Operation Narcos

Operation Narcos

 

Operation Narcos – Today Current Affairs

  • Railway Protection Force (RPF) recently recovered narcotics worth more than Rs 7.40 crore under Operation “Narcos” (NARCOS).

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What is Operation Narcos?

  • A month long all India campaign against drug trafficking through rail with a code code named “Operation Narcos” was launched in June-2022, with special focus on the menace of Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS).
  • RPF has intensified its investigation in trains and identified black spots across the country in coordination with Narcotics Control Bureau and other law enforcement agencies to target drug smugglers involved in this illegal trade.

Railway Protection Force : The Hindu Analysis

  • The RPF contingent is an armed force of the Union of India. It is a security force owned by the Indian Railways, Ministry of Railways.
  • The history of RPF dates back to 1882 when various railway companies appointed their own guards to protect railway property.
  • The force was declared a statutory force in 1957 by an Act of Parliament, which was later declared as an armed force of the Union of India in 1985.
  • RPF has been entrusted with the responsibility of safeguarding railway property.

Other initiatives of RPF:

 Operation AAHT : The Hindu Analysis

  • Special teams will be deployed on all long distance trains/routes to rescue the victims, especially women and children, from the clutches of traffickers.

Meri Saheli : The Hindu Analysis

  • This initiative will focus on the safety of women passengers. It was launched in September 2020 as a pilot project in South-Eastern Railway.  Since then it has been extended to all the zones.

Operation Yatri Suraksha : The Hindu Analysis

  • Under “Operation Yatri Suraksha”, the RPF supports the State Police in the fight against passenger crime.

 Operation Nanhe Faristey : The Hindu Analysis

  • It rescued 1,045 children who were found alone or abandoned at railway stations.

 

Here we mention all information about Operation Narcos  Today Current Affairs.

 

Yojna IAS Daily Current Affairs Hindi med 8th July

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