Lok Sabha Question No. 1472 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-25
Subject: Circulation of Fake Currency Notes
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1472

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  JULY, 2017/ SHRAVANA 3, 1939 (SAKA)

CIRCULATION OF FAKE CURRENCY NOTES

1472. SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether cases of fake currency notes in circulation and confiscation of old 500 and 1000 rupee notes have come to light in various States in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has collected the data regarding the FIRs filed and the persons penalised/absolved in such cases; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) to (d):The cases of seizures of fake Indian currency notes of Rupees 500  and  1000  denomination  have  come  to  light  in  various  states  in  the country. As per the data available with NCRB, the amounts of FICN seized, total FIRs and number of accused during the year 2015, 2016 and 2017 (up to 14.07.2017), are as per annexure (A-C).

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## NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU (MHA) State/UT-wise and Denomination-wise Statement of Counterfeit Currency (Recovered and Seized)

Periodical Report from : 01/01/2015 to : 31/12/2015*

Annexed with reply to LS USQ No.1472 for answer on 25.07.2017

| SNo    | State/UT          |   Denomination |   Denomination | Total Notes   | Value in Rs.   | Total FIR   | Total Accused   |
|--------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
| SNo    | State/UT          |           1000 |            500 | Total Notes   | Value in Rs.   | Total FIR   | Total Accused   |
| 1      | A & N ISLANDS     |             15 |              0 | 15            | 15000          | 1           | 0               |
| 2      | ANDHRA PRADESH    |           6207 |           4866 | 11073         | 8640000        | 84          | 136             |
| 3      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |            268 |            262 | 530           | 399000         | 4           | 8               |
| 4      | ASSAM             |           2851 |           5138 | 7989          | 5420000        | 71          | 107             |
| 5      | BIHAR             |           3344 |           1403 | 4747          | 4045500        | 44          | 70              |
| 6      | CHANDIGARH        |              2 |             25 | 27            | 14500          | 1           | 1               |
| 7      | CHHATTISGARH      |            377 |            236 | 613           | 495000         | 22          | 16              |
| 8      | D & N HAVELI      |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 0           | 0               |
| 9      | DAMAN & DIU       |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 0           | 0               |
| 10     | DELHI             |          24590 |          47622 | 72212         | 48401000       | 67          | 22              |
| 11     | GOA               |            233 |            440 | 673           | 453000         | 8           | 3               |
| 12     | GUJARAT           |          10638 |          10028 | 20666         | 15652000       | 64          | 56              |
| 13     | HARYANA           |           6898 |          10550 | 17448         | 12173000       | 24          | 47              |
| 14     | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |             18 |              0 | 18            | 18000          | 1           | 4               |
| 15     | JAMMU & KASHMIR   |            230 |            458 | 688           | 459000         | 12          | 17              |
| 16     | JHARKHAND         |            199 |            496 | 695           | 447000         | 4           | 5               |
| 17     | KARNATAKA         |           2430 |           9415 | 11845         | 7137500        | 56          | 103             |
| 18     | KERALA            |           2819 |           2223 | 5042          | 3930500        | 49          | 43              |
| 19     | LAKSHADWEEP       |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 0           | 0               |
| 20     | MADHYA PRADESH    |           1635 |            419 | 2054          | 1844500        | 26          | 60              |
| 21     | MAHARASHTRA       |          11977 |           9432 | 21409         | 16693000       | 168         | 155             |
| 22     | MANIPUR           |            225 |             74 | 299           | 262000         | 11          | 10              |
| 23     | MEGHALAYA         |            253 |            185 | 438           | 345500         | 6           | 6               |
| 24     | MIZORAM           |           1984 |            245 | 2229          | 2106500        | 13          | 20              |
| 25     | NAGALAND          |              0 |            245 | 245           | 122500         | 6           | 3               |
| 26     | ORISSA            |            524 |            136 | 660           | 592000         | 13          | 28              |
| 27     | PUDUCHERRY        |             24 |            112 | 136           | 80000          | 9           | 5               |
| 28     | PUNJAB            |             30 |           2434 | 2464          | 1247000        | 8           | 11              |
| 29     | RAJASTHAN         |            117 |            799 | 916           | 516500         | 45          | 28              |
| 30     | SIKKIM            |              7 |              0 | 7             | 7000           | 1           | 0               |
| 31     | TAMIL NADU        |           1903 |           4832 | 6735          | 4319000        | 165         | 71              |
| 32     | TELANGANA         |           1163 |           1857 | 3020          | 2091500        | 23          | 52              |
| 33     | TRIPURA           |              1 |            214 | 215           | 108000         | 4           | 7               |
| 34     | UTTAR PRADESH     |           8014 |           3950 | 11964         | 9989000        | 83          | 75              |
| 35     | UTTARAKHAND       |              3 |             33 | 36            | 19500          | 6           | 8               |
| 36     | WEST BENGAL       |              0 |            186 | 186           | 93000          | 1           | 1               |
| Total: |                   |          88979 |         118315 | 207294        | 148136500      | 1100        | 1178            |

## State/UT-wise and Denomination-wise Statement of Counterfeit Currency (Reported as

## NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU (MHA) Seized by State/UT Police)

Periodical Report from : 01/01/2016 to : 31/12/2016*

Annexed with reply to LS USQ No.1472 for answer on 25.07.2017

| SNo   | State/UT           | Denomination   | Denomination   | Total        | Value in Rs.       | FIR      | Total    |
|-------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|--------------------|----------|----------|
|       |                    | 1000           | 500            | Notes        |                    |          | Accused  |
| 1     | A & N ISLANDS      | 0              | 0              | 0            | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 2     | ANDHRA PRADESH     | 5001           | 8296           | 13297        | 9149000            | 48       | 114      |
| 3     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH  | 0              | 117            | 117          | 58500              | 5        | 11       |
| 4     | ASSAM              | 230            | 1088           | 1318         | 774000             | 31       | 35       |
| 5     | BIHAR              | 1895           | 3549           | 5444         | 3669500            | 28       | 49       |
| 6     | CHANDIGARH         | 1499           | 0              | 1499         | 1499000            | 1        | 5        |
| 7     | CHHATTISGARH       | 0              | 0              | 0            | 0                  | 2        | 0        |
| 8     | D & N HAVELI       | 0              | 0              | 0            | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 9     | DAMAN & DIU        | 0              | 0              | 0            | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 10    | DELHI              | 28479          | 48710          | 77189        | 52834000           | 87       | 35       |
| 11    | GOA                | 13             | 8              | 21           | 17000              | 3        | 4        |
| 12    | GUJARAT            | 11706          | 16900          | 28606        | 20156000           | 68       | 83       |
| 13    | HARYANA            | 74             | 181            | 255          | 164500             | 13       | 16       |
| 14    | HIMACHAL PRADESH   | 17             | 5              | 22           | 19500              | 5        | 4        |
| 15    | JAMMU & KASHMIR    | 14             | 147            | 161          | 87500              | 7        | 7        |
| 16    | JHARKHAND          | 0              | 0              | 0            | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 17    | KARNATAKA          | 2291           | 10180          | 12471        | 7381000            | 99       | 76       |
| 18    | KERALA             | 683            | 872            | 1555         | 1119000            | 44       | 38       |
| 19    | LAKSHADWEEP        | 0              | 0              | 0            | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 20    | MADHYA PRADESH     | 768            | 1380           | 2148         | 1458000            | 20       | 27       |
| 21    | MAHARASHTRA        | 2920           | 3496           | 6416         | 4668000            | 95       | 92       |
| 22    | MANIPUR            | 19             | 39             | 58           | 38500              | 7        | 9        |
| 23    | MEGHALAYA          | 19             | 38             | 57           | 38000              | 8        | 5        |
| 24    | MIZORAM            | 348            | 48             | 396          | 372000             | 6        | 6        |
| 25    | NAGALAND           | 97             | 0              | 97           | 97000              | 1        | 1        |
| 26    | ORISSA             | 0              | 144            | 144          | 72000              | 4        | 0        |
| 27    | PUDUCHERRY         | 3              | 3              | 6            | 4500               | 9        | 0        |
| 28    | PUNJAB             | 1508           | 3141           | 4649         | 3078500            | 12       | 13       |
| 29    | RAJASTHAN          | 663            | 633            | 1296         | 979500             | 38       | 34       |
| 30    | SIKKIM             | 0              | 0              | 0            | 0                  | 0        | 0        |
| 31    | TAMIL NADU         | 494            | 1258           | 1752         | 1123000            | 32       | 29       |
| 32    | TELANGANA          | 2391           | 6586           | 8977         | 5684000            | 47       | 74       |
| 33    | TRIPURA            | 18             | 11             | 29           | 23500              | 3        | 7        |
| 34    | UTTAR PRADESH      | 2465           | 1758           | 4223         | 3344000            | 112      | 100      |
| 35    | UTTARAKHAND        | 423            | 148            | 571          | 497000             | 43       | 22       |
| 36    | WEST BENGAL Total: | 13786 77824    | 18756 127492   | 32542 205316 | 23164000 141570000 | 202 1080 | 183 1079 |

## State/UT-wise and Denomination-wise Statement of Counterfeit Currency (Reported as

## NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU (MHA) Seized by State/UT Police)

## Periodical Report from : 01/01/2017 to : 14/07/2017*

Annexed with reply to LS USQ  No.1472 for answer on 25.07.2017

| SNo    | State/UT          |   Denomination |   Denomination | Total Notes   | Value in Rs.   | Total FIR   | Total Accused   |
|--------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
| SNo    | State/UT          |           1000 |            500 | Total Notes   | Value in Rs.   | Total FIR   | Total Accused   |
| 1      | A & N ISLANDS     |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 0           | 0               |
| 2      | ANDHRA PRADESH    |             11 |            374 | 385           | 198000         | 8           | 11              |
| 3      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 0           | 0               |
| 4      | ASSAM             |            225 |            254 | 479           | 352000         | 7           | 15              |
| 5      | BIHAR             |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 0           | 0               |
| 6      | CHANDIGARH        |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 0           | 0               |
| 7      | CHHATTISGARH      |              3 |             10 | 13            | 8000           | 6           | 0               |
| 8      | D & N HAVELI      |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 0           | 0               |
| 9      | DAMAN & DIU       |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 0           | 0               |
| 10     | DELHI             |          40363 |          35512 | 75875         | 58119000       | 34          | 12              |
| 11     | GOA               |              0 |              1 | 1             | 500            | 2           | 6               |
| 12     | GUJARAT           |           6600 |           4905 | 11505         | 9052500        | 30          | 36              |
| 13     | HARYANA           |              0 |             25 | 25            | 12500          | 5           | 1               |
| 14     | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 3           | 0               |
| 15     | JAMMU & KASHMIR   |              0 |             68 | 68            | 34000          | 3           | 0               |
| 16     | JHARKHAND         |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 0           | 0               |
| 17     | KARNATAKA         |            309 |            229 | 538           | 423500         | 20          | 19              |
| 18     | KERALA            |             12 |              8 | 20            | 16000          | 1           | 0               |
| 19     | LAKSHADWEEP       |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 0           | 0               |
| 20     | MADHYA PRADESH    |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 6           | 9               |
| 21     | MAHARASHTRA       |             32 |            124 | 156           | 94000          | 15          | 2               |
| 22     | MANIPUR           |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 0           | 0               |
| 23     | MEGHALAYA         |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 0           | 0               |
| 24     | MIZORAM           |              0 |             19 | 19            | 9500           | 8           | 9               |
| 25     | NAGALAND          |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 0           | 0               |
| 26     | ORISSA            |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 0           | 0               |
| 27     | PUDUCHERRY        |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 0           | 0               |
| 28     | PUNJAB            |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 4           | 3               |
| 29     | RAJASTHAN         |             88 |            253 | 341           | 214500         | 9           | 3               |
| 30     | SIKKIM            |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 0           | 0               |
| 31     | TAMIL NADU        |              1 |              3 | 4             | 2500           | 6           | 5               |
| 32     | TELANGANA         |              0 |             66 | 66            | 33000          | 6           | 1               |
| 33     | TRIPURA           |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 0           | 0               |
| 34     | UTTAR PRADESH     |             56 |             63 | 119           | 87500          | 29          | 4               |
| 35     | UTTARAKHAND       |              0 |              0 | 0             | 0              | 0           | 0               |
| 36     | WEST BENGAL       |              0 |             77 | 77            | 38500          | 25          | 9               |
| Total: | Total:            |          47700 |          41991 | 89691         | 68695500       | 227         | 145             |