India, Oct. 7 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

The Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN), Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, organised a Jan Samvad at Malana village in Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, on October 6, 2026, as part of its Preventive Outreach under Yuva Raksha initiatives and efforts towards fulfilling CBN's mandate to promoting alternative development in illicit cannabis cultivation affected areas as per India's National Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) policy, 2012 and Vision document on Narcotics Control 2026-2029.

The initiative is in furtherance of the vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for a Nasha Mukt Bharat (Drug-Free India) and seeks to contribute ...