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Central Bureau of Narcotics Observes National De-Addiction Day with Awareness and Cleanliness Drives Across Rajasthan’s Opium Belts

Distilled Policy Brief

  • District Narcotics Offices across Kota, Jhalawar, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, and Pratapgarh integrated the 'Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan' with local community outreach, targeting opium cultivators and rural youth.

🎯 Prelims High-Yield Examination Points

Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN), its administrative ministry, and initiatives like 'Operation Yuva Raksha' and 'Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan'.

⚖️ Mains Analytical & Syllabus Linkages

Analyze the role of community-based interventions and law enforcement agencies in mitigating drug abuse and illicit diversion in traditional opium-growing regions of India.

🎯 UPSC Prelims Practice Drill

Social Justice & Schemes

Consider the following statements regarding the outreach activities undertaken by the Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) in Rajasthan: 1. District Narcotics Offices across districts such as Kota, Jhalawar, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, and Pratapgarh integrated the 'Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan' with outreach targeting opium cultivators and rural youth. 2. The awareness programmes exclusively focused on urban educational institutions without engaging rural or farming communities in opium-cultivating regions. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  • [A] 1 only
  • [B] 2 only
  • [C] Both 1 and 2
  • [D] Neither 1 nor 2
▶ Reveal Official Answer & Analytical Explanation
✓ Correct Option: [A] 1 only

Statement 1 is correct because District Narcotics Offices across Kota, Jhalawar, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, and Pratapgarh conducted awareness programmes and community outreach targeting opium cultivators and rural youth. Statement 2 is incorrect because the outreach was not restricted to urban educational institutions; it actively engaged opium cultivators and rural communities in regions like Jhalwara, Bhilwara, and Chittorgarh alongside urban sessions like the one at Kota University.

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🏛️ Historical Twin PYQ Anchor (2021)

UPSC Prelims 2021

Consider the following statements regarding the "National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)": 1. It is implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. 2. Central Pollution Control Board acts as the sole regulatory executive body.

Forensic Anchor: Cabinet Allocation of Business Rules & NCAP Framework
Examiner Trap Takeaway: UPSC swapped Central Pollution Control Board role with State Pollution Control Boards for state-level monitoring.

📚 Static Syllabus & Constitutional Linkages

Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN): Administered by the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, the CBN deals with the supervision of licit cultivation of opium poppy and prevents illicit drug trafficking under the NDPS Act, 1985.
Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan (NMBA): A flagship campaign by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment aimed at institutionalizing substance abuse prevention and demand reduction across vulnerable districts.