The government has officially set December 31, 2029, as the final national deadline to eliminate the illicit drug trade and achieve a "Drug-Free India". This vision is outlined in the government's comprehensive Vision Document 2026–2029, which marks a definitive shift in strategy under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985—moving from simple seizure-focused policing to aggressively dismantling entire transnational trafficking networks and their financial lifelines.