<h1>Government launches national narcotics elimination drive by 2047, intensifying task forces and destroying seized drugs worth Rs 4,794 crore</h1> The government announced a national push to eliminate narcotics, urging stronger, coordinated enforcement across anti-narcotics task forces to meet broader security and development goals by 2047. At a national conference hosted by the central narcotics agency, the home minister called for intensified action against three identified cartel types-international entry-point operators, inter-state distributors, and local street-level sellers-and initiated destruction of seized narcotics valued at Rs 4,794 crore. The agency highlighted increased interagency cooperation with tax, customs, regulatory and financial authorities to trace diversion networks and strengthen prosecution and prevention efforts.