Discussions on decriminalisation through an amendment to Section 27 of the Narcotic, Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, have come t...

Moving the bill in the Upper House for its consideration and passage, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said it replaces the ordinance wh...

The anomaly crept in when the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was amended in 2014 to allow better medical access to n...

Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad introduced the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Bill, 2021 that seeks to ...

Law enforcement agencies are of the view that number of chemicals in the scheduled list should be increased, said a senior official.

All key stakeholder departments have agreed to do away with imprisonment and fines for personal consumption of drugs and amend Section 27 o...

The draft bill is learnt to have proposed imposing a fine for first offences, mandatory community/social work for second offences and impri...

The Indian State and society are still unsure whether a drug addict is a criminal or a diseased person. The NDPS Act throws a drug user beh...

ET has reliably gathered that inter-ministerial discussions have now been initiated on both amending the NDPS Act, 1985 and shifting admini...

The law officer said the high court made certain very "wide-ranging observations" about the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (ND...

Asserting government's strong commitment against the menace,the minister also said synthetic drugs like lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) ha...

The plea said the legislature cannot compel courts and inflict upon them the "dubious" and "unconscionable" duty of imposing a "preordained...

With a multi-pronged approach, the STF, joined by various state police and intelligence agencies, has cracked down on the drugs trade in th...

The Minister said that the drug mafia, having national and international links, mainly targeted campuses and tourist spots.

At the very fag end of the forgettable existence of the 15th Lok Sabha, Parliament on Friday passed the Whistleblower Protection Bill.

India plans to introduce a new category of drugs, essential narcotic drugs, which will be regulated by the central govt.

Banks, financial institutions and intermediaries including stock market intermediaries such as brokers would be required to maintain record...