Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction

Posted On: 20 NOV 2019 4:52PM by PIB Delhi

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment through the National Institute of Social Defence (NISD) has identified 127 vulnerable districts across the country for setting up Community Based Peer Led Intervention Centres (CPLIs) and Outreach and Drop in Centres (ODICs). The list of districts is given below. Total fund released under NAPDDR to State Governments and other implementing agencies since its formulation in the year 2018-19 & 2019-20 is as follows:

2018-19

2019-20 (till 10.11.2019)

Rs. 112.33 Crore

Rs.  90.34 Crore

 

For maintaining standards of services and quality service delivery, a manual on minimum standards of services for the programmes under the Scheme for Prevention of Alcoholism and Substance (Drugs) abuse has been developed by NISD. The guideline, inter-alia, provides for minimum standards of care in the field of addiction treatment/prevention, to improve the quality of treatment delivery, to ensure effective service delivery and for optimum utilization of resources through networking and convergence.

Sl No.

Name of the State

127 identified vulnerable districts
  1.  

Andaman & Nicobar

South Andaman

  1.  

 

Andhra Pradesh

Visakhapatnam & Vijaywada
  1.  

Arunachal Pradesh

Lohit, Changlang, Anjaw, Itanagar, Papumpare   & Tirap
  1.  

Assam

Guwahati, Silchar & Dibrugarh
  1.  

Bihar

Patna, Muzaffarpur & Gaya
  1.  

Chandigarh

Chandigarh
  1.  

 

Chhatisgarh

Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur, Bijapur, Bastar and Surguja
  1.  

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Silvassa
  1.  

Daman & Diu

Daman
  1.  

Delhi

East Delhi, South Delhi, North Delhi, North –East Delhi, South-West Delhi &  West Delhi

  1.  

Goa

North Goa & South Goa

  1.  

Gujarat

Ahmadabad & Surat
  1.  

Haryana

Faridabad, Gurugram, Sonipat,  Yamunagar,  Ambala, Sirsa, Rohtak & Panipat

  1.  

Himachal Pradesh

Shimla and Unna
  1.  

Jammu & Kashmir

Jammu, Kupwara & Srinagar
  1.  

Jharkhand

Ranchi, Jamshedpur & Dhanbad
  1.  

Karnataka

Bengaluru
  1.  

Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode & Ernakulam
  1.  

Lakshadweep

Kavaratti

  1.  

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal, Gwalior, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Jhabua, Indore, Rewa & Ujjain
  1.  

Maharashtra

Mumbai, Pune & Nagpur
  1.  

Manipur

Imphal West, Imphal East, Chandel, Churachandpur, Ukhrul, Thoubal & Bishnupur
  1.  

Meghalaya

East Khasi Hills, West Garo Hills & Jaintia Hills

  1.  

Mizoram

Aizawl & Champhai
  1.  

Nagaland

Dimapur & Kohima
  1.  

Odisha

Jagatsinghapur, Khurda, Cuttak, Puri  & Angul
  1.  

Puducherry

Puducherry
  1.  

Punjab

Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Firozpur, Ludhiana, Tarn Taran, Hoshiyarpur & Jalandhar
  1.  

Rajasthan

Jodhpur, Jaipur, Sri Ganganagar & Jaisalmer
  1.  

Sikkim

Gangtok (East District) & North District
  1.  

Tamil Nadu

Chennai, Nagapattinam and Madurai
  1.  

Telangana

Mahbubnagar & Hyderabad
  1.  

Tripura

West Tripura and North Tripura
  1.  

Uttar Pradesh

Ghaziabad, Varanasi, Meerut, Sant Ravidas Nagar, Kanpur Nagar, Moradabad, Gorakhapur, Lucknow, Bareilly, Barabanki, Prayagraj, Ghazipur  & Saharanpur
  1.  

Uttrakhand

Haridwar, Dehradun & Udham Singh Nagar
  1.  

West Bengal

Kolkata, Howrah, Darjeeling  & Murshidabad

 

This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Rattan Lal Kataria in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

                                                                                                          

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