Overview

• Tripura announced eight district de-addiction centres costing ₹20 crore each and Himachal Pradesh pledged a 100-bed facility in Sirmaur alongside plans for district-level centres
• Himachal Pradesh will introduce a dedicated chapter on drug abuse awareness in school curricula while Delhi’s universities are urged to declare campuses drug-free and form anti-drug clubs
• Delhi Police have arrested over 1,100 people in drug trafficking cases this year and Madhya Pradesh launched a dedicated anti-drug website and helpline to bolster community reporting
• Andhra Pradesh unveiled plans to confiscate properties of drug offenders, establish 56 de-addiction centres, and deploy drones and CCTV to strengthen enforcement
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Minister B L Verma emphasized a whole-of-government approach and mobilized more than 15.9 crore people under the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan for prevention and rehabilitation