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MoHFW Drug De-Addiction Program (DDAP) : Vision Document on Narcotics Control 2026-29

Addiction-Care Capacity-Building At Scale

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"जब हम एक भव्य व विकसित राष्ट्र के निर्माण की दिशा में तीव्रता से अग्रसर हैं, ऐसे में नशा मुक्त भारत एक स्वस्थ व समृद्ध भारत के सपने को साकार करने में बड़ी भूमिका निभाएगा।"

"As we move rapidly towards building a developed nation, a Drug-Free India will play an important role in realising the dream of a healthy and prosperous India."

— Shri Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India
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"अगले तीन वर्षों में देश में ड्रग्स के खिलाफ सभी मोर्चों पर लड़ाई लड़कर 'नशा मुक्त भारत' बनाना है।"

"Over the next three years, we must fight against drugs on every front and work towards building a Drug-Free India."

— Shri Amit Shah
Union Home Minister, Government of India
Karnataka Kerala Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh Telangana Puducherry Lakshadweep
For Government Healthcare Professionals working in Southern States

 Under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare’s DDAP capacity-building initiative, NIMHANS Bengaluru has been assigned to support healthcare professionals employed in the government sector involved in the prevention, identification, treatment, and management of substance use disorders  as part of the Vision Document on Narcotics Control (2026–2029) — through four connected training and mentoring pathways.

Choose the learning pathway suitable for you

Four routes into NIMHANS’ addiction-care capacity-building network — pick the one that fits your role, or combine more than one.

Medical Doctor: In-Person Training at NIMHANS

Structured on-site training to strengthen practical knowledge and skills in the assessment and management of substance use disorders.

  • Duration: 5-day program 
  • Nomination: Karnataka | Kerala | Tamil Nadu | Andhra Pradesh | Telangana | Puducherry | Lakshadweep
  • Curriculum: As per AIIMS Delhi (Details coming soon)

Medical Doctor: Live weekly Mentoring

Weekly training and mentoring with Case discussions with addiction specialists and peers

AIIMS NDDTC are leading this programme in collaboration with five other centres.

  • Peer-to-peer learning & brief didactics
  • Longitudinal mentoring
  • Certificate Accreditation
  • Weekly for 12 weeks

Counsellor/ Psychologist: NIMHANS e-Learning Certificate

Psychosocial Counselling Skills in Addiction Recovery — self-paced Primer, with certification on successful completion.

Counsellors || Psychologists 

Doctors/Nurse/ Counsellor : Addiction Rx App

Support app for the assessment and management of substance use disorders

Point-of-Care Clinical Support​: Free App and Play store

Download Free Addiction Rx Mobile app

Explore more Certificate Modules

The Center for Addiction Medicine offers addiction-focused advanced certificate modules for Doctors, nurses, and Counselors. MORE

Alcohol Use Disorder

Doctors: This module discusses the assessment, screening, diagnosis, and management of patients with Alcohol Use disorder.

Cannabis Use Disorder

Doctors: This module discusses assessment, screening, diagnosis, and management of patients with Alcohol Use disorder.

Motivational Interviewing

Counselor: This module can be helpful for learning the spirit, skills, processes, and implementation skills to bring about change.

How the pathways work together
The care model

Pathways work together: Building Skilled Capacity

The four paths are complementary — they're capacity-building, each preparing us to handle the challenge of addiction in our country 🇮🇳

1

Learn

Self-paced learning builds foundational knowledge and counselling skills.

Individual study
2

Discuss

NIMHANS ECHO discusses clinical cases with peers and specialists.

Peer network
3

Practise

In-person NIMHANS training strengthens practical clinical competencies.

Hands-on
4

Apply

Addiction Rx supports evidence-based guidance in day-to-day practice.

In practice
Each stage hands off to the next — knowledge becomes dialogue, dialogue becomes skill, skill becomes standard of care.

Govertment Sector Professionals Trained in FY 2026–27

Enorlled: April to August

Total Trained
0
🩺 Doctors
0
🧠 Counsellors
0
👤 Others
0
💉 Nurses
0

Till: 30 August 2026

Expression of Interest: August onwards

Participants
0
On-site CAM EOI (Doctors)
0
NIMHANS e-learning​ (Counsellors)
0

Updated on 05 Oct 7:00 PM

Expression of Interest Break up

Karnataka​
0
Andhra Pradesh​
0
Kerala​m
0
Tamil Nadu​
0
Telangana​
0

Puducherry: 15 || Lakshadweep: 0 || Other States: 44

Updated on 7 September at 9.40 AM

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