India, Sept. 23 -- The Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday announced that India would eliminate the drug trade by 31 December 2029, describing narcotics as the most serious threat to both the country and the world. Addressing the third National Conference of Anti-Narcotics Task Force heads in New Delhi, Shah said it was time to deliver a decisive blow through joint action.

Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, the government has made one firm move after another over the last five years in pursuit of the tough objective of a drug-free India. The campaign has to be strengthened now. Shah referred to recent achievements in overcoming other long-standing problems: terrorism in Kashmir, insurgency in the Northeast, and Naxalis...