Youth anti-drug campaign reports four lakh participants across India
The ministry-reported mobilisation covered more than 1,000 locations and begins a 100-week programme focused on prevention, health and life skills.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports says the Rashtriya Sankalp Samaroh drew more than four lakh young people and other citizens across more than 1,000 locations on 20 September.
The reported footprint included 460 MY Bharat districts, 240 locations run by partner organisations and more than 300 locations involving spiritual organisations, industry associations and university associations. Activities included pledges, signature campaigns, discussions and local awareness events.
Why it matters
The event demonstrates the scale of the government's community-mobilisation approach to substance-use prevention and creates a broad distribution network for future public-health messaging.
SCULTRA point of view
Reach is an input, not proof of impact. The next test is whether the 100-week programme publishes consistent participation definitions, repeat-engagement rates, referral pathways, district-level coverage, programme costs and independently measured changes in awareness, help-seeking and substance-use risk.
Limitations
Participation and location totals are ministry-reported and were not independently audited. The release does not define unique participants, distinguish young people from other citizens, show district-level counts, disclose cost or measure behavioural and health outcomes. The outcome breakdown also differs from the prior event plan, so the two sets should not be compared as like-for-like figures.
Source: Press Information Bureau / Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and MY Bharat, 20 September 2026.