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.