Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment is implementing a scheme of National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR) under which financial assistance is provided to (i) ‘State Governments/ Union Territory (UT) Administrations for Preventive Education and Awareness Generation, Capacity Building, Skill development, vocational training and livelihood support of ex-drug addicts, Programmes for Drug Demand Reduction by States/UTs etc. and (ii) ‘NGOs/VOs for running and maintenance of Integrated Rehabilitation Centres for Addicts (lRCAs), Community based peer Led intervention (CPLI) for early Drug Use Prevention among Adolescents and Outreach and Drop In Centres (ODIC) and (iii) Addiction treatment facilities (ATFs) in Government Hospitals’.
The Ministry has launched Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) in 372 identified districts across the Country including Rajasthan.
Under scheme of NAPDDR, Ministry supports 538 NGOs/ VOs for treating the drug victims, awareness generation and life skill activities, preventive education, motivational counselling, after care and re-integration into the social mainstream etc. Out of 538 centre, there are 29 Centres are being financially supported by the Ministry in the State of Rajasthan.
A Toll-free Helpline for de-addiction, 14446 is being maintained by the Ministry for providing primary counseling and immediate referral services to the persons seeking help through this helpline.
The Ministry has developed Navchetna Modules teacher training modules with the aim to increase awareness and education on life skills and drugs among students in schools in India. TheMinistry has set a target to generate awareness among 10 lakh Teachers and 2.4 crore Students through Navchetna Modules in a year.
Further, Ministry has planned to establish District De-Addiction Centres (DDACs) in all gap districts across the country, where there is no facility of IRCA/CPLI/ODIC.
This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment A Narayanaswamy in a written reply in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
