Punjab Affairs
To check drugs, NCB to set up unit in Amritsar
To increase the presence of the Control Bureau (NCB) in Punjab, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has approved the opening of a full-fledged regional office of the bureau in Amritsar. It will be headed by a Deputy Director-General of the rank of an IG or above.
Punjab will be the first state where drug-related cases will be pursued by two separate offices of the NCB the existing Zonal Division in Chandigarh and the upcoming regional office.
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Over half of these blocks are in 6 statesUttar Pradesh (68 blocks), Bihar (61), Madhya Pradesh (42), Jharkhand (34), Odisha (29) and West Bengal (29).
However, states can add more blocks to the programme later.
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