At the moment, whereas the house ministry governs the Narcotics Management Bureau, the Division of Income (DoR) within the finance ministry administers the Narcotic Medication and Psychotropic Substance (NDPS) Act of 1985 and the Prevention of Illicit Visitors in Narcotic Medication and Psychotropic Substances Act of 1988.
Switch of administration of the 2 Acts from DoR to MHA is beneath deliberation, two sources briefed on the matter stated.
E-mails despatched to Ministry of Finance and MHA for feedback remained unanswered.
The Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB) is a central legislation enforcement and intelligence company that has been tasked with combating drug trafficking and using unlawful substances beneath the provisions of the NDPS Act.
The Narcotic Medication and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, generally known as the NDPS Act, prohibits an individual from the manufacturing/manufacturing/cultivation, possession, sale, buy transport, storage, and/or consumption of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance.
Prevention of Illicit Visitors in Narcotic Medication and Psychotropic Substances (PITNDPS) Act, 1988 offers for detention in sure instances for the aim of stopping illicit visitors in narcotic medicine and psychotropic substances.
Sources stated the switch was being thought-about beneath the Authorities of India (Allocation of Enterprise) Guidelines, 1961.
In response to the Guidelines, DoR takes care of “all issues referring to worldwide conventions, agreements, protocols, and so forth., in respect of narcotic medicine, psychotropic substances and precursor chemical substances” besides these allotted to MHA.
It has a Narcotics Division however the Narcotics Management Bureau is with MHA.
The MHA takes care of “all issues referring to Narcotics Management Bureau arrange beneath the provisions of Part 4(3) of the Narcotic Medication and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and coordination of all measures for stopping and combating abuse of and illicit visitors in narcotic medicine and psychotropic substances.”
It additionally seems to be at “all issues referring to worldwide conventions, agreements, protocols, and so forth., in respect of illicit visitors in narcotic medicine, psychotropic substances and precursor chemical substances which the Ministry of Residence Affairs and organizations beneath it are licensed to cope with besides issues allotted to the Ministry of Finance, Division of Income.”
Transferring administration of the NDPS Act and PITNDPS to MHA will result in a single command chain and unification of all issues associated to narcotics, sources stated.
