The Central Bureau of Narcotics has launched its Unified Portal on 11th April, 2023. A press information bulletin was released on the launch of the portal
The Central Bureau of Narcotics launched the unified portal as one step solution for user industry to facilitate the licensing and ExIM authorizations issued by the Bureau. The unified portal will instill the efficiency, transparency and accountability in department users with twin objective to cater the need of pharma and chemical industry and boosting economy. It will also ensure availability of the “essential narcotic drugs” and medicines to the patients & their attendant families.
The launch of Unified portal is sought to promote ease of doing business of NDPS and Controlled substances in the country with transparent and better compliance. This portal is calibrated to have database integration & ingestion with other government services including Bharat Kosh, GST, PAN- NSDL validation, e-Sanchit, and UIDAI facilitating single point services for obtaining the licenses from CBN.
The exporter, importer, and manufacturer of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances, and Controlled Substances are expected to be benefitted by user-friendly, secure transactions, cloud-based storage, simplified process for applicants to obtain various licenses such as Import Certificates, Export Authorizations, No Objection Certificate for various NDPS and controlled substances, manufacturing licenses, Quota Allocation of Narcotic Drugs in a smooth, hassle-free and transparent operations.
Moreover, the unified portal envisages all operations to be faceless & contactless. The applicants may file applications from anywhere & anytime eliminating the need of physical interaction and can raise queries with the department which shall be responded through portal. This will leverage drastic reduction in ‘processing-time’ and conserving the resources of the trade for other fruitful business activities.
