In accordance with the spirit of the United Nations Conventions and the existing NDPS Act 1985 and NDPS policy, 2012 the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has prepared a National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR) for 2018-2023. The plan aims at reduction of adverse consequences of drug abuse through a multi-pronged strategy involving education, de-addiction and rehabilitation of affected individuals and their families. It focuses on preventive education, awareness generation, identification, counselling, treatment and rehabilitation of drug dependant persons and training and capacity building of the service providers through collaborative efforts of the Central and State Governments and Non-Governmental Organizations. The objectives of the NAPDDR are to:-

1. Create awareness and educate people about the ill-effects of drugs abuse on the individual, family, workplace, and the society at large and reduce stigmatization of and discrimination against, groups and individuals dependant on drugs in order to integrate them back into the society;

2. Develop human resources and build capacity for working towards these objectives;

3. Facilitate research, training, documentation and collection of relevant information to strengthen the above mentioned objectives;

4. Provide for a whole range of community based services for the identification, motivation, counselling, de-addiction, after care and rehabilitation for Whole Person Recovery (WPR) of addicts;

5. Deliver comprehensive guidelines, schemes, and prorgammes using a multi-agency approach including health-care, social-care, criminal justice system, employment and education agencies, non-governmental organizations and civil society;

6. Undertake drug demand reduction efforts to address all forms of drug abuse including dependence related to the consumption of two or more substances at the same time;

7. Alleviate the consequences of drug dependence amongst individuals family and society at large.