In compliance to the order of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, a State-level committee has been constituted by the State Government for prevention of narcotics and other intoxicating drugs and better coordination.
The committee formed under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary will have Additional Principal Secretary / Principal Secretary of Home Department, Additional Chief Secretary / Principal Secretary / Secretary of Public Health and Family Welfare, Additional Chief Secretary / Principal Secretary, Secretary of Social Justice, Director General of Police, Police Headquarters Bhopal, Principal Additional Director General/ Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Deputy Narcotics Commissioner of Central Narcotics Bureau Madhya Pradesh, Controller Food and Drug Administration Madhya Pradesh and Director State Forensic Science Laboratory Committee as members of the committee. The Deputy Director-General of South West Region Narcotics Control Bureau will be the executive member of the Committee.
The committee will constitute the dedicated anti-narcotics force in each affected state, headed by Deputy Inspector General of Police/Inspector General of Police/Additional Director General of Police, formulate and implement alternative development programmes in the affected areas of the state, organize advance-web based trainings along with class room trainings, develop the capability of forensic laboratory for testing drug samples, ensure use of modern technology for preliminary drug detection such as arrangement for use of hand held devices, get the schemes sanctioned with the help of Central government for narcotics and review of their implementation and will present suitable proposals for controlling the misuse of drugs under the National Fund as well as hold quarterly meeting on other issues with the permission of the Chairman.