Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan: The Government of India’s Department of Social Justice and Empowerment in affiliation with The Art of Living signed an MOU geared toward taking ahead the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) marketing campaign to meet the imaginative and prescient of a drug-free India, within the august presence of world religious humanitarian chief Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, and Dr Virendra Kumar, Honorable Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, Saurabh Garg, Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and Radhika Chakraborty, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt of India.
During the marketing campaign launch, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar stated, “This is an important campaign. Like we have soldiers who fight to protect the country, we are fighting a similar fight within the country and that is against drugs. We need to make this campaign successful as soon as possible, to save India. Our nation’s identity is our youth and if our youth get into drugs, the future of our country begins to get blurred. Our youth have such promising potential to blossom in life, but drugs rob not just the individual but their family, society and nation of that promise.”
Dr Kumar shared, “We feel proud to be associated with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and The Art of living. We have a big challenge facing our country. We are fighting a proxy war against those who are working to get our youth into drugs. And to prevent this is not just the responsibility of the Ministry of Social Justice & empowerment but, everyone including non-government organizations, faith groups, self-help groups will need to come forward to end this menace.”
What is NMBA?
NMBA is an initiative to sort out the countrywide downside of substance abuse by means of consciousness, mass mobilization and neighborhood outreach, focusing on susceptible teams and basic plenty.
Drug de-addiction initiative by Art of Living:
The Art of Living has been working to battle the drug menace for a number of many years, having helped hundreds of folks come out of the vicious cycle of addictions with successful charge of greater than 60%, which is double the typical charge of success. The PRAN (Program For Release From Addictions Naturally) packages of Art Of Living supply efficient assist for these affected by addictions of substances like alcohol, medicine, gutkha, tobacco, cigarettes, or different substances. In Pune, earlier this 12 months, Gurudev impressed greater than 1.5 lakh youth to say no to medicine for all times.
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