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    Government Of India Scheme Notes – On Ministry Of Social Justice And Empowerment – For W.B.C.S. Examination.

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    1. National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction
    • The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has drafted National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (2018-2023) for addressing the problem of drug and substance abuse in the country.Continue Reading Government Of India Scheme Notes – On Ministry Of Social Justice And Empowerment – For W.B.C.S. Examination.
    • Drug menace:
    o India is vulnerable to narcotic drug trafficking as it is located between
    two largest Opium producing regions of the world i.e. Golden Crescent
    in the west and Golden Triangle in the east.
    o Drug trafficking and abuse also pose serious threat to our societies.
    o Estimates suggest that there are 40 lakh drug addicts in the country. The
    most common drugs of abuse are ‘ganja’, ‘hashish’, ‘opium’ and
    ‘heroin’.
    o The abuse of pharmaceutical preparations like ‘buprenorphine’, codeine
    based cough syrups and painkillers like ‘proxivon’ has also assumed
    serious proportions.
    o In certain regions of the country, drug abuse has already become a
    severe social-economic problem affecting the vulnerable age groups.
    • What has the government done in this regard?
    o The Government has taken several policy and other initiatives to deal
    with drug trafficking problem.
    o It constituted Narco-Coordination Centre (NCORD) in November, 2016
    and revived the scheme of “Financial Assistance to States for Narcotics
    Control”.
    o In 2017, the government approved new Reward Guidelines with
    increased quantum of reward for interdiction or seizure of different
    illicit drugs.
    o For effective coordination with foreign countries, India has signed 37
    Bilateral Agreements/Memoranda of Understanding.
    o Narcotics Control Bureau has been provided funds for developing a
    new software i.e. Seizure Information Management System
    (SIMS) which will create a complete online database of drug offences
    and offenders.
    o The government has constituted a fund called “National Fund for
    Control of Drug Abuse” to meet the expenditure incurred in connection
    with combating illicit traffic in Narcotic Drugs; rehabilitating addicts, and
    educating public against drug abuse, etc.
    o The government is also conducting National Drug Abuse Survey to
    measure trends of drug abuse in India through Ministry of Social Justice
    & Empowerment with the help of National Drug Dependence Treatment
    Centre of AIIMS.
    2. Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana Camp
    • A Distribution camp for free of cost distribution of Aids and Assistive Living
    devises under Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY), a scheme of Social Justice &
    Empowerment Department for Senior Citizen under BPL category, was recently
    organized in Delhi by Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO), a PSU working under the aegis of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
    • About Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana:
    o The Scheme aims at providing Senior
    Citizens, belonging to BPL category
    and suffering from any of the agerelated disability/infirmity Low vision,
    Hearing impairment, Loss of teeth and
    Locomotor disability, with such
    assisted-living devices which can
    restore near normalcy in their bodily
    functions, overcoming the
    disability/infirmity manifested.
    o This is a Central Sector Scheme, fully
    funded by the Central Government.
    The expenditure for implementation of
    the scheme will be met from the “Senior Citizens’ Welfare Fund “.
    o Under the scheme, free of cost distribution of the devices, commensurate with the extent
    of disability/infirmity that is manifested among the eligible senior citizens will take place.
    o In case of multiple disabilities/infirmities manifested in the same person, the assistive
    devices will be given in respect of each disability/impairment.
    o Beneficiaries in each district will be identified by the State Governments/UT Administrations
    through a Committee chaired by the Deputy Commissioner/District Collector.
    o As far as possible, 30% of the beneficiaries in each district shall be women.

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