LEADERSHIP & PURPOSE

PUNJAB DRUG ACCOUNTABILITY MISSION 2027

Meet the Founders Behind the Mission

FOUNDER

GURMEET KAUR KWATRA

Advocate, Supreme Court of India | New Delhi

Founder – Punjab Drug Accountability Mission 2027

Adv. Gurmeet Kaur Kwatra is a legal professional and public-interest advocate engaged in issues concerning drug abuse, institutional accountability, human rights and social justice.

For approximately seven years, she has been associated with work relating to drug abuse and its impact on individuals, families and society, with particular attention to the need for effective government intervention, accessible treatment and institutional accountability.

Her work has focused on examining drug-related information, collecting and analysing available public data, monitoring government programmes and scrutinising the implementation and expenditure of flagship anti-drug initiatives.

Through the use of public representations, Right to Information mechanisms and institutional accountability processes, she has sought greater transparency concerning:

Government expenditure and utilisation of funds allocated to anti-drug programmes.
Implementation and actual delivery of government de-addiction and treatment services.
Availability, procurement and distribution of essential medicines, including Buprenorphine-Naloxone (BXN).
Gaps between official announcements, administrative claims and ground-level delivery.
Accountability of responsible public authorities and enforcement institutions.

Her approach combines legal scrutiny, documentary evidence, public accountability and constructive institutional engagement.

Through the Punjab Drug Accountability Mission 2027, she seeks to establish a structured public platform where government commitments can be examined against verifiable records, measurable outcomes and citizen experiences.

HER GUIDING BELIEF

“Public policy must be measured not merely by announcements and expenditure, but by the services actually delivered and the lives meaningfully improved.”

CO-FOUNDER

SUKHBIR KAUR

Mental Health & Elder Abuse Activist

Co-Founder – Punjab Drug Accountability Mission 2027

Sukhbir Kaur is a social activist engaged in issues concerning mental health, elder abuse, human dignity, social protection and public welfare.

For approximately seven years, she has been associated with efforts relating to drug abuse and its wider social consequences, particularly the impact of addiction on families, young people, vulnerable individuals and communities.

Her engagement reflects a community-centred approach to the drug crisis, recognising that substance abuse is not merely a law-and-order issue but also a public-health, mental-health and social-rehabilitation challenge.

Her work and areas of focus include:

Understanding the social and family consequences of drug abuse.
Collecting drug-related information and documenting public concerns.
Monitoring the implementation of government anti-drug programmes.
Examining gaps between government spending, announced schemes and actual service delivery.
Advocating accessible mental-health support, dignified treatment and rehabilitation.
Encouraging community awareness, family participation and protection of vulnerable people.

Her experience in mental-health and elder-abuse advocacy brings an important human perspective to the Mission, particularly the need to protect families, prevent stigma and ensure that people affected by addiction are treated with dignity.

Through the Punjab Drug Accountability Mission 2027, she seeks to strengthen citizen participation, public awareness and independent scrutiny of anti-drug programmes.

HER GUIDING BELIEF

“The fight against drugs must protect human lives, strengthen families and restore dignity, hope and opportunity to affected individuals.”

OUR PURPOSE • OUR COMMITMENT

THE FOUNDERS' VISION

From Seven Years of Engagement to a Public Accountability Movement

The Punjab Drug Accountability Mission 2027 emerges from approximately seven years of engagement by its founders, Gurmeet Kaur Kwatra and Sukhbir Kaur, with issues surrounding drug abuse, its social consequences and the responsibilities of public institutions.

During this engagement, the founders have worked towards collecting drug-related information, examining available government records, monitoring public expenditure on flagship anti-drug campaigns and identifying gaps between policy announcements, financial allocations and actual implementation.

Their work has reinforced the importance of looking beyond the number of campaigns launched, funds allocated or enforcement announcements made.

THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS ARE:

Is government expenditure producing measurable results?

Are treatment facilities accessible to those who need them?

Are essential medicines reaching authorised treatment centres and patients?

Are rehabilitation and employment opportunities available after treatment?

Are children and young people adequately protected?

Are public authorities answerable for implementation failures?

Can citizens independently verify government performance?

Recognising the need for a structured, evidence-based and non-partisan public accountability platform, the founders have initiated the Punjab Drug Accountability Mission 2027.

The Mission seeks to bring together citizens, legal professionals, public-health experts, civil-society organisations, healthcare institutions, policymakers and political representatives around a common 10-Point Public Accountability Charter.

Its purpose is constructive institutional reform through transparency, lawful enforcement, dignified treatment, rehabilitation, prevention and measurable public accountability.

The founders believe that the success of Punjab's fight against drugs must ultimately be measured by fewer lives lost, more people recovering, stronger families, protected children and accountable public institutions.

OUR SHARED COMMITMENT

Not against any political party.
Not against any individual.
For Punjab and its people.