Archive · 6 Sep 2026
Shah Sets 2029 Roadmap for Drug-Free India
Amit Shah said India has a plan to reduce and eventually eliminate illegal drugs by 2029.
The plan is meant to stop drug sellers and the money used to support them.
It also includes helping people who are addicted through treatment, counselling and rehabilitation.
The government says police and other agencies will work together across the country.
It wants to break up 100 major drug networks by March 2029.
Shah said the government also plans to destroy secret drug-making laboratories.
He connected drug-free young people with Narendra Modi’s goal of a developed India by 2047.
Shah compared the narcotics campaign with the government’s claimed actions against terrorism and Naxalism.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government aims to make India drug-free by 2029.
The nationwide strategy targets trafficking, financing, synthetic drugs, addiction prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.
Shah said the plan uses four pillars: intelligence-led enforcement, synthetic-drug control, harm reduction, and stronger coordination.
The Centre aims to dismantle 100 national and international narcotics networks by March 2029 and destroy at least 75 secret labs in 2026.
Shah linked the drug-free goal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Viksit Bharat in 2047 and described narcotics control as a national-security priority.
- Who
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the Union government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government; Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and central and state officials attended the meeting.
- What
- The government announced a coordinated roadmap to make India drug-free by 2029 and dismantle narcotics networks.
- When
- Shah made the remarks on a Sunday; the strategy includes targets for 2026, March 2027 and March 2029.
- Where
- At a press conference in Panaji, Goa, after a high-level narcotics meeting; the roadmap covers India.
- Why
- To prevent addiction, disrupt drug trafficking and financing, rehabilitate affected people, and support the goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047.
- Drug-free target
- India is targeted to become drug-free by 2029.
- Four-pillar strategy
- Intelligence- and operation-based enforcement; synthetic-drug control; demand and harm reduction; and capacity and coordination.
- Network target
- The Centre aims to dismantle 100 national and international narcotics networks by March 2029.
- Secret laboratories
- At least 75 secret laboratories are targeted for destruction in 2026.
- Coordination mechanism
- A four-tier National Coordination Committee for Countering Drug Trafficking was created in 2019.
- Support services
- The campaign includes awareness, treatment, counselling, rehabilitation, livelihood opportunities and the 1933 MANAS helpline.
- Long-term vision
- Shah said drug-free youth should contribute to Viksit Bharat in 2047.
