Centre to root out medication, to not enable smuggling via India, says Shah

Express News Service

NEW DELHI:  Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah on Monday stated that it’s the resolve of the Narendra Modi authorities to make India “drug-free” and never solely will it verify the narcotics commerce in India, however it’ll additionally not enable medication to be routed to the world via India.

Lauding the efforts of the Narcotics Control Bureau, India’s drug regulator, on the event of the International Day in opposition to Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Shah in a video message stated that the federal government has adopted a zero-tolerance coverage in direction of medication and narcotics and the company has carried out a commendable job within the final 9 years to curb the drug menace in India and the outcomes of this strategy have began coming in.

Shah stated, “We have decided that we will not allow any kind of narcotics trade in India nor will we allow any drugs to be smuggled through India.”     He additional added, “I fully believe that with coordinated efforts, we will be successful in rooting out the menace of drugs and achieve our goal of a drugs-free India. We will not rest until this fight against drugs is won.”

Shah stated that the struggle in opposition to medication has been persevering with and “is being carried out on a war footing” on the nationwide stage via acceptable boards. “The effect of our comprehensive and coordinated action is that where narcotics worth only Rs 768 crore were seized in 2006-13, it has now increased almost 30 times to Rs 22,000 crore from 2014-22,” he stated. He stated circumstances in opposition to drug peddlers have elevated by 181 per cent — from 1,257 circumstances between 2006 and 2013 to three,544 between 2014 and 2022.  

The minister additionally stated that in addition to seizures, India has “additionally launched a destruction marketing campaign to forestall re-use of seized medication and 6 lakh kilogrammes of narcotics have been destroyed within the nation since June 2022.

“This reflects the Modi government’s commitment for a drug-free India,” Shah stated. The house minister stated the success in opposition to the narcotics commerce has been achieved primarily as a result of Modi authorities’s “whole of government” strategy below which insurance policies are being framed with shut coordination of various wings of the federal government.     

While National Crime Bureau has been continually retaining a strict vigil to convey down drug smuggling within the area, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) established NCORD in 2019 and Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) was shaped within the police division of each state.

NEW DELHI:  Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah on Monday stated that it’s the resolve of the Narendra Modi authorities to make India “drug-free” and never solely will it verify the narcotics commerce in India, however it’ll additionally not enable medication to be routed to the world via India.

Lauding the efforts of the Narcotics Control Bureau, India’s drug regulator, on the event of the International Day in opposition to Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Shah in a video message stated that the federal government has adopted a zero-tolerance coverage in direction of medication and narcotics and the company has carried out a commendable job within the final 9 years to curb the drug menace in India and the outcomes of this strategy have began coming in.

Shah stated, “We have decided that we will not allow any kind of narcotics trade in India nor will we allow any drugs to be smuggled through India.”     He additional added, “I fully believe that with coordinated efforts, we will be successful in rooting out the menace of drugs and achieve our goal of a drugs-free India. We will not rest until this fight against drugs is won.”googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Shah stated that the struggle in opposition to medication has been persevering with and “is being carried out on a war footing” on the nationwide stage via acceptable boards. “The effect of our comprehensive and coordinated action is that where narcotics worth only Rs 768 crore were seized in 2006-13, it has now increased almost 30 times to Rs 22,000 crore from 2014-22,” he stated. He stated circumstances in opposition to drug peddlers have elevated by 181 per cent — from 1,257 circumstances between 2006 and 2013 to three,544 between 2014 and 2022.  

The minister additionally stated that in addition to seizures, India has “additionally launched a destruction marketing campaign to forestall re-use of seized medication and 6 lakh kilogrammes of narcotics have been destroyed within the nation since June 2022.

“This reflects the Modi government’s commitment for a drug-free India,” Shah stated. The house minister stated the success in opposition to the narcotics commerce has been achieved primarily as a result of Modi authorities’s “whole of government” strategy below which insurance policies are being framed with shut coordination of various wings of the federal government.     

While National Crime Bureau has been continually retaining a strict vigil to convey down drug smuggling within the area, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) established NCORD in 2019 and Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) was shaped within the police division of each state.