Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah addresses a press conference on narcotics control in Panaji, the capital of Goa

Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah addressed a press conference in Panaji, Goa, outlining government measures, statistics, and a three-year roadmap (July 2026 to July 2029) toward achieving a 'Drug-free India' by 2029. The strategy is built on four pillars: intelligence and operation-based enforcement, precursor and synthetic drugs control, demand and harm reduction, and capacity building and coordination. The government highlighted the four-tier NCORD mechanism, the BHARATPOL system for fugitive tracking and extradition, financial investigations, the PIT-NDPS framework, and a bottom-to-top and top-to-bottom investigation approach. Comparative drug seizure figures between 2004–2014 and 2014–2026 were also shared.