Overview

• The state cabinet has mandated ‘Chitta’ dope tests for all police recruits and drug-free undertakings from new government employees under its zero-tolerance stance.
• Authorities have attached assets worth ₹42.22 crore linked to narcotics cases and executed 44 detention orders under the PIT-NDPS Act to disrupt trafficking networks.
• The Social Justice and Empowerment Department is funding a ₹14.95 crore rollout of de-addiction centres at every district headquarters under the state action plan.
• The Health Department has been tasked with strengthening capacity building, awareness generation, treatment, counselling and follow-up for persons affected by substance abuse.
• Civil society organisations, youth groups and Panchayati Raj bodies are being mobilised alongside regular interstate border monitoring to curb drug smuggling.