National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment through the National Institute of Social Defence (NISD) has identified 127 vulnerable districts across the country for setting up Community Based Peer Led Intervention Centres (CPLIs) and Outreach and Drop in Centres (ODICs). The list of districts is given below. Total fund released under NAPDDR to State Governments and other implementing agencies since its formulation in the year 2018-19 & 2019-20 is as follows:

2018-19 2019-20 (till 10.11.2019)
Rs. 112.33 Crore Rs.  90.34 Crore

For maintaining standards of services and quality service delivery, a manual on minimum standards of services for the programmes under the Scheme for Prevention of Alcoholism and Substance (Drugs) abuse has been developed by NISD. The guideline, inter-alia, provides for minimum standards of care in the field of addiction treatment/prevention, to improve the quality of treatment delivery, to ensure effective service delivery and for optimum utilization of resources through networking and convergence.

Sl No. Name of the State 127 identified vulnerable districts
Andaman & Nicobar South Andaman

 

Andhra Pradesh Visakhapatnam & Vijaywada
Arunachal Pradesh Lohit, Changlang, Anjaw, Itanagar, Papumpare   & Tirap
Assam Guwahati, Silchar & Dibrugarh
Bihar Patna, Muzaffarpur & Gaya
Chandigarh Chandigarh

 

Chhatisgarh Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur, Bijapur, Bastar and Surguja
Dadra & Nagar Haveli Silvassa
Daman & Diu Daman
Delhi East Delhi, South Delhi, North Delhi, North –East Delhi, South-West Delhi &  West Delhi
Goa North Goa & South Goa
Gujarat Ahmadabad & Surat
Haryana Faridabad, Gurugram, Sonipat,  Yamunagar,  Ambala, Sirsa, Rohtak & Panipat
Himachal Pradesh Shimla and Unna
Jammu & Kashmir Jammu, Kupwara & Srinagar
Jharkhand Ranchi, Jamshedpur & Dhanbad
Karnataka Bengaluru
Kerala Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode & Ernakulam
Lakshadweep Kavaratti
Madhya Pradesh Bhopal, Gwalior, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Jhabua, Indore, Rewa & Ujjain
Maharashtra Mumbai, Pune & Nagpur
Manipur Imphal West, Imphal East, Chandel, Churachandpur, Ukhrul, Thoubal & Bishnupur
Meghalaya East Khasi Hills, West Garo Hills & Jaintia Hills
Mizoram Aizawl & Champhai
Nagaland Dimapur & Kohima
Odisha Jagatsinghapur, Khurda, Cuttak, Puri  & Angul
Puducherry Puducherry
Punjab Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Firozpur, Ludhiana, Tarn Taran, Hoshiyarpur & Jalandhar
Rajasthan Jodhpur, Jaipur, Sri Ganganagar & Jaisalmer
Sikkim Gangtok (East District) & North District
Tamil Nadu Chennai, Nagapattinam and Madurai
Telangana Mahbubnagar & Hyderabad
Tripura West Tripura and North Tripura
Uttar Pradesh Ghaziabad, Varanasi, Meerut, Sant Ravidas Nagar, Kanpur Nagar, Moradabad, Gorakhapur, Lucknow, Bareilly, Barabanki, Prayagraj, Ghazipur  & Saharanpur
Uttrakhand Haridwar, Dehradun & Udham Singh Nagar
West Bengal Kolkata, Howrah, Darjeeling  & Murshidabad

This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Rattan Lal Kataria in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.