as detailed under:-
-  Apex Level Committee (headed by Union Home Secretary)
-  Executive Level Committee (headed by Special Secretary (IS), MHA).
-  State  Level  Committee  (headed  by  Chief  Secretary  of  the concerned State).
-  District Level Committee (headed by District Magistrate)

In  the  year  2022,  the  NCORD  mechanism  has  been  further strengthened  by  addition  of  new  members  at  different  levels  to make it more effective and comprehensive.

- (ii) A Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) was constituted vide MHA's order dated 19 July, 2019 consisting of Central and State Agencies to monitor investigations in case of large seizure of drugs.
- (iii) A special Task Force on Dark net and Crypto currency has been constituted to monitor suspicious transactions related to drugs on Darknet.
- (iv) A dedicated Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) headed by ADG/IG level  Police  Officer  has  been  established  in  each  State/UT  to function as the NCORD Secretariat for the State/UT and follow-up on compliance of decisions taken in NCORD meetings at different levels.
- (v) NCB  in  association  with  Interoperable  Criminal  Justice  System (ICJS)  has  created  a  portal  called  National  Integrated  Database About Arrested NDPS Offenders (NIDAAN).
- (vi) NCB has coordinated with Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MoSJ&E) and National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to spread awareness against drug abuse

and protect the youth, especially children from falling prey to the drug  menace.  With  the  active  support  of  NCB,  NCPCR  had formulated  a  'Joint  Action  Plan  on  Prevention  of  Drugs  and Substance Use among Children and Illicit Trafficking' which was launched on 09.02.2021.

- (vii) NCB is actively participating in the 'Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan' of Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MoSJ&E) to create awareness against drug abuse.
- (c): Details of quantity of drugs seized by NCB is not maintained Statewise.  Seizure  of  major  Narcotic  Drug/Psychotropic  Substance/Controlled Substance by NCB during the year 2018-2022 is at Annexure-I. The details of  disposal  of  seized  drugs  by  NCB  during  the  year  2018-2022  is  at Annexure-II. The details of destruction of illicit cultivation of opium poppy and  cannabis  by  the  NCB  in  various  states  in  coordination  with  various Drug Law Enforcement Agencies during the year 2018-2022 is at AnnexureIII.
- (d): A  Separate  Cell  for  collection  of  intelligence  inputs,  its  analysis, sharing  and  dissemination  with  other  Drug  Law  Enforcement  agencies both at National as well as International level has been created in NCB.

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## Seizure of major Narcotic Drug/Psychotropic Substance/Controlled Substance by NCB during the year 2018-2022

| Particulars                       | 2018     | 2019      | 2020        | 2021      | 2022     |
|-----------------------------------|----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|----------|
| Opium (In Kg)                     | 305      | 394       | 1,018       | 445       | 192      |
| Morphine (In Kg)                  | 4        | 24        | 2           | 76        | 18       |
| Heroin (In Kg)                    | 300      | 137       | 343         | 1,052     | 676      |
| Poppy Straw (In Kg)               | 14,978   | 12,864    | 6,148       | 5,804     | 6,833    |
| Ganja(In Kg)                      | 29,528   | 26,312    | 42,422      | 55,883    | 45,850   |
| Hashish(In Kg)                    | 640      | 563       | 615         | 404       | 696      |
| Ketamine (In Kg)                  | 21       | 639       | 10          | 0         | 1        |
| Cocaine (In Kg)                   | 26       | 38        | 4.32        | 2.86      | 31       |
| Methaqualone (In Kg)              | 0.03     | 6         | 6           | 8         | 13       |
| Ephedrine/Pseudoephedrine (In Kg) | 115      | 281       | 88          | 130       | 92       |
| Acetic Anhydride (In Kg)          | 9,651    | 17        | 21          | 215       | 281      |
| ATS (In Kg)                       | 73       | 1,439     | 490         | 75        | 353      |
| All types of Tablets (In Nos.)    | 7,07,844 | 30,24,554 | 1,02,33,005 | 59,39,082 | 4,02,107 |
| All types of Tablets (In Kg.)     | 11.07    | 29        | 1           | 368       | 144      |
| CBCS (Nos. of Bottles)            | 49,192   | 56,210    | 138960      | 3,29,555  | 1,88,519 |
| CBCS (In Litre)                   | 0        | 0         | 0           | 170       | 507      |
| MDMA (In Kg)                      | 0.09     | 0.67      | 2           | 4         | 0.52     |
| Hashish Oil (In Kg)               | 0        | 7         | 3           | 9         | 5.45     |
| Khat Leaves (In Kg)               | 60       | 0         | 16          | 0         | 0        |
| LSD (In blots)                    | 222      | 0         | 46          | 2,573     | 152      |
| Mephedrone (In Kg)                | 0        | 0.5       | 3           | 19        | 62       |
| Psychotropic Injection (Ampules)  | 10513    | 1120      | 204         | 16,000    | 3,932    |

Source : NCB

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 4522 FOR 28.03.2023 ANNEXURE-II

## Disposal of seized drugs by NCB during the year 2018-2022

| Drug (In Kg)/Year       |       2018 |       2019 |      2020 |       2021 |            2022* |
|-------------------------|------------|------------|-----------|------------|------------------|
| Amphetamine             |     28.02  |      0     |     0     |      0     |     23.813       |
| Acetamenophen           |      0     |      0     |     0     |      0     |      8.985       |
| Anthranillic Acid       |      0     |    675.35  |     0     |      0     |      2.404       |
| Acetic Anhydride        |   2475     |  11907     |     0     |      0     |    302           |
| Cocaine                 |      5.582 |     24.461 |     0     |     10.078 |      4.27        |
| Codeine                 |      0     |      0     |     0     |      0     |     43.5         |
| Ephedrine               |    100.56  |    643.551 |    12     |    185.206 |   3925           |
| Ganja                   |  13848     |  13629     |  2388.66  |  23120.6   |  59352           |
| Hashish                 |    492.443 |    471.132 |   199.008 |    571     |   1024           |
| Hashish Oil             |      0     |      0     |     0     |      3     |      1.1         |
| Heroin                  |    210.166 |    344.82  |    72.306 |    933     |    336.5         |
| Ketamine                |      0     |      9.76  |     0     |    148     |      1.06        |
| Khat Leaves             |      0     |     59.26  |     0     |     15.9   |      0           |
| MDMA                    |      0     |      0     |     0     |      1.092 |      4.96        |
| Mephedrone              |      0     |      0.27  |     0     |      0     |      4.67        |
| Methaphetamine          |      4.211 |      4.382 |     1.715 |     12.864 |    357           |
| Methaqualone            |     36.91  |      0     |     0.02  |      0     |      0.82        |
| Morphine                |      0.86  |      0.643 |     0.3   |     20.383 |     28.784       |
| Opium                   |    192.56  |    424.57  |   230.059 |    176.161 |    150.953       |
| Poppy Straw             |   9009     |   4973     |     0.2   |  10122.9   |  26230           |
| Pseudo ephedrine        |    426     |    109.319 |    45.655 |     43.029 |   1123           |
| Tablets (In Kg)         |      0.68  |      0.204 |     0.493 |    139     |    697           |
| Total In Kg             |  26830     |  33276.7   |  2950.42  |  35502.2   |  93622           |
| Tablets (In No.)        | 172188     | 713364     | 21438     |  24043     |      1.21698e+07 |
| Injections (In Ampules) |  32045     |  20479     |     0     |    547     |  44337           |
| CBCS (In Bottles)       |  78644     | 183099     | 25017     | 115357     | 403768           |

Source : NCB

*Provisional Data

## Details of destruction of illicit cultivation of opium poppy and cannabis by the NCB in various states  in  coordination  with  various  Drug  Law  Enforcement  Agencies  during  the  year  20182022

## Poppy Destruction (in Acres)

| State/Year        | 2018   | 2019   | 2020   | 2021   | 2022*   |
|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
| Arunachal Pradesh | 3465   | 1705   | 7858   | 4702   | 8785    |
| Assam             | 5      | 0      | 20     | 5      | 0       |
| Bihar             | 201    | 154    | 91     | 0      | 948     |
| Gujarat           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 16      |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 273    | 35     | 10     | 24     | 0       |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 288    | 1123   | 893    | 293    | 88      |
| Jharkhand         | 2377   | 1002   | 495    | 256    | 41      |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 7      | 6       |
| Manipur           | 3861   | 4175   | 1382   | 5740   | 3696    |
| Maharashtra       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0       |
| Odisha            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0       |
| Rajasthan         | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0       |
| Uttarakhand       | 348    | 561    | 0      | 0      | 0       |
| West Bengal       | 1      | 1631   | 19     | 0      | 0       |
| Total             | 10,819 | 10,386 | 10,769 | 11,027 | 13,580  |

## Cannabis Destruction (in Acres)

| State/Year        | 2018   | 2019   | 2020   | 2021   | 2022*   |
|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 527    | 512    | 0      | 7083   | 469     |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 222    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0       |
| Assam             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0       |
| Bihar             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0       |
| Gujarat           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 27     | 46      |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 4397   | 3504   | 1582   | 1043   | 122     |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 37     | 0      | 295    | 523    | 443     |
| Karnataka         | 0      | 0      | 4      | 0      | 0       |
| Kerala            | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0       |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 189    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0       |
| Maharashtra       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 71     | 0       |
| Manipur           | 56     | 15     | 1      | 0      | 0       |
| Odisha            | 2961   | 18699  | 18361  | 24550  | 24207   |
| Tamil Nadu        | 0      | 2      | 1      | 0      | 0       |
| Telangana         | 10     | 7      | 30     | 9      | 0       |
| Tripura           | 0      | 0      | 1284   | 1287   | 1057    |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0       |
| Uttarakhand       | 61     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0       |
| West Bengal       | 0.27   | 70     | 1      | 273    | 0       |
| Total             | 8,476  | 22,809 | 21,559 | 34,866 | 26,344  |

Source : NCB

*Provisional Data

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