Central Board of Narcotics

• Unified Portal of CBN was launched recently to facilitate a balance between narcotics substance availability for medical/scientific/industrial use and law compliance.
• The portal is designed to be integrated with other government services, including Bharat Kosh, GST, PAN-NSDL validation, e-Sanchit, and UIDAI, providing single-point services for obtaining licenses from the Central Bureau of Narcotics.
• It’ll instil efficiency and transparency and reduce time taken by pharma industry to get a trade licence.

About CBN

• CBN is a subordinate office under Department of Revenue of Ministry of Finance.
• It deals with international trade of narcotic drugs, under ambit of various United Nations Conventions and provisions of Narcotics Drugs & Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.