{"id":10795,"date":"2024-06-14T14:49:11","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=10795"},"modified":"2024-06-14T14:49:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:49:11","slug":"centre-helping-border-states-in-fighting-drug-menace-union-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/centre-helping-border-states-in-fighting-drug-menace-union-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre helping Border States in fighting drug menace: Union minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Union Minister for Social  and <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/empowerment\">Empowerment<\/a> Virendra Kumar said the Centre has been extending all possible cooperation to border states in fighting the menace of drug trade and abuse. Setting up rehabilitation centres to help the drug users give up their addiction is a part of the fight against drugs in which his Ministry is directly involved, he said. Addressing a press conference here, Kumar said, &#8220;In border states like Rajasthan, Assam, Punjab and <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/sikkim\">Sikkim<\/a>, among others, the problem of drugs is a major issue. 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