Tech enabled Drugs De-addiction centers with 300% more beds and integrated skill training

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Last Updated: 2 May 2025

IMPACT 2022-2024[1]

-- ~10 lakh patients have undergone treatment
-- 97,413 addicts were admitted in Deaddiction and Rehabilitation Centers as of 11 Jan 2025

INFRA Upgrades:

1> Outpatient Drug Clinics: 2.74x Rise to Total 565 in 2025 under AAP Government

2> Deaddiction centers: 214% Rise in to Total 303 in 2024 under AAP Government
-- Number of beds increased from 1,500 to 5,000 in government de-addiction
-- Counsellors and psychiatrists are being recuited

3> Biometric based Centralised system To Stop Misuse of Drug substitute Medicine
-- Centralised platform manages & monitors patient/medicines[2]
-- 1,100 biometric devices and 529 HD web camera bought for De-addiction & OOAT centers[3]

1. Nasha Mukti Davai Kendras / OOAT clinics[3:1]

Year OOAT Clinics Party in Power
2020 199 Congress
2021 206 Congress
2022 528 AAP
2023 529 AAP
2024 529 AAP
2025[4] 565 AAP

* OOAT = Outpatient Opioid Assisted Treatment

2. Deaddiction Centers/Nasha Mukti Kendras

Number of beds increased from 1,500 to 5,000 in government managed de-addiction and rehabilitation centers[4:1]

Year De-addiction centres
2019[3:2] 141 (36 Govt + 105 Private)
2023[3:3] 213 (36 Govt + 177 Private)
2024[5] 213
2024[6] 213
  • including 91 Rehabilitation Centers(19 Govt + 72 Private)[6:1]

Counsellors/psychiatrists

  • 343 counsellors/psychiatrists are being recuited[6:2]
  • Private psychiatrists are being engaged for part-time services[7]

Modernisation & Upgrades[6:3]

  • Air-conditioners are being installed to make the stay of inhabitants more comfortable
  • A uniform and balanced food menu has been prepared to provide nutritious and healthy meals to the patients at these centres
  • 1 Crore from MPLAP fund for upgrades[8]

Skill training and Yoga

  • Skill training is being integrated into 19 government rehabilitation centers, in partnership with Sun foundation[8:1]
  • Introduced Yoga & Meditation in deaddiction & rehabilitation centres[9]

Collab with Private[7:1]

  • To increase bed capacity, the state will collaborate with private nursing institutions, nursing colleges, and NGOs
  • These centres will be reimbursed for infrastructure upgrades up to Rs 20,000 per bed — as a one-time grant
  • They can claim up to Rs 1,500 per bed per day based on actual occupany

3. Biometric Patient monitoring and Systemic Reforms[3:4]

Mis-use of buprenorphine: Pilferage of the substitute medicine is suspected

Centralised platform to manage & monitor patient and medicines[2:1]

  • Patients are administered the combination of buprenorphine — the substitute medicine given for the opioid use disorder
  • To keep a check and ensure it is only administered to registered patients

Biometric Patient Tracking

  • The patient will have to mark attendance twice
    • at points of marking their entry to the centre at the time of registration
    • at the dispensation point where buprenorphine will be administered to them

4. NEW Initiatives for De-addiction & Rehabilation

  • Formulating a New Mental health policy to facilitate proper De-addiction & rehabilation[9:1]
  • Further, a Tele Manas Hub is being established at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH)[10]

References:

  1. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/whats-the-new-phase-of-anti-drug-drive/ ↩︎

  2. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/punjab-to-roll-out-centralised-system-for-monitoring-drug-de-addiction-treatment/articleshow/116692154.cms ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/de-addiction-patients-biometric-attendance-9474195/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. https://yespunjab.com/aap-govt-intensifies-fight-against-drugs-rehab-support-grows-for-youth-and-families/ ↩︎ ↩︎

  5. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/policy-to-battle-drug-menace-in-punjab-in-works-rehab-priority/ ↩︎

  6. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/whats-the-new-phase-of-anti-drug-drive/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  7. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/punjab-taps-private-sector-to-bolster-de-addiction-efforts-amid-rising-demand/articleshow/120802189.cms ↩︎ ↩︎

  8. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/120802850.cms ↩︎ ↩︎

  9. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-drug-crisis-awareness-crackdown-how-aap-govt-is-pushing-its-twin-track-campaign-9078268/ ↩︎ ↩︎

  10. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U5IjoJJx1PsupDLWapEUsQxo_A3TBQXX/view (Page 15) ↩︎

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