Govt won’t allow even a gram of drugs to enter India: Amit Shah Stand comes amid War on Drugs drive here

New Delhi, Jul 19
Union Home Minister Amit Shah Thursday said the Government will not allow a single gram of drugs to enter the country, exhorting anti-narcotics agencies to adopt a ruthless approach to dismantle supply chains.
The declaration of the Union Home Minister has come even as the Manipur Government has launched the War on Drugs campaign.
Addressing senior officials of the Central and State anti-narcotics agencies, Shah also launched the MANAS helpline number ‘1933’ along with an email id: info.ncbmanas@gov.in. These can be used by people to give information about drug trafficking to the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). Information can also be submitted on ncbmanas.gov.in.
“The entire drug business is now linked with narco-terror, and the money generated from the drug trade has become the most serious threat to the country’s security. The goal of all agencies should not only be to nab drug users but also to bust the entire network. The government will not let even a gram of drugs come into India, nor will we allow India’s borders to be used in any way for drug trafficking,” he said.
Shah said that there should be a ruthless approach towards the drug supply chain, a strategic approach towards demand reduction and a human approach to harm reduction.
He also urged agencies to use both the top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top approaches to dismantle drug supply chains. “If a drug comes into the country through land, water or airport, it should be tracked and checked till the last point where it is trafficked to,” he said.
Shah said the Narendra Modi Government has based its anti-drug battle over the last five years on the whole-of-Government approach and structural, institutional and informational reforms. “Earlier, the mantra of the agencies was need to know, but now they should move towards the functionality of duty to share, and all agencies need to adopt this significant change,” he said.
“The Government will soon provide less costly kits for the preliminary testing of narcotics, which will make it much easier to register cases by all the agencies. Prime Minister Modi has set the goal for India to be foremost in every field by 2047 and this can only be achieved by keeping the younger generation away from the scourge of drugs,” Shah said. The Indian Express