(a) the number of cases of drug abuse brought to the notice of the Government
during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
(b) the details of action taken by the government on these cases;
(c) the number of de-addiction centers opened in each State/UT ; and
(d) the number of such centers proposed to be opened further in order to check
this malady during the current financial year, location-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT(SMT. SUBBUL VKSHMI JAGADEESAN)
(a) & (b) Sir.The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, as the Nodal Ministry for drug
demand reduction programmes . has been implementing the Scheme for Prohibition of Alcoholism &
Substance (Drugs) Abuse to provide a whole range of services including awareness generation,
identification, treatment and rehabilitation of addicts through the Voluntary Organisations. A
statement showing approximate number of addicts registered in the centers supported by Ministry
for de-addiction services during the last three years is at Annexure-I.
(c) The number of de-addiction centers opened so far is at Annexure-II.
(d) A multi-disciplinary Grant-in-aid Committee constituted in each state/UT
considers proposals of voluntary organization and recommends proposals. They have
been requested to accord priority to the proposals from service deficient areas. The
proposals received from time to time through State Govemment/UT administration
alongwith recommendations of Grant-in-aid Committee are scrutinized and
considered in the Ministry as per norms of the scheme and relevant guide lines and it
is a continuous process.