Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment has e-inaugurated the new building of National Institute of Social Defence (NISD) Sector-10, Dwarka, New Delhi.
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Key-points
NISD is the nodal training and research institute in the field of social defence which focuses on human resource development for drug abuse prevention, welfare of senior citizens and transgenders, beggary prevention, and other social defence issues.
NISD has three main divisions, namely National Centre for Drug Abuse Prevention (NCDAP), Old Age Care Division and Social Defence.
The National Institute of Social Defence was set up originally as Central Bureau of Correctional Services in 1961, under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Since 1975 the Institute was a subordinate office under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.
It has become an Autonomous Body vide Government of India Notification of 2002 and is registered under Societies Act XXI of 1860 with the Government of NCT, Delhi.
