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The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment will hold a National Mass Pledge Against Drug Abuse by the end of September 2026 to mark the sixth anniversary of the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA), targeting participation by over 10 crore citizens.
The plan was firmed up at the third high-level coordination meeting chaired by Joint Secretary (Drug Prevention) Dr Sandeep Rewaji Rathod, which set out a 'Whole of Government' and 'Whole of Society' approach and a Uniform Reporting Mechanism for participation data.
Pledge ceremonies are to be held across offices, educational institutions, autonomous bodies, PSUs and field formations of ministries including Railways, Defence, Youth Affairs & Sports, Education, Post, Police, CAPF, NCC, AYUSH, Rural Development and Health & Family Welfare.
The Department will separately sign MoUs with four more spiritual organisations — Adhyatm Vigyan Satsang Kendra, Chinmaya Mission, Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan and Hare Krishna Movement — adding to eight earlier partners.
NMBA has so far reached over 34.42 crore citizens, including 13.64 crore youth and 10.58 crore women, with more than 1.65 lakh Nasha Mukti Mitras enrolled.
Reduce drug demand through awareness, outreach, counselling, treatment and rehabilitation; run by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment since 15 August 2020.
Key: Three-pronged design: supply curbed by the Narcotics Control Bureau, demand reduced through outreach by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, and treatment delivered through the health system. Community volunteers enrol as Nasha Mukti Mitras.
The Ministry's umbrella central sector scheme for 2018-2025, providing the evidence-based framework within which NMBA operates.
Key: Built on four pillars — prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, capacity building, enforcement. It funds States, UTs, NGOs and government hospitals for preventive education, awareness, counselling, treatment and rehabilitation.
De-addiction and rehabilitation centres, largely run by voluntary organisations on grants under NAPDDR.
Key: Financial assistance of up to 90% of approved expenditure, rising to 95% for the North-Eastern States, Sikkim and Jammu & Kashmir. IRCAs handle identification, motivational counselling, detoxification, aftercare and social reintegration.
Nodal department for drug demand reduction; runs NMBA and NAPDDR and signs the MoUs with spiritual organisations.
Apex drug law enforcement agency on the supply side; coordinates central and state agencies and India's international narcotics obligations. Its inputs helped select the original 272 NMBA districts.
Conducted the first National Survey on the Extent and Pattern of Substance Use in India, whose findings underpin the NAPDDR strategy.
India's parent narcotics statute, in force from 14 November 1985, administered by the Ministry of Home Affairs; it led to the constitution of the Narcotics Control Bureau in March 1986. NMBA addresses demand for the same problem the Act polices on the supply side.
The first national survey on the extent and pattern of substance use, by NDDTC-AIIMS for the Ministry, covering more than 5 lakh individuals across all 36 States and UTs. Its findings, with NCB inputs, fixed the 272 districts NMBA began with.
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A volunteer registered with the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment to carry NMBA's outreach into the community; over 1.65 lakh enrolled.
National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (2018-2025), the Ministry's umbrella scheme on prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, capacity building and enforcement.
Integrated Rehabilitation Centre for Addicts — an NGO-run de-addiction centre funded up to 90% under NAPDDR (95% in the North-East, Sikkim and J&K).