In 2002 and 2006, NDDTC conducted an evaluation of the existing De-addiction centres (under the DDAP scheme) through onsite visits and postal surveys. It came into light that almost one-third of the DTCs were not functional at all, one-third functioned partially and only remaining one-third functioned adequately. The infrastructure originally envisaged for DTC was used by some other facilities, and majority did not have dedicated staff to offer services for patients. The centres did not have adequate funding and there was either irregular supply of medicines or no long-term medicines. The record-keeping was inadequate and there was no provision for awareness activities. The report clearly indicated an urgent need to take action for strengthening the DDAP. Thus, as part of action-plan for strengthening the services for de-addiction, DDAP, MoH&FW initiated the scheme titled, “Strengthen the Drug De-addiction Programme: Establishment of DTCs” whose motto was to “bring the de-addiction services closer to home and to make them more accessible.”