Union Home Minister Amit Shah Reiterates War On Drugs, Sets Deadline To Uproot Drugs By 2029

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the time has come to take a strong and decisive blow to narcotics, which has become a serious threat to the country and the world. Inaugurating the 3rd National Conference of Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Heads of States and UTs in New Delhi today, Home Minister Shah said that, with the aim of improving the welfare of the youth, the Government has prepared the roadmap 2029. 

He said that by 2029, the Government will collectively succeed in uprooting the drug trade from India. The Home Minister said, the roadmap of drug-free India is very important to achieve Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal of creating a Viksit Bharat by 2047. He said that, in this fight against drugs, India is moving towards complete victory by setting targets, timelines, and accountability. Mr Shah said, now there is a need to go from Meeting to Mission, Reporting to Result, Seizure to End of Network and Case to Conviction. He said, the goal should be to make ANTF an Anti-Narco Mission Command.

Shah said anti-narcotics efforts should move away from a seizure-centric approach and focus on dismantling entire networks. Backward and forward linkages, financial investigations and digital trails must be pursued, he said, adding that the funds of drug dealers must be targeted.

He also called for states to form teams of officers capable of thinking out of the box to respond to emerging challenges such as synthetic drugs, diversion of precursor chemicals, new communication technologies, the dark net, crypto, dead-drop delivery systems, and international drug networks.