Coming to the rescue of drug and alcohol addicts and their families, the Central Government is planning to ensure that the facility of de-addiction centre is available in every district and there are appropriate facilities for highly vulnerable groups like spouses and children of addicts.
The plans were shared by the Union Social Justice Minisry during the National Consultative Committee here with states and other stakeholders on Monday.
The Government is keen to ensure the facility of de-addiction centres in each district and increasing the number of Regional Resource and Training Centres (RRTCs), the Ministry officials said in the meeting. “There is need to establish appropriate facilities for highly vulnerable groups like spouses and children of addicts, street children, homeless, beggars, people living in slums and sex workers etc,” Social Justice Secretary Anita Agnihotri said.