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Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan
Prevention, Treatment, Rehabilitation
substance dependence, training
and capacity building of the
service providers organizations.
To assess and know the
magnitude of the problem of
substance use in the country, a
Comprehensive National Level
Survey on the ‘Magnitude of
Substance Abuse in India’ was
conducted by the Ministry of
Social Justice and Empowerment
(MoSJE) through NDDTC, AIIMS,
Dr. Virendra Kumar New Delhi, and published in
Minister for Social Justice & 2019. This survey highlighted
Empowerment the problem of substance use
in India, with around 7.1 crore
substance users across the
country. The second round of
Drug use is a complex the National Survey will soon be
and challenging issue, but it is undertaken by the Ministry.
one that must be addressed Nasha Mukt Bharat
as a priority if we want to Abhiyaan was launched
build a healthy and thriving on 15th August 2020 by the
India. Hon’ble Prime Minister Ministry of Social Justice &
in his ‘Mann ki Baat’ address, Empowerment with the aim of
highlighted the issue and the creating mass awareness and
steps taken under the Nasha sensitisation across the country
Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan to take against substance use. Being a
on this menace. The Ministry of campaign mode programme,
Social Justice and Empowerment the Abhiyaan has targeted
is the nodal Ministry for Drug and involved stakeholders that
Demand Reduction, and as part might be directly or indirectly
of its mandate, it has engaged affected by substance abuse
in introducing measures for the and those who are vulnerable to
curtailment of substance abuse it. The major stakeholders and
in the country. The Ministry beneficiaries of NMBA are youth,
formulated and enacted the women, children, educational
National Action Plan for Drug institutions, civil society and
Demand Reduction (NAPDDR) community at large.
(2018- 2025). The scheme Since its launch, a wide
focuses on preventive education, range of activities have
awareness generation, been conducted throughout
identification, counseling, the country that fostered
treatment and rehabilitation participation from all quarters
of individuals through the of society and stakeholders.
collaborative efforts of the There has been a shift from
Central and State Governments an earlier approach of
and non-governmental organisational involvement
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