**Executive Summary**
This document, released by the Ministry of Home Affairs on February 4, 2026, outlines the government's efforts to make India drug-free by 2029. It highlights the seizure of drugs from 2021 to 2025 and details various steps taken to increase conviction rates in drug trafficking cases, including the introduction of new portals and MoUs. Concerned stakeholders are requested to prepare a three-year roadmap for 2026-2029.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Drug Seizure Data (2021-2025):** The document includes a table showing the quantity (in Kg) and value (in Crores) of drugs seized annually from 2021 to November 2025.
* **Initiatives to Enhance Drug Trafficking Conviction Rates:**
* **e-Sakshya Portal:** Assists police in recording and managing evidence in criminal cases, aligns with new criminal laws, and allows direct mobile phone recording of crime scenes, ensuring uniformity in investigations.
* **Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS):** Inter-links all police stations under common application software for investigation, data analytics, research, policy making, and tracking complaints.
* **National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID):** Introduced by the Ministry of Home Affairs, allows authorised access to financial records to trace money flow.
* **Sahyog Portal:** Operated by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), a platform for coordinating enforcement actions related to Virtual Digital Assets (VDAs).
* **FINEX Portal of FIU:** Handles Suspicious Transaction Records (STRs) to flag transactions related to drug trafficking, money laundering, terror financing, or other illicit activities.
* **Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs):**
* The National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Gandhinagar, has entered into a MoU with the NCB to strengthen India's fight against narcotics.
* NCB and the Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) have entered a MoU to enhance cooperation in areas of research, training, technology development, and capacity building related to narcotics control and cyber-enabled drug crimes.
* **Government Directive:**
* All concerned stakeholders are requested to prepare a three-year roadmap (2026-2029) with a time-bound review mechanism for effective implementation.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholders:** All concerned stakeholders.
**Impact:** Stakeholders are responsible for making India drug free by 2029.
**Action Required:** Prepare a three-year roadmap for the year 2026-2029, duly incorporating a time-bound review mechanism for its effective implementation.
Key Entities Referenced
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB): Central agency responsible for combating drug trafficking in India. The document reports on seizures reported to the NCB.
Ministry of Home Affairs: The ministry responsible for internal security, including drug control, in India. NATGRID was introduced by this ministry.
e-Sakshya portal: Portal designed to assist police in recording and managing evidence in criminal cases. It is intended to modernize the justice system.
National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID): System allowing authorized access to financial records to trace money flow.
Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS): System aimed to inter-link all police stations under a common application software for investigation, data analytics, research, policy making and tracking of complaints.
Ministry of Home Affairs
DRUG MENACE
Posted On: 04 FEB 2026 3:57PM by PIB Delhi
To make India drug free by 2029, the Government has requested all concerned stakeholders to prepare a
three year roadmap for the year 2026-2029, duly incorporating a time-bound review mechanism for its
effective implementation with a whole of Govt. approach to dismantle the entire drug network from
source to distribution and tackling drug abuse.
The quantum of drugs seized during 2021 to 2025 (upto Nov.) as reported by various Drug Law
Enforcement Agencies to Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and their value is as under: -
Year Quantity (in Kg) Value (in Crores)
2021 16,09,612 25,241
2022 12,53,662 19,922
2023 13,89,725 17,179
2024 13,30,600 27,525
2025 (upto Nov.) 11,85,994 16,927
Various steps have been taken by the Government to increase conviction rate in drug trafficking related
cases and track digital payments, some of which are as under: -
The e-Sakshya portal has been designed to assist police in recording and managing evidence in criminal
cases. The portal aligns with new criminal laws aimed at modernizing the justice system. It allows police
officers to record the scene of a crime, including search and seizure activities, directly from their mobile
phones. e-Sakshya plays a crucial role in ensuring uniformity in investigations across states, which is
expected to enhance the conviction rate.
Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) is aimed to inter-link all police stations under a
common application software for the purpose of investigation, data analytics, research, policy making and
tracking of complaints, request for antecedent verifications etc.
The National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) has been introduced by the Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India, which allows authorised access to financial records (tax, bank accounts, suspicious
transaction reports from FIU), enabling the Investigating Officers to trace money flow.
The Sahyog Portal, designed and operated by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), is
developed as a comprehensive platform for coordination and execution of enforcement actions relating toVirtual Digital Assets (VDAs) Service providers platforms like Binance. The portal facilitates secure data
disclosure by service providers, enable asset freeze and tracking, support transfer of seized assets to
designated victim or official wallets, and provide a secure channel for communication and
acknowledgement of court or competent authority orders.
FINEX Portal of FIU: Suspicious Transaction Records (STRs) are reports filed by financial institutions to
flag transactions that may be related to drug trafficking, money laundering, terror financing, or other illicit
activities.
National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Gandhinagar, has entered into a MoU with the NCB to
strengthen India’s fight against narcotics, including darknet-enabled trafficking, through advanced forensic
and cyber-forensic support, research on New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), drug profiling, AI- and
drone-based forensics, as well as structured training, capacity building, and internship programmes.
NCB and the Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU), have entered a MoU to enhance cooperation in the
areas of research, training, technology development and capacity building related to narcotics control and
cyber-enabled drug crimes.
This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Shri Nityanand Rai in a written
reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.
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