Section 70 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 empowers Governments to:

Section 70 NDPS Act directs the Government, in making rules under the Act, to have regard to the Single Convention of 1961, its 1972 Protocol, the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances and later conventions India joins. It does not confer treaty-making power, allow rules to override the conventions, or confine rule-making to emergencies.