Lok Sabha Question No. 2705 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: Illicit Drug Trade
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2705

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 02 ND  AUGUST, 2022/SRAVANA 11, 1944 (SAKA)

ILLICIT DRUG TRADE

†2705.  SHRIMATI RANJANBEN DHANANJAY BHATT:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether illicit drug trade is booming in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether the Government proposes to take concrete steps to curb the said trade;
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the time by which the said steps are likely to be taken; and

(d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) There is no data to indicate illicit drug trade is growing in the country. However, as per latest data published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)  pertaining  to  the  year  2020,  State/UT-wise  seizures  under  the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act for the year 2018, 2019 & 2020 is at Annexure-I.
- (b)  to  (d)  The  Government has taken several steps at national as well as international front to contain drug trafficking in the country. Some of these are:-

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 2705 FOR 02.08.2022

- (i) Introduced the Narco Coordination Centre (NCORD) in 2016 to have effective coordination of actions among various Ministries, Departments,  Central  and  States  law  enforcement  agencies.  The mechanism was restructured in 2019 into a 4 tier structure:-
- 1) Apex Committee (headed by Union Home Secretary)
- 2) Executive Committee (headed by Special Secretary (IS), MHA).
- 3) State  Level  Committee  (headed  by  Chief  Secretary  of  the concerned State).
- 4) District Level Committee (headed by District Magistrate)
- (ii) Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) comprising of Central and State Authorities has been set up to monitor the investigations in case of large seizure of drugs.
- (iii) Border  Security  Force,  Sashastra  Seema  Bal,  Indian  Coast  Guard, Railway  Protection  Force  and  Assam  Riffles  have  been  empowered under the Narcotics Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act for making interdiction of narcotic drugs.
- (iv) Director General Level talks are being held with Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka & Pakistan to discuss and resolve the various drug related issues.

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 2705 FOR 02.08.2022

- (v) India has signed 26 Bilateral  Agreements,  15  Memorandum  of Understandings  and  02  Agreements  on  Security  Cooperation  with different countries for combating illicit trafficking of Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substance.
- (vi) Narcotics  Control  Bureau  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), Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) etc. for sharing information and intelligence to combat trans-national drug trafficking.

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## Details of State/UT-wise Seizures under the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act  for the year 2018, 2019 & 2020

| SL                | State/UT                    | 2018                | 2018                    | 2018                 | 2019                | 2019                    | 2019                 | 2020                | 2020                    | 2020                 |
|-------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
| SL                | State/UT                    | Drugs Seized in KGs | Drugs Seized in Numbers | Drugs Seized in Ltrs | Drugs Seized in KGs | Drugs Seized in Numbers | Drugs Seized in Ltrs | Drugs Seized in KGs | Drugs Seized in Numbers | Drugs Seized in Ltrs |
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh              | 33930.522           | 0                       | 0                    | 66669.529           | 160                     | 0                    | 106042.775          | 0                       | 0                    |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh           | 1869.208            | 874                     | 0                    | 1993.75             | 0                       | 0                    | 4032.54             | 0                       | 0                    |
| 3                 | Assam                       | 15485.596           | 163525                  | 54346.2              | 17352.544           | 1604127                 | 7377.658             | 9256.162            | 1138466                 | 8554.8               |
| 4                 | Bihar                       | 32442.97            | 20516                   | 2053.46              | 5124.761            | 4910                    | 675.26               | 13162.231           | 333                     | 5933.7               |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh                | 36785.864           | 127277                  | 3457.72              | 19953.225           | 86079                   | 1308.5               | 29743.484           | 96445                   | 988.31               |
| 6                 | Goa                         | 79.469              | 0                       | 0                    | 85.215              | 2                       | 0                    | 149.542             | 0                       | 0                    |
| 7                 | Gujarat                     | 12780.186           | 27126                   | 0                    | 14923.489           | 4200                    | 0                    | 13213.214           | 33030                   | 894.325              |
| 8                 | Haryana                     | 16233.507           | 727425                  | 1257.723             | 16806.228           | 892131                  | 36479.2              | 24695.602           | 1666911                 | 2197.8               |
| 9                 | Himachal Pradesh            | 1072.006            | 160609                  | 496.1                | 1763.853            | 200386                  | 970                  | 3899.779            | 3210547                 | 14                   |
| 10                | Jharkhand                   | 3463.958            | 1835                    | 98.105               | 4073.335            | 3834                    | 455.816              | 8830.645            | 4882                    | 345.23               |
| 11                | Karnataka                   | 7489.246            | 2871                    | 6                    | 7800.718            | 1705                    | 5                    | 21729.793           | 12246                   | 1.61                 |
| 12                | Kerala                      | 1378.325            | 21075                   | 0.012                | 2548.475            | 5661                    | 0                    | 3060.459            | 1444                    | 2.1                  |
| 13                | Madhya Pradesh              | 3118721.42          | 629315                  | 570.8                | 60864.128           | 40839                   | 4260.01              | 58084.552           | 279760                  | 13611.3              |
| 14                | Maharashtra                 | 19764.338           | 143022                  | 908.8                | 20622.717           | 3220                    | 4191.712             | 28832.304           | 66027                   | 519.1                |
| 15                | Manipur                     | 40275.137           | 347309                  | 6.544                | 46378.744           | 393309                  | 48.324               | 4533.641            | 1117388                 | 5908.02              |
| 16                | Meghalaya                   | 1417.747            | 69592                   | 0                    | 1281.983            | 36                      | 79                   | 989.816             | 4234                    | 2                    |
| 17                | Mizoram                     | 250.791             | 100                     | 0                    | 991.189             | 0                       | 0                    | 617.735             | 470                     | 13.28                |
| 18                | Nagaland                    | 2819.686            | 47125                   | 300                  | 1732.271            | 260849                  | 1.134                | 791.676             | 179373                  | 76.6                 |
| 19                | Odisha                      | 50759.897           | 1628                    | 726                  | 61993.835           | 0                       | 1112.2               | 81847.001           | 0                       | 0                    |
| 20                | Punjab                      | 50045.181           | 6397919                 | 368.401              | 44239.07            | 10214701                | 1526.716             | 37364.676           | 44649858                | 4517.19              |
| 21                | Rajasthan                   | 111430.2            | 1215771                 | 201.86               | 310732.428          | 1510447                 | 206.2                | 148602.246          | 3285638                 | 64.82                |
| 22                | Sikkim                      | 15000               | 1040                    | 5                    | 16.798              | 0                       | 0                    | 50000.387           | 19                      | 0                    |
| 23                | Tamil Nadu                  | 12115.702           | 149032                  | 0                    | 28757.502           | 420                     | 0                    | 298785.294          | 5554                    | 0                    |
| 24                | Telangana                   | 6054.095            | 0                       | 0                    | 13278.093           | 264                     | 0                    | 19708.291           | 509                     | 150                  |
| 25                | Tripura                     | 62674.611           | 643755                  | 23017.8              | 15858.949           | 2156754                 | 858528.82            | 14007.145           | 539241                  | 10436.62             |
| 26                | Uttar Pradesh               | 221760.042          | 306740                  | 7172146.16           | 272197.319          | 1355373                 | 10791849.82          | 327420.562          | 1401062                 | 965896.17            |
| 27                | Uttarakhand                 | 1609.563            | 117215                  | 0                    | 2073.105            | 52149                   | 94                   | 1848.326            | 450215                  | 24                   |
| 28                | West Bengal                 | 31079.905           | 15241                   | 15692.604            | 36834.86            | 400747                  | 21316.335            | 25509.802           | 363396                  | 40627.132            |
|                   | TOTAL STATE(S)              | 3908789.172         | 11337937                | 7275659.289          | 1076948.113         | 19192303                | 11730485.71          | 1336759.68          | 58507048                | 1060778.107          |
| 29                | A&N Islands                 | 67.963              | 0                       | 0                    | 121.999             | 11761                   | 78.2                 | 159.235             | 921                     | 0                    |
| 30                | Chandigarh                  | 51.709              | 5216                    | 5.4                  | 398.727             | 15098                   | 2.4                  | 95.953              | 5501                    | 5.78                 |
| 31                | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu+ | 24.769              | 0                       | 0                    | 0                   | 0                       | 0                    | 7.36                | 0                       | 0                    |
| 32                | Delhi                       | 6145.663            | 738256                  | 1120                 | 7895.937            | 1465832                 | 3000                 | 5483.247            | 123220                  | 2558                 |
| 33                | Jammu & Kashmir*            | 19353.677           | 87713                   | 7997.22              | 26517.388           | 164428                  | 2133.3               | 27361.353           | 618361                  | 40890.11             |
| 34                | Ladakh                      | -                   | -                       | -                    | -                   | -                       | -                    | 0                   | 0                       | 0                    |
| 35                | Lakshadweep                 | 0.65                | 0                       | 0                    | 0.466               | 0                       | 0                    | 0.936               | 0                       | 0                    |
| 36                | Puducherry                  | 13.541              | 0                       | 0                    | 0                   | 0                       | 0                    | 77.155              | 0                       | 0                    |
|                   | TOTAL UT(S)                 | 25657.972           | 831185                  | 9122.62              | 34934.517           | 1657119                 | 5213.9               | 33185.239           | 748003                  | 43453.89             |
| TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |                             | 3934447.144         | 12169122                | 7284781.909          | 1111882.63          | 20849422                | 11735699.61          | 1369944.919         | 59255051                | 1104231.997          |

Source: Crime in India, NCRB

Note : '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT during 2018 & 2019

*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh during during 2018 & 2019