National Action Plan For Drug Demand Reduction
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment implements the scheme of National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR), under which financial assistance is provided to 'NGOs/VOs for running and maintenance of Integrated Rehabilitation Centres for Addicts (IRCAs), Community based peer Led Intervention (CPLI) for early Drug Use Prevention among Adolescents and Outreach and Drop In Centres (ODIC) and Addiction treatment facilities (ATFs) in Government Hospitals'. The Ministry is supporting the following:
i. Launching of Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) in 272 most vulnerable districts under this a massive community outreach is being done through about 8000 youth volunteers. More than 80 lakh youth have been contacted under the Abhiyaan. 4 Districts of Maharashtra are included under Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan.
ii. Maintaining (364) Integrated Rehabilitation Centres for Addicts (IRCAs) not only for treating the drug victims but to provide services of preventive education, awareness generation, motivational counselling, detoxification/de-addiction, after care and re-integration into the social mainstream. There are 42 IRCAs in Maharashtra.
iii. Maintaining (54) Community based Peer led Intervention (CPLI) Centres with focus on vulnerable and at risk children and adolescents. Under this, peer educators engage children for awareness generation and life skill activities. There are 3 CPLIs in Maharashtra.
iv. Maintaining of (87) Outreach and Drop In Centres (ODICs) to provide safe and secure space for substance users, with provision of screening, assessment and counseling and thereafter provide referral and linkage to treatment and rehabilitation services for substance dependence. There are 3 ODICs in Maharashtra.
v. Setting up of 35 Addiction Treatment Facilities (ATFs) in Government hospitals, which is being implemented through AIIMS, New Delhi. There is one ATF in Maharashtra.
The number of beneficiaries benefited under the scheme of NAPDDR, state-wise for the last three years is paced at Annexure-I. Further, there is no segregated data available with the Ministry regarding skill development and employment opportunities in respect of the beneficiaries.
Annexure-I
|
S.
No.
|
Name of the State/ UT
|
Beneficiaries
2018-19
|
Beneficiaries
2019-20
|
Beneficiaries
2020-21
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
1,752
|
2,063
|
6,878
|
|
2
|
A&N islands
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
3
|
Arunachal Pr.
|
0
|
0
|
345
|
|
4
|
Assam
|
9,807
|
13,328
|
15,995
|
|
5
|
Bihar
|
1,599
|
1,444
|
1,414
|
|
6
|
Chandigarh
|
0
|
0
|
842
|
|
7
|
Chhatisgarh
|
195
|
721
|
6,058
|
|
8
|
D&N Haveli
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
9
|
Daman &Diu
|
0
|
0
|
165
|
|
10
|
Delhi
|
2,394
|
2,238
|
12,993
|
|
11
|
Goa
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
12
|
Gujarat
|
1,248
|
1,608
|
1,289
|
|
13
|
Haryana
|
2,664
|
3,251
|
5,692
|
|
14
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
308
|
657
|
727
|
|
15
|
J&K
|
179
|
247
|
1,509
|
|
16
|
Jharkhand
|
0
|
164
|
170
|
|
17
|
Karnataka
|
5,866
|
7,602
|
7,153
|
|
18
|
Kerala
|
3,892
|
4,134
|
4,239
|
|
19
|
Lakshadweep
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
20
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
2,908
|
3,498
|
43,993
|
|
21
|
Maharashtra
|
10,465
|
14,195
|
9,273
|
|
22
|
Manipur
|
5,733
|
5,075
|
7,974
|
|
23
|
Meghalaya
|
214
|
241
|
297
|
|
24
|
Mizoram
|
2,122
|
1,983
|
1,862
|
|
25
|
Nagaland
|
548
|
1,231
|
1,313
|
|
26
|
Orissa
|
6,647
|
7,114
|
24,497
|
|
27
|
Puducherry
|
356
|
362
|
365
|
|
28
|
Punjab
|
1,865
|
2,048
|
10,534
|
|
29
|
Rajasthan
|
2,453
|
4,278
|
10,117
|
|
30
|
Sikkim
|
116
|
231
|
194
|
|
31
|
Tamil Nadu
|
4,814
|
4,936
|
3,320
|
|
32
|
Telangana
|
1,144
|
1,952
|
5,924
|
|
33
|
Tripura
|
0
|
0
|
614
|
|
34
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
5,504
|
5,888
|
14,295
|
|
35
|
Uttarakhand
|
1,549
|
1,457
|
1,256
|
|
36
|
West Bengal
|
1,137
|
1,418
|
7,118
|
| |
TOTAL
|
77,479
|
93,364
|
2,08,415
|
This information was given by Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Dr. Virendra Kumar in the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today.
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