In a packed auditorium at the National Conference of Anti‑Narcotics Task Force heads, Shah declared that by 31 December 2029 no gram of narcotics will enter or exit India. Police chiefs from 36 states and UTTs listened as he outlined a zero‑tolerance stance.
He criticized the obsession with seizure statistics, urging officers to shift focus from headlines to dismantling supply networks. The directive also demanded a hard chase of money trails, as fiercely as the drugs themselves.
Shah told the chiefs to meet mothers whose children had fallen into addiction, turning the fight from a bureaucratic task into a personal mission. “See a mother who lost her top‑scoring son,” he said, and the room fell silent.
The Vision Document 2026‑2029, drafted by the Ministry of Home Affairs, lays out four pillars—enforcement, precursor control, demand reduction, and capacity building—containing more than 100 concrete targets. A key pillar is the Nashamukt Mitra volunteer drive, aiming to touch 100,000 schools by 2029.
He warned of emerging threats: synthetic drugs, dark‑web markets, crypto payments, and dead‑drop deliveries. States are ordered to form specialized teams that think beyond traditional policing methods.
Immediately, the task force will roll out zonal NCB complexes in Lucknow and Dehradun, and the Ministry will issue extradition guidelines for foreign suppliers, signalling a coordinated push that will begin in 2024.