Union Home Minister Shah chairs NCORD meeting

Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah chaired the 10th apex-level meeting of the Narco-Coordination Centre (NCORD) in New Delhi today. The Home Minister released the ‘Vision Document on Drug Control (2026-2029)’ and the ‘NCB Annual Report-2025’, and also e-inaugurated NCB zonal offices in Jammu and Guwahati. Shri Shah further launched the ‘Online Drugs Disposal Fortnight Campaign’ for the destruction of narcotics weighing 2,09,500 kg and valued at ₹6,000 crore.

In his address, Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah said that today our country stands at a critical turning point in the fight against narcotics, where the next three years will decide whether addiction will defeat us or we will defeat addiction. He stated that for the future of the country over the next 100 years, we must win this battle with firm determination and collective efforts. This fight cannot be waged by any single department, state, government, or individual. Instead, all states and their concerned departments must come together on a single platform.

Shri Shah said that NCRB, NFSU, DFSS, I4C and NATGRID will have to do extensive work at their respective levels for cartel identification. States should convert their ANTFs into full-time units and transform them into dedicated, well-resourced, equipped and accountable units. (UPDATED N 26TH JUNE 2026)