Lok Sabha Question No. 853 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-25
Subject: Functioning of IRCA
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Sunita Duggal

## FUNCTIONING OF IRCA

## 853. SHRIMATI SUNITA DUGGAL:

## Will the Minister 0f SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Integrated Rehabilitation Centre for Addicts (IRCAs) has been given assistance under the Assistance for the Prevention of Alcoholism & Substance (Drugs) Abuse scheme;
- (b) if so, the details and number of such centres, State-wise including in Sirsa Parliamentary Constituency of Haryana;
- (c) whether general grant-in aids have been released and utilized respectively under Financial Assistance in the Field of Social Defence; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof including in the Sirsa Parliamentary Constituency of Haryana?

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

(a): Scheme of Assistance for the Prevention of Alcoholism Substance (Drugs) Abuse has merged into National Action Plan for Demand Reduction (NAPDDR) scheme we.f: Under NAPDDR Scheme, assistance is provided for running and maintenance of ongoing projects of Integrated Rehabilitation Centre for Addicts (IRCAs) been Drug

- (b): The details and number of IRCA centres, State-wise is annexed at Annexure. The details of IRCA centres presently   running in the State of  Haryana,  including Sirsa   Parliamentary Constituency, is as under:
- (c) (d): The   scheme   "Financial Assistance in the Field of Social Defence" has   been discontinued with effect from 01.04.2020. As such general grant-in aids under this scheme are not released to any agency/State.

| SNo.   | District Name   | NGO running IRCA centre                   |
|--------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------|
|        | Faridabad       | District Red Cross Society                |
|        | Hisar           | Ankush Foundation                         |
|        | Jhajjar         | [Society for_AII Around Human Development |
|        | Mahendragarh    | HHaryana State Council for Child Welfare  |
|        | RRewari         | Haryana State Council for Child Welfare   |
|        |                 | IIndian Red Cross Society                 |
|        | Sirsa           | Haryana State Council for Child Welfare   |
|        | (Sonipat        | Modern Education Society                  |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.853 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2023

## Annexure

## State-wise/UT-wise Number of IRCAs presently running under NAPDDR

| SL No   | State              | No. of IRCAs   |
|---------|--------------------|----------------|
|         | Andhra Pradesh     | 10             |
| 2       |                    |                |
|         | Arunachal Pradesh  |                |
|         | BBihar             |                |
|         | Chandigarh         |                |
|         | Chattisgarh        |                |
|         | Delhi              |                |
|         | KGoa               |                |
|         | Gujarat            |                |
| 13      | Haryana            | 8              |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh   | 3              |
| 15      | JJammu And Kashmir | 1              |
| 16      | Vharkhand          | 1              |
| 17      | Karnataka          | 34             |
| 18      | Kerala             | 16             |
| 19      | Lakshadweep        |                |
| 20      | Ladakh             |                |
| 21      | Madhya Pradesh     |                |
| 22      | Maharashtra        |                |
| 23      | Manipur            | 25             |
| 24      | Meghalaya          |                |
| 25      | Mizoram            |                |
| 26      | Nagaland           |                |
| 27      | Orissa             | 37             |
| 28      | [Puducherry        |                |
| 29      | Puniab             |                |
| 30      |                    |                |
| 32      | Tamil Nadu         |                |
| 33      | Telangana          | 10             |
| 34      | Tripura            |                |
| 35      | UUttar Pradesh     | 2              |
| 36      | Uttarakhand        | 4              |
| 37      | West Bengal        | 8              |
|         | Grand Total        | 340            |