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Tag: Social Justice and Empowerment minister Thawar Chand Gehlot

PM Modi Greets Fmr PM Deve Gowda on Birthday

(New Delhi) PM Modi Greets Fmr PM Deve Gowda on Birthday
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on Monday greeted former premier H D Deve Gowda on his 87th birthday, praying for his good health and long life.
Gowda, was the prime minister between June 1996 and April 1997,He was born in 1933.
Modi Tweeted “Birthday wishes to our former PM Shri @H_D_Devegowda Ji. Praying for his long life and good health,”
The prime minister also wished Union minister Thawarchand Gehlot on his birthday.
“Greetings to Union Minister Shri @TCGEHLOT Ji on his birthday. May Almighty bless him with a long and healthy life,” Modi wrote on Twitter.

16 Crore Indians Consume Alcohol:Children Use Inhalents

[New Delhi]16 Crore Indians Consume Alcohol
Making a statement in response to a calling attention motion introduced by BJP MP RK Sinha, Social Justice and Empowerment minister Thawar Chand Gehlot said over 16 crore people in the country consume alcohol, around 3.1 crore use Cannabis and about 77 lakh people take opioids.
More than 5.7 crore alcohol users, 72 lakh cannabis users and about 77 lakh opioid users are addicted and need help, the minister said.
Gehlot said the findings were part of a national household survey conducted by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in 2018.
Children and adolescents were found to be using inhalents more than others.
Gehlot said the household sample survey covered all the 36 states and union territories of the country .
It was done in collaboration with the National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), ten other medical institutes and a network of 15 NGOs.