Notification S.O. 957(E) of 27 September brought the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Act, Act 9 of 2001, into force on 2 October. The President had assented on 9 May, and section 1 had left the date to the Official Gazette. The Act introduced small quantity and commercial quantity. A further notification on 19 October 2001 fixed the figures for each substance. The punishment sections, including the one for cannabis, then use three bands: below the small quantity, between the two, and above the commercial quantity. The strict bail rule applies only to the last.[1][2][3][4]
Score by segment 0 to 10
- Possession · 25%0 → 1+1
- Personal cultivation · 25%1 → 1
- Punishment & enforcement · 20%2 → 2
- Sharing & gifting · 10%1 → 1
- Consumption · 10%1 → 1
- Legal access · 10%2 → 2
The bar shows the score after the change; the tick marks where it stood before. The scores after the change are India's current scores.
References
- Indian Kanoon — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Act, 2001Section 1(2), commencement by Official Gazette notificationarchived
- MyNation — NDPS Act, section 1, with the 2001 commencement footnoteFootnote 1, w.e.f. 2 October 2001 vide S.O. 957(E) of 27 September 2001archived
- Wikipedia — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985archived
- Bhatt & Joshi Associates — Small vs Commercial Quantity under the NDPS Act (8 September 2026)archived
Checked. The date and the event were compared with a source that was read. The score before the change is an editorial estimate.