Explain how narco-terrorism has emerged as a serious threat across the country. Suggest suitable measures to counter narco-terrorism.
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Shows how narcotics fund militancy and new trafficking routes, and gives the government's latest countermeasures.
- Note that drug money funds militancy in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir and insurgency in the North-East, with drones crossing the Punjab border.
- On 22 September, Amit Shah set 31 December 2029 as the deadline to uproot the drug trade, with State ANTF targets under the Vision Document on Narcotics Control (2026-29).
- NCB's conviction rate rose to 66.8% in 2025 from 60.8% in 2024, and it destroyed 77,773 kg of seized drugs in 2025.