Lok Sabha Question No. 426 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-31
Subject: Defence Land
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: DILIP KUMAR MANSUKHLAL GANDHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.426

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 31 ST  MARCH, 2017

## DEFENCE  LAND

## *426.  SHRI  DILIPKUMAR MANSUKHLAL GANDHI:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  estimated  area  of  land  under  his  Ministry  in  the  country,  State-wise including Maharashtra;
- (b) the total area of land acquired by his Ministry after independence of the country; and
- (c) whether land in various States particularly in Maharashtra under the possession of Basic Training Regiment comes under the possession and ownership of his Ministry and if so, the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                            (SHRI ARUN JAITLEY)

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(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT    REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 426 FOR ANSWER ON 31.3.2017

(a) The  total  extent  of  defence  land  in  the  country  is  about  17.57  lakh acres.  The State / UT-wise details are enclosed as Annexure-A. (b) The  total  land  acquired  for  defence  purpose  after  independence  in the country is about 8.38 lakh (rounded) acres.  The State / UT-wise details are enclosed as Annexure-B. (c) Private land measuring 346.88 acres in Bhingar village Ahmednagar was acquired by the Government during 1905-1907 for defence purposes under the authority of Bombay Government Revenue Department notifications.  Besides, land measuring 6.025 acres in Bhingar village was acquired under Collector of Ahmednagar notification published in Bombay Gazette  Part-I  on  24.06.1954.    The  land  is  situated  outside  Ahmednagar Cantonment along the Ahmednagar-Aurangabad Highway and is analogous to A-1 land placed under the management of Local Military Authority.  The land  has  since  been  under  active  occupation  of  Army  and  held  by  BT Regiment for training, various types of accommodations, ranges and other Army uses.

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## ANNEXURE-A  REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN PART (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 426 FOR  ANSWER  ON 31.3.2017

## Details of land under Ministry of Defence in the country, State/UT-wise

| Sr. No.   | State / UT                |   Area (in acres) |
|-----------|---------------------------|-------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |    8166.39        |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh            |   14523.7         |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh         |    4787.39        |
| 4.        | Assam                     |   25493.3         |
| 5.        | Bihar                     |   11925.4         |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                |     176.25        |
| 7.        | Chattisgarh               |    1582.41        |
| 8.        | Dadar & Nagar Haveli      |       0           |
| 9.        | Daman & Diu               |     196           |
| 10.       | Delhi                     |   11628.5         |
| 11.       | Goa                       |    3025.58        |
| 12.       | Gujarat                   |   24807           |
| 13.       | Haryana                   |   37211.4         |
| 14.       | Himachal Pradesh          |    8096.65        |
| 15.       | Jammu & Kashmir           |   22338.5         |
| 16.       | Jharkhand                 |    7713.62        |
| 17.       | Karnataka                 |   33124.7         |
| 18.       | Kerala                    |    5279.4         |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep               |      39.85        |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh            |  231074           |
| 21.       | Maharashtra               |  138802           |
| 22.       | Manipur                   |    1294.41        |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                 |    4029.4         |
| 24.       | Mizoram                   |       0.21        |
| 25.       | Nagaland                  |     551.28        |
| 26.       | Odisha                    |   18015.7         |
| 27.       | Puducherry                |      20.38        |
| 28.       | Punjab                    |   78329.2         |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                 |  821187           |
| 30.       | Sikkim                    |    3078.07        |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu                |   21233.5         |
| 32.       | Telangana                 |   25211.3         |
| 33.       | Tripura                   |    2679.51        |
| 34. Uttar | Pradesh                   |  123310           |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand               |   27168.1         |
| 36.       | West Bengal               |   40955.7         |
|           | Total:                    |       1.75706e+06 |

## ANNEXURE-B    REFERRED  IN  THE  REPLY  GIVEN  IN  PART  (b)  OF LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  426  FOR  ANSWER  ON 31.3.2017

## State-wise details of the land acquired for the defence purpose since independence

| Sr. No.   | State / UT                |   Area (in acres) |
|-----------|---------------------------|-------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |           475.45  |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh            |          2232.74  |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh         |          5603.22  |
| 4.        | Assam                     |         16534.5   |
| 5.        | Bihar                     |          9685.67  |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                |           167.618 |
| 7.        | Chattisgarh               |           192.89  |
| 8.        | Delhi                     |          1531.3   |
| 9.        | Daman & Diu               |            73.119 |
| 10.       | Goa                       |          2666.23  |
| 11.       | Gujarat                   |         11094.4   |
| 12.       | Haryana                   |         22643.6   |
| 13.       | Himachal Pradesh          |          3646.12  |
| 14.       | Jammu & Kashmir           |         16093.2   |
| 15.       | Jharkhand                 |          6091.74  |
| 16.       | Karnataka                 |          8506.91  |
| 17.       | Kerala & Lakshadweep      |           920.68  |
| 18.       | Madhya Pradesh            |        102258     |
| 19.       | Maharashtra               |         73343     |
| 20.       | Manipur                   |           947.335 |
| 21.       | Meghalaya                 |          3983.8   |
| 22.       | Mizoram                   |             0.211 |
| 23.       | Nagaland                  |           115.95  |
| 24.       | Odisha                    |         13832.3   |
| 25.       | Puducherry                |            20.381 |
| 26.       | Punjab                    |         67464.7   |
| 27.       | Rajasthan                 |        373040     |
| 28.       | Sikkim                    |          2158.56  |
| 29.       | Tamil Nadu                |          9471.83  |
| 30.       | Telangana                 |         15133.6   |
| 31.       | Tripura                   |          1782.13  |
| 32.       | Uttar Pradesh             |         47640.7   |
| 33.       | Uttarakhand               |          7480.67  |
| 34.       | West Bengal               |         10748.7   |
|           | Total:                    |        837581     |