Lok Sabha Question No. 2673 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-19
Subject: NCORD Mechanism
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2673

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH  DECEMBER, 2023/ AGRAHAYANA 28, 1945 (SAKA)

NCORD MECHANISM

†2673. SHRI SHIVAKUMAR C. UDASI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  any  portal  is  available  to  strengthen  the  Narco  Coordination Centre (NCORD) mechanism and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether it is available for general public;

(c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  manner  in  which  it  is  beneficial  for them; and

(d) the utility of the NCORD system and portal for Indian State Police and Central agencies?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) Narco  Coordination  Centre  (NCORD)  Portal  is  available  at https://narcoordindia.in/. A part of the NCORD Portal is accessible by the General Public.

(c) NCORD Portal acts as a gateway for all drug and Narcotics Control Bureau related information.  The portal makes available awareness media on  the  harmful  effects  of  trending  drugs,  awareness resources such as

messages of eminent personalities. The Portal also  hosts Memoranda of Agreements (MoAs), Bilateral Agreements & Extradition Treaties entered into by Government of India with respect to drug-related matters, drug law enforcement training course schedules and training calendars, important Judgments  of  various  courts,  rules  and  regulations,  Annual  Reports  & magazines of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) etc.

- (d) NCORD portal serves as a Knowledge Management System (KMS) for all tiers of stakeholders starting from the District level to the State level, including various Ministries under the Central Government  enabling effective coordination among various Ministries, Department, Central and State Law Enforcement Agencies dealing with Narcotics in the following ways:
- i)  It  serves  as  a  platform  for  sharing  and  spreading  the  reach  of  various Best Practices evolved in the field of narcotics control.
- ii) States & UTs can, in real-time, apply through the NCORD Portal for use of  National  Narco  Canine  Pool  which  has  been  established  at  10 locations  across  the  country  for  use  in  their  drug  supply  reduction operations.

- iii)  User  Manual  as  well  as  link  to  the  Web  Portal  'Map  Drugs'  which  has been developed by NCB, in conjunction with Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space  Applications  and  Geoinformatics (BISAG-N),  to  facilitate collection and  analysis of illicit  cultivation  data  has  been  made available on the NCORD Portal for use by all affected States & UTs.
- iv) Five core training modules for Officers of various ranks of Central/ State Law Enforcement developed by Narcotics Control Bureau in coordination  with  Department  of  Revenue  (DoR),  Ministry  of  Social Justice  &  Empowerment  (MoSJ&E),  National  Academy  of  Customs Indirect  Taxes  and  Narcotics  (NACIN),  Bureau  of  Police  Research  & Development (BPR&D) and Central Academy for Police Training (CAPT) towards  standardization  of  training  have  been  made  available  on  the NCORD Portal for use by all relevant stakeholders as well.

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