Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the R&D Centre of Excellence for Research and Analysis of NDPS (narcotics and psychotropic substances) at the National Forensic Science University (NFSU).
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Illegal drugs seized across India would now be sent here for accurate analysis of its contents and also to find the country of origin of such banned substances.
However, with the new research and analysis facility, agencies working in the field will now be able to get specific information on where the drug originated.
NFSU was established by the Government of India through Act, 2020 (32 of 2020) with the objective of fulfilling the acute shortage against the increasing demand for forensic experts in the country and around the world.
