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New Delhi: President of India Pranab Mukherjee will confer the National Awards to the organizations and individuals who have made exemplary contribution to the field of Drug Prevention on June 26, 2016, at a ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowermentwill also bepresent on the occasion.
June 26 is observed as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and is a global observance. Every year, it is commemorated with campaigns and a series of events all over the world aimed at raising awareness of about this major problem of illicit drug use.
On the day, Union minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot, along with Ministers of State for Social Justice & Empowerment: Krishan Pal Gurjar and Vijay Sampla will take the pledge at 8 am at the India Gate lawns with other dignitaries and about 4,000 jawans from different Border Guarding Forces. The “RUN against Drug Abuse” will be flagged off by the Ministers for the mass sensitization followed by a symbolic Slogan March with Police Bands. This year’s focus for the run is “Let’s Develop Communities without Drugs”.