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The Ministry of Social Justice And Empowerment reported that Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) has reached more than 34.54 crore citizens, including over 13.70 crore youth and 10.64 crore women, as the campaign completes six years.
More than 1.67 lakh Nasha Mukti Mitras have joined, and over 1.67 lakh master volunteers, community leaders and personnel have been trained in addiction identification and caregiving.
Over 755 new de-addiction facilities — District De-addiction Centres, Addiction Treatment Facilities and centres inside jails — were established in the last two years.
A National Mass Pledge against drug abuse aiming at over 10 crore participants is scheduled for late September 2026; an NMBA 2.0 mobile application now helps citizens locate the nearest de-addiction centre.
Community-led awareness campaign against substance abuse, run under the slogan 'Naya Bharat, Nasha Mukt Bharat'.
Key: Launched 15 August 2020 in 272 vulnerable districts, universalised to all districts in August 2023; districts were picked using Narcotics Control Bureau inputs and the national survey on drug use.
The funding framework for drug demand reduction, resting on four pillars — prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, capacity building, and enforcement.
Key: Centrally sponsored; the Ministry of Social Justice And Empowerment funds States, UTs, NGOs and government hospitals for awareness, counselling, treatment and rehabilitation.
Residential treatment and rehabilitation for people dependent on drugs and alcohol.
Key: Run by NGOs and voluntary organisations on NAPDDR grants, alongside Outreach and Drop-In Centres (ODICs), Community-based Peer Led Interventions (CPLI) for adolescents, and District De-addiction Centres (DDACs).
Integrated development of villages with more than 50 per cent Scheduled Caste population — the village-development strand the Ministry referred to alongside NMBA.
Key: Launched in 2009-10 with gap-filling funds of Rs 20 lakh per village; since 2021-22 it runs as the Adarsh Gram component of PM-AJAY.
Central assistance for hostels for Scheduled Caste students — the student-accommodation support named in the release.
Key: Merged from 2021-22, along with PMAGY and Special Central Assistance to the Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan, into Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY), where it forms the Hostel component.
India's principal anti-narcotics statute: assent 16 September 1985, in force 14 November 1985. It bars the production, manufacture, possession, sale, transport and consumption of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances except for medical and scientific purposes.
The provision under which the Narcotics Control Bureau was constituted on 17 March 1986 as the central coordinating agency for drug law enforcement.
Central drug law enforcement and intelligence agency; supplies the supply-curb side of NMBA and identified the vulnerable districts the campaign began with
Nodal department for NMBA and NAPDDR, releasing assistance to States, UTs, NGOs and government hospitals for demand reduction
GS Paper 2 > Governance > Welfare Schemes for Vulnerable Sections
Static GK > Government Schemes and Acts
'Rashtriya Garima Abhiyaan' is a national campaign to
Answer: eradicate the practice of manual scavenging and rehabilitate the manual scavengers
A volunteer enrolled under NMBA to reach out to victims of substance abuse and support community-level prevention.
The prevention, treatment and rehabilitation side of drug policy, owned by the Ministry of Social Justice And Empowerment, as against supply-side enforcement by the NCB.
Integrated Rehabilitation Centre for Addicts — an NGO-run residential de-addiction and rehabilitation centre funded under NAPDDR.