Lok Sabha Question No. 542 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-18
Subject: Ceasefire Violations by Pakistan
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: JAY PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV, SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE, KAUSHAL KISHORE, NIHAL CHAND CHAUHAN, SUNIL KUMAR SINGH, NISHIKANT  DUBEY, RAVINDRA VISHWANATH GAIKWAD, RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO, ARKA KESHARI DEO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.542

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 18 TH  NOVEMBER, 2016

## CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS BY PAKISTAN

## 542. SHRI  JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV:

SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE:

SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE:

SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

PROF. RAVINDRA VISHWANATH GAIKWAD:

SHRI RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO:

SHRI ARKA KESHARI DEO:

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

- (a) whether  there  has  been  spurt  in  incidents  of  ceasefire  violations  by  Pakistan recently;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  number  of  soldiers,  civilians  killed  and injured during the said violations during the year 2015-16;
- (c) the details of compensation paid to families of deceased soldiers; and
- (d) the retaliatory and preventive action taken by the Government in this regard?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

## (a) & (b): The details are as under:-

|   Year | Ceasefire Violations along Line of Control (LC) and International Border (IB) under operational control of Army   | Ceasefire Violations along International Border (IB) under operational control of BSF.   |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   2015 | 152                                                                                                               | 253                                                                                      |
|   2016 | 167 (till 14 th November)                                                                                         | 210 (till 1 st November)                                                                 |

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:  2  :

The details of casualties in ceasefire violations are as under:-

| Year   | Army personnel        | Army personnel        | BSF personnel        | BSF personnel        | Civilians             | Civilians             |
|--------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|        | Martyred              | Injured               | Martyred             | Injured              | Killed                | Injured               |
| 2015   | 06                    | 17                    | 04                   | 09                   | 16                    | 71                    |
| 2016   | 08                    | 59                    | 04                   | 07                   | 12                    | 76                    |
|        | (till 14 th November) | (till 14 th November) | (till 1 st November) | (till 1 st November) | (till 10 th November) | (till 10 th November) |

- (c) Details of ex gratia lump sum compensation being paid to the Next of Kin (NoK) of Defence personnel are as under:-

|   S. No. | Details                                                                                                          | w.e.f. 1.1.2016   | w.e.f. 1.1.2016   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|        1 | Death in the course of duties attributable to acts of violence by terrorists, etc.                               | Rs.10 lakh        | Rs.25 lakh        |
|        2 | Death occurring during enemy action in war or border skirmishes or in action against militants, terrorists, etc. | Rs.15 lakh        | Rs.35 lakh        |
|        3 | Army Group Insurance Fund                                                                                        | Upto 30.9.2016    | w.e.f. 1.10.2016  |
|        3 | Officers                                                                                                         | Rs.60 lakh        | Rs.75 lakh        |
|        3 | JCOs/Other Ranks                                                                                                 | Rs.30 lakh        | Rs.37.5 lakh      |

In addition, other benefits such as liberalised family pension, deathcum-retirement-gratuity, etc. are granted as per extant rules. (d) Appropriate  retaliation  to  the  ceasefire  violations,  as  required,  has been  carried  out  by  Indian  Army  /  BSF.    In  addition,  all  violations  of ceasefire  are  taken  up  with  Pakistan  authorities  at  the  appropriate  level through the established  mechanism of  hotlines, flag meetings as well  as weekly talks between the Directorate Generals of Military Operations of the two countries.  BSF, too, holds talks at various levels with its counterpart viz. Pakistan Rangers. Further,  all  forward  posts  along  the  Line  of  Control  are  adequately strengthened  to  withstand  enemy  fire.    There  is  also  a  well-established Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to safeguard against enemy action to minimize the casualties.

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