NASHA MUKT BHARAT ABHIYAN

Posted On: 10 MAR 2026 4:49PM by PIB Delhi To mobilise citizens across all States and UTs for the 5th year celebration of Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA), a national campaign (1st August 2025 to November 2025) was organised with a series of competitive and participatory activities that collectively reached more than 6.5 crore people. To further maintain the momentum of awareness generation activities, the new result-based targets set after August, 2025 of NMBA focus on the following areas: Strengthening, training and capacity building of NMBA Youth/Master Volunteers Focus on IEC tools and techniques with evidence-based material Targeted Intervention approach for vulnerable and at risk groups. Involvement of new faith-based/spiritual organizations for sustained efforts Inter-ministerial Cooperation and Coordination with line ministries Quality de-addiction, treatment, rehabilitation, and telemedicine services. This Department has entrusted National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC), AIIMS, to carry out the 2 nd National Survey on the Extent and Pattern of substance use in India to provide national, state-level and district-level estimates of proportion and absolute number of people who use various substances and people who are suffering from substance use disorders (harmful users and dependence on various substances) in India and also provide information on substance use and its consequences in the specific population groups. AI-based analytics to identify high-risk districts for targeted interventions under the NashaMukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) is done by NDDTC, AIIMS. To assess and to 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 Department of Social Justice and Empowerment through National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC), AIIMS which was published in 2019. However, it provided results at the level of States and at the national level in terms of estimates of the number / percentage of people using psychoactive substances and people affected by substance use disorders. The methodology was not geared to provide data at the level of districts or any other sub-state level. With an aim to standardisation and improving the quality of the drug addiction treatment facilities across the country, any organisation seeking or receiving grants from Government is mandatorily required to register on NITI Ayog’s NGO Darpan Portal and obtain a recommendation from the concerned State Government/UTs. This recommendation is issued only after the organisation has fully complied with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. Moreover, every Grant in Aid institution (GIA) must have accreditation from organisations identified by the Ministry as per NAPDDR guidelines. The accreditation process for such organizations is currently underway through National Accreditation Board for Hospitals (NABH). In order to promote meaningful livelihood activities and employment opportunities, programmes for skill development, vocational training and livelihood support of recovering drug users are carried out though Grant in Aid institutions (GIA) including Integrated Rehabilitation Centre for Addicts (IRCA) and District De-Addiction Centre (DDAC). The Department in convergence with the Department of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and other Ministries/ Departments and other agencies/institutions encourage the above said activities including the spiritual organisations that are associated with Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan. The State wise details of the number of beneficiaries of the de-addiction centres supported by the Department during the last three years are annexed at Annexure I. Annexure &ndash;I The state wise details of the number of beneficiaries of the de-addiction centres supported by the Department during the last three years is as follows- S.No. Name of the State/ UT FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 1 Andhra Pradesh 20036 48094 76061 2 A&N islands 0 0 0 3 Arunachal Pr. 5 0 0 4 Assam 26869 40328 36674 5 Bihar 1487 1639 29429 6 Chandigarh 1145 5440 5465 7 Chhatisgarh 17262 16742 16848 8 D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu 182 187 192 9 Delhi 26635 44454 41000 10 Goa 0 0 0 11 Gujarat 1607 17658 20824 12 Haryana 6893 6790 6550 13 Himachal Pradesh 3207 2683 3218 14 Jammu & Kashmir 9774 31432 35948 15 Jharkhand 194 190 11515 16 Karnataka 7179 7501 8248 17 Kerala 10385 12747 12943 18 Ladakh 0 0 1138 19 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 20 Madhya Pradesh 55461 78015 100472 21 Maharashtra 8705 10347 28739 22 Manipur 10313 18920 32528 23 Meghalaya 196 417 627 24 Mizoram 2196 8790 8931 25 Nagaland 1293 2556 6757 26 Orissa 32241 39965 48306 27 Puducherry 463 4628 4571 28 Punjab 11239 11486 11603 29 Rajasthan 28982 52713 71355 30 Sikkim 165 114 294 31 Tamil Nadu 3668 15938 44271 32 Telangana 6174 6995 12032 33 Tripura 416 0 0 34 Uttar Pradesh 31041 71721 96749 35 Uttarakhand 5230 5537 5472 36 West Bengal 8942 17786 20133 TOTAL 339585 581813 798893 For restructuring the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction, a series of consultations including Chintan Shivirs and Regional Review/consultation were organised by the Department with multiple stakeholders - State governments/UTs, NGOs/CBOs and GIAs, experts, line Ministries/Departments including i.e. Health, Education and Prisons etc. For sustained efforts, an expert committee has also been constituted for restructuring the NAPDDR guidelines. This information is given by the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri B. L. Verma, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today . ***** SM/HK (Release ID: 2237623) Visitor Counter : 717 Read this release in: Urdu , हिन्दी Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment NASHA MUKT BHARAT ABHIYAN Posted On: 10 MAR 2026 4:49PM by PIB Delhi To mobilise citizens across all States and UTs for the 5th year celebration of Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA), a national campaign (1st August 2025 to November 2025) was organised with a series of competitive and participatory activities that collectively reached more than 6.5 crore people. To further maintain the momentum of awareness generation activities, the new result-based targets set after August, 2025 of NMBA focus on the following areas: Strengthening, training and capacity building of NMBA Youth/Master Volunteers Focus on IEC tools and techniques with evidence-based material Targeted Intervention approach for vulnerable and at risk groups. Involvement of new faith-based/spiritual organizations for sustained efforts Inter-ministerial Cooperation and Coordination with line ministries Quality de-addiction, treatment, rehabilitation, and telemedicine services. This Department has entrusted National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC), AIIMS, to carry out the 2 nd National Survey on the Extent and Pattern of substance use in India to provide national, state-level and district-level estimates of proportion and absolute number of people who use various substances and people who are suffering from substance use disorders (harmful users and dependence on various substances) in India and also provide information on substance use and its consequences in the specific population groups. AI-based analytics to identify high-risk districts for targeted interventions under the NashaMukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) is done by NDDTC, AIIMS. To assess and to 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 Department of Social Justice and Empowerment through National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC), AIIMS which was published in 2019. However, it provided results at the level of States and at the national level in terms of estimates of the number / percentage of people using psychoactive substances and people affected by substance use disorders. The methodology was not geared to provide data at the level of districts or any other sub-state level. With an aim to standardisation and improving the quality of the drug addiction treatment facilities across the country, any organisation seeking or receiving grants from Government is mandatorily required to register on NITI Ayog’s NGO Darpan Portal and obtain a recommendation from the concerned State Government/UTs. This recommendation is issued only after the organisation has fully complied with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. Moreover, every Grant in Aid institution (GIA) must have accreditation from organisations identified by the Ministry as per NAPDDR guidelines. The accreditation process for such organizations is currently underway through National Accreditation Board for Hospitals (NABH). In order to promote meaningful livelihood activities and employment opportunities, programmes for skill development, vocational training and livelihood support of recovering drug users are carried out though Grant in Aid institutions (GIA) including Integrated Rehabilitation Centre for Addicts (IRCA) and District De-Addiction Centre (DDAC). The Department in convergence with the Department of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and other Ministries/ Departments and other agencies/institutions encourage the above said activities including the spiritual organisations that are associated with Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan. The State wise details of the number of beneficiaries of the de-addiction centres supported by the Department during the last three years are annexed at Annexure I. Annexure &ndash;I The state wise details of the number of beneficiaries of the de-addiction centres supported by the Department during the last three years is as follows- S.No. Name of the State/ UT FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 1 Andhra Pradesh 20036 48094 76061 2 A&N islands 0 0 0 3 Arunachal Pr. 5 0 0 4 Assam 26869 40328 36674 5 Bihar 1487 1639 29429 <tr