Lok Sabha Question No. 2550 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-19
Subject: Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Shrirang Appa Barne, Prataprao  Jadhav, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Sudheer Gupta, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2550 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.12.2023

## NASHA MUKT BHARAT ABHIYAN

2550. SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

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

- (a) whether the Ministry has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKON) for Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan (NMBA);
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the aims and objectives of signing the said MoU;
- (c) whether the Government has developed a Navchetna  module for school  students in the country and if S0, the details thereof;
- (d) the aims and objective of the said Navchetna module;
- (e) the details of various achievement made through Navchetna module during last year; and
- the target set by the Government through Navchetna module for the next one year?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) (b): The Department  of Social   Justice & Empowerment has   signed a MoU with the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) on November 2023 at New Delhi for spreading the message of Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan among the youth, women, students etc. The main objectives of the MoU are as under: 23rd
1. To create awareness in the community- through on-ground activities social media
- Community Outreach & identification of dependent population
- ii. Focus on higher educational institutions, university campuses and schools to make them substance free
- iv. Augmentation of counselling and rehabilitation
- V Focus on mental & physical well being of youth & adolescent
- (c): Yes The Ministry has developed Navchetna Modules for school students in country under 'Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan" (NMBA) These 9 modules   teacher driven training modules (8 modules for students of 6th-1lth standard and for   parents); will be   disseminated and implemented by teachers with the aim to increase awareness and education on life skills and drugs among students in schools.

The roll out in the first phase will cover 100 schools with 30+ teachers in each of the identified 300 districts. Five (05) Master Trainers from each District have been identified who are trained by the Department of Education & SCERT of the concerned State. To train the teachers from these schools to disseminate these modules to students and parents, being

Further strengthening the reach and impact ofNAVCHETNA, the training materials are also translated into 12 regional languages of India. being

(d): Under   'Nasha Mukt  Bharat   Abhiyaan' the NAVCHETNA   training package is being disseminated and implemented by teachers with the aim to increase awareness and education on life skills and among students in schools drugs

The objectives of Navchetna Modules are: key

- 1 Prevention and in the initiation of substance use among school children delay
- Provide support for children in use for further screening, counselling support and treatment. linkage drug
- iii. Provide support to families teachers on early signs of use among children and information on support available drug

(e) & (f: Under Navchetna Modules, first level Master Trainer' $ training to 309 Master Trainers have been provided in the states/UTs of Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu; Srinagar; Punjab, Delhi and Haryana so far: In next year; the Ministry has set a target to roll out Navchetna modules in identified schools of the identified 300 districts.