Myanmar’s Opium Surge and India’s Drug Trafficking Crisis: NCB 2026 Report and NDPS Act Amendment
The Narcotics Control Bureau’s (NCB) Annual Report 2026, released by Home Minister Amit Shah on June 27, 2026, alongside the announcement of proposed amendments to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, marks a watershed moment in India’s anti-narcotics strategy. The report reveals a troubling geopolitical shift: following the Taliban’s 2022 ban on…