Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is running a National ‘Drug De-Addiction Programme (DDAP)’ with the objectives to provide affordable, easily accessible and evidence-based treatment for all substance use disorders through the government health care facilities and to build the capacities of health care staff in recognition and management of substance use disorders. The programme is implemented through the health institutions under the MoH&FW viz. AIIMS, New Delhi; PGIMER, Chandigarh; NIMHANS, Bengaluru; RML Hospital, New Delhi; AIIMS, Bhubaneswar; and CIP, Ranchi. Out of these six, the centre at AIIMS, New Delhi (NDDTC) is functioning as the National / Nodal centre. MoHFW has released the “Standard Treatment Guidelines for the Management of Substance Use Disorders and Behavioural Addictions”. The average budget of Rs. 45 to 51 crores have been allotted in for DDAP Programme for these above cited DDAP Institutes in last 3 years. The average number of patients who got treatment in the above institutes in last year (2020-21), the data registered for New Patients (OPD): 38786; Follow-Up cases: 167841; and In-Patient: 1569.

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) implements National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR), which is an umbrella scheme under which financial assistance is provided to (i) ‘State Governments/Union Territory (UT) Administrations for Preventive Education and Awareness Generation, Capacity Building, Skill development, vocational training and livelihood support of ex-drug addicts, Programmes for Drug Demand Reduction by States/UT etc. and (ii) ‘Non-Government-Organizations/Voluntary Organizations for running and maintenance of Integrated Rehabilitation Centres for Addicts (IRCAs), Community based peer Led Intervention (CPLI) for early Drug Use Prevention among Adolescents and Outreach and Drop In Centres (ODIC) and Addiction treatment facilities (ATFs) in Government Hospitals’.

The MoSJE provides financial support for setting up of District De-addiction Centre (DDAC) in various districts all across India. For setting up of DDACs, preference is given to those Districts, which do not have any facility of IRCA, CPLI, or ODIC.

MoSJE has:

Implemented ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan ‘(NMBA) in 272 identified vulnerable districts

Provided support to 355 drug rehabilitation centres named as “Integrated Rehabilitation Centre for Addicts (IRCAs)”.

53 Community based Peer led Intervention (CPLI) Centres.

78 Outreach and Drop in Centres (ODICs).

Supported 36 Addiction Treatment Facilities (ATFs) in some Government hospitals, which is implemented through AIIMS, New Delhi.

Provided financial support for setting up of District De-addiction Centre (DDAC) in various districts.

MoSJE, through NDDTC, AIIMS is implementing a project titled Establishing and Implementing Capacity Building Mechanism for Addiction Treatment Facilities in India. Under the project, since 2021, 5-day training workshops are organized for staff of various Government run/supported/funded facilities established for treatment of drug addiction in the Country. Under the project, induction, refresher and specialized training programmes on management of substance use disorders are conducted for doctors, nurses, counselors, and other staff engaged by such facilities in batches of 30-40 participants each. Medical Staff have been trained under project from various states across the India.

The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Bharti Pravin Pawar stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.