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12/04/23 05:58 AM IST

Unified Portal of Central Bureau of Narcotics Launched

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  • The Unified Portal of the Central Bureau of Narcotics was launched today by the Revenue Secretary.
About the portal
  • The unified portal of Central Bureau of Narcotics will instill the efficiency, transparency and accountability in department users with twin objective to cater the need of pharma and chemical industry for synergistic growth of the drugs & pharma sector and boosting economy for “Aatma Nirbhar Bharat”
  • And ensure availability of the “essential narcotic drugs” and medicines to the patients & their attendant families.
  • The launch of Unified portal of Central Bureau of Narcotics will prove as a stepping stone in ease of doing business of NDPS and Controlled substances in the country with transparent and better compliance.
  • This portal is calibrated to have database integration & ingestion with other government services including Bharat Kosh, GST, PAN- NSDL validation, e-Sanchit, and UIDAI facilitating single point services for obtaining the licenses from CBN.
  • The applicants may file applications from anywhere & anytime 24*7 basis eliminating the need of physical interaction and can raise queries with the department which shall be responded through portal.
  • This will leverage drastic reduction in ‘processing-time’ and conserving the resources of the trade for other fruitful business activities.
Central Bureau of Narcotics
  • It is a central government organization dealing with the international trade of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances, and Precursor Chemicals under the ambit of various United Nations Conventions and the provisions of NDPS Act, 1985.
  • These substances bear dual potential as strong medicinal, scientific, and industrial use as well as a diversion for illicit use creating the substances for abuse.
Source- PIB

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