Question

NCB stands for _______________.
A) Narcotic central board
B) Narcotic control bureau
C) Narcotic control board
D) None of these

Answer 1

Hint: It is an Indian federal law enforcement and intelligence organization that is part of the Indian government's Ministry of Home Affairs. Under the requirements of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, the agency is responsible for fighting drug trafficking and the use of illegal substances.

Complete answer:
Narcotic control bureau (NCB) -
- It was established in 1986 by the Indian government under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
- It is the Ministry of Home Affairs' apex coordinating agency.
- The National Policy on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances is based on Article 47 of the Indian Constitution, which urges the government to work toward the ban of intoxicating drugs that are harmful to one's health, except for therapeutic purposes.
- The federal government is in charge of drug abuse prevention.
- The Act on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPSA) was passed in 1985.
- It makes property derived from or utilized in the illegal trafficking of narcotic narcotics punishable.
- The Act made it clear that a Central Authority would be established to carry out the powers and tasks delegated to the Central Government by the Act.
- The NCB participated in a global ‘Operation Trance,' which began in December 2019 and is a joint intelligence-gathering action on international postal, express mail, and courier shipments containing psychotropic drugs (which can only be purchased with a doctor's prescription) that are abused as sedatives and painkillers.

Therefore Option ‘B’ i.e, Narcotic control bureau is the correct answer because it is what stands for NCB.

Note: Under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the Drugs Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested the country's first "darknet" narcotics operative. Darknet refers to a hidden internet platform used for drugs sales and other criminal activities that avoids law enforcement observation by employing the onion router's secret alleys (ToR- a free and open-source programme for enabling anonymous communication).