Dona Paula, Sept. 6 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday announced that the Central government has established a comprehensive roadmap to achieve the major milestone of making India "drug-free" by 2029, calling the fight against narcotics a priority for national security.

Addressing the media, Shah stated that the fight against narcotics has moved beyond isolated actions to become a coordinated national campaign.

"We have created a roadmap to achieve the major milestone of making India drug-free by 2029. We all know that the narcotics trade is a crime that destroys our future generations; furthermore, the 'dirty money' generated through narcotics is also used to fund terrorism, leading to the emergence of 'narco-terror' modules in...