Lok Sabha Question No. 1426 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-12
Subject: Training to Forces to Control New Narcotic Drugs
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: M. P. Abdussamad Samadani

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1426

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 12 TH  DECEMBER, 2023/ AGRAHAYANA 21, 1945 (SAKA)

TRAINING TO FORCES TO CONTROL NEW NARCOTIC DRUGS

1426. DR. M.P. ABDUSSAMAD SAMADANI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  have  any  special  programme  to  modernize technology and provide additional training to forces to identify and control new narcotic drugs;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the current support services and counselling resources in the country is sufficient for dealing the  students  and youth with drug addiction;

(d)  if  so,  whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  increase  and  allocate funds for establishing more counselling and rehabilitation centres; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has taken initiatives to develop various tools/ applications/ portals with aim to provide better coordination, enforcement and collection/ analysis and dissemination of intelligence etc. by utilizing modern technology. Some of the initiatives are

Narco-Coordination   (NCORD) Portal,  National   Integrated    Database  on

Arrested  Narco  Offenders  (Nidaan)  Portal,  (Crime  &  Criminal  Tracking Network  Systems  (CCTNS)-  Implementation  in  NCB,  Satellite  Imagery, Mapdrugs etc.

Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) undertakes capacity building of drug law enforcement officers of NCB and of various Central and State agencies by  conducting  various  technical  trainings  in  coordination  with  Central Academy for Police Training (CAPT), National Forensic Science University (NFSU),  National  Academy  of  Customs  Indirect  Taxes  and  Narcotics (NACIN) as well as with United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime (UNODC) in  various  areas  like  Call  Detail  Record  (CDR)/  Internet  Protocol  Detail Record (IPDR) analysis, Mobile Forensic and Investigation of Dark-net and Crypto-currencies.  Some  of  the  initiatives  of  NCB  in  this  regard  is  as under: -

- (1) NCB  has  developed  and  circulated  to  all  States  and  training institutions under NACIN, Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) and CAPT, a Core Training Module along with 05 separate training modules on drug related offences and procedures.
- (2) This includes training materials on investigation of dark web & Crypto currency, extraction of evidence from mobile and laptops

etc. for different ranks such as DySPs and above, Inspectors/SubInspectors,  Special  Public  Prosecutor  (SPP)/  Public  Prosecutor (PP), other ranks as well as officials of civil departments to have standardization in the training on drug law enforcement.

- (3) During  the  year  2022  &  2023,  NCB  has  conducted  27  training programs on various training modules in which 1,038 officials of States and Central agencies participated.

(c) to (e)  The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has formulated a scheme  'National  Action  Plan  on  Drug  Demand  Reduction  (NAPDDR)' under  which  100  percent  financial  assistance  is  provided to 'State Governments/  Union  Territory  Administrations  for  preventive  education and  awareness  generation,  capacity  building  and  programmes  for  drug demand  reduction  by  States/  UTs  etc.  and    NGOs/VOs  for  running  and maintenance  of  Integrated  Rehabilitation  Centres  for  Addicts  (IRCAs), Community  based  Peer  Led  Intervention (CPLI) for early Drug  Use Prevention among Adolescents and Outreach and Drop In Centres (ODIC) Addiction Treatment Facilities (ATFs) in Government Hospitals and District De-addiction Centres (DDACs)  in the identified districts. A Toll-free Helpline for de-addiction, 14446 is being maintained for providing primary

counseling  and  immediate  referral  services  to  the  persons  seeking  help through  this  helpline.  On  15 th   August,  2020,  Government  had  launched Nasha  Mukt  Bharat  Abhiyaan  (NMBA)  in  272  identified  districts,  later-on expanded  to  all  districts  across  the  country  under  which  a  massive community outreach is being done through more-than 8000 youth volunteers. So far, NMBA has reached to more than 10.71+ crore people including 3.38+ crore youth and 2.27+ crore women. More-than 3.28+ lakh educational institutions have also participated in this Abhiyaan.

The  scheme  has  been  launched  with  an  outlay  of  Rs.  1500  Cr.  With allocation as under:-

## Rupees in Crore

|   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   2024-25 |   2025-26 |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|       250 |       291 |       311 |       314 |       333 |

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