GS3 · 15 marks · 250 words

The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) Report 2023 highlights a growing menace of drug trafficking in South Asia, with India being a major hub. Analyze the various dimensions of this challenge with respect to India. Also suggest a multi-pronged approach to address it.

Answered by 9 toppers · CSE 2022–2025

Organised CrimeBorder ManagementTerrorismNon-state ActorsSecurity Forces and Agencies

Syllabus: Security challenges and their management in border areas - linkages of organized crime with terrorism.

How toppers approached it

From all 9 answers · about 240 words · 100% drew a diagram.

Opening

  • A figure56%
  • No separate opening44%

Body

  • Points67%
  • Points and prose33%

Close

  • A summary67%
  • A way forward33%

The toppers’ answers

Raghav JhunjhunwalaAIR 4 · CSE 2025 · 195 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening · a figure

During 2021-2023; over 3,000 cr+ worth of illegal drugs was seized at Mundra port, Gujarat. This highlights the extreme balcony of drug menace in South Asia.

Body · points and prose

Rising Drug menace in South Asia

  1. Rise of taliban & drug racket
  2. Fall of Democracy @ myanmar.
  3. Covert support of China in supply of API (Active Pharma Ingredient)
  4. Pak's effort of bleeding India via 1000 cuts: youth targeting.
  5. Poorly demarcated border with Bangladesh, Bhutan, etc.
  6. Drug culture: western mimicry.
Diagram
* A hand-drawn map of India showing bordering regions: * To the west, marked 'Pak', 'Afgh', 'Iran' with an arrow pointing towards India. * To the east, marked 'Laos', 'myam' (Myanmar), 'Thailand' with a triangle symbol.

Challenges presented to India

  1. Economic (i) conversion of land away from Agri (ii) Loss of Exchequer funds (iii) FDI ↓ ; GDP ↓ as Black Economy, Illicit drugs ↑

  2. Societal (i) Drug Addiction in youth & wastage of D/Dividend. (ii) Even children are getting exposed.

  3. Political (i) Drug money finances Insurgency & separatist movements. (ii) Security threats from outside & within Borders.

  4. Technological (i) use of Drones, E-commerce to supply Drugs crossborder. (ii) Use of darknet to trade

  5. Loss of Institutional accountability and Integrity of India.

Diagram
Multi-pronged Approach ├── Supply side │ ├── I Legal │ │ └── NDPS Act, 1987 provides a broad legal framework │ ├── II Institutional │ │ ├── NCB created under NDPS, 1987 │ │ └── collaborates with various agencies │ └── III Border Area mgmt │ └── CIBMS implemented upon Shekatkar committee report └── Demand side ├── I Demand Reduction │ └── Awareness campaigns @ school, colleges ├── II De-Addiction Camps │ └── Along with post Rehab monitorg. └── Overall motto of 'Nasha Mukta Bharat Abhiyan'

Close · a way forward

Drug-menace is categorically threatening for a fragile nation like India which constantly faces numerous security threats.

Implementing multi-pronged approach is need of hour.

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