Lok Sabha Question No. 3629 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-23
Subject: Security Stamp on Hand Baggage at Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Richard Hay, ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR, FAIZAL P.P. MOHAMMED

## GOVERNMENT OI' INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## I-,OK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 3629

(To be ansuered  on the 23ro Marcb 2017)

## SECURITY STAMP ON HAND RAGGAGE AT AIRPORTS

3629.

PROE,RICHARD HAY ADV. I\-ARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR MOHAMMED TAIZAL

## will the Minister of Cl\/IL  AvIATION

drql ft  ]6ld Jitfi bc pleased to state:-

- (a) thc numhcr' rvise  I of intclnational and  (lolnestic  flirports  across the country' State/UT-
- (c)  if so, the details thcreol,  Statc/U  t -wise and the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether  thc Governmcnt  proposts  to do trvay with security baggage tags at sotne airpolts xcl'oss thc country; stamp {rn hand
- (d) the time bl rrhich  tt is likel) to bc irnplerncrtcd;
- (c) whethcr thc Govtrnment  has rcceiled any objcction  in this regard from any paramilitar! force dcputed t aitlotts actoss lhe country:  and
- iD  if so, the details thereof and the rcaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSIVER

## Minister of State in thc Ministry of CML AVIATION

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(Shri Jayant  Sinha)

(a): The State/UT-wis€ details of international and domestic airports are at Annexure-I.

- (b) to (d): Thc Bureau of Civil Aviation Security  (BCAS)' the regulatory authority ioi civil iviation security in thc counlll. has constitut€d a committec with members from BCAS, Ccntral lndustrial  Str:ulity force (CISF) and the Airport Operator to examine  the security architecture  and CC'fV systems  and assess their suitability for doing awal with the stamping of baggage tags' Decision will bc taken by BCAS upon examination of rcport of the committee.
- (e)  &  (0 No spccific objection has been reccir ed by this Ministry from- anl agelcy i6puti<i  at aiiports.  I-l-orvevcr,  a suggestior  from CISF was received by.BCAS in the matter of tloing away with the stamping of hand baggage tag at-all airports instead  of implemeriting  ii only in some airports.  The suggestion  was duly cxamined and replied to by BCAS.

## ANNEXURE-I State/U' -wise list of Oomestic  ll lnternatlona nclav of oomestic & International Airports/Civil Enclaves

| S.No.   | STATE                     | oomestic / Customs   | lnternational   | Total   |
|---------|---------------------------|----------------------|-----------------|---------|
| 1       | hNDAMAN & NlcoBAR tSLANDS | 0                    | 1               | 'l      |
|         | ANDHRA PRADESH            | 6                    | 0               | 6       |
| 3       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH         | 3                    | 0               | 3       |
| 4       | ASSAM                     | 7                    | I               | B       |
| 5       | BIHAR                     | 5                    | 0               | 5       |
| 6       | CHANDIGARH                | 1                    | 0               | 1       |
| 7       | CHHATTISGARH              | 2                    | 0               | 2       |
| B       | DAMAN & DIU               | 1                    | 0               | 1       |
| I       | DELHI                     | 1                    | 1               | 2       |
| 10      | GOA                       | 0                    | 1               | 1       |
| 't1     | GUJARA'I                  | 11                   | I               | 12      |
| 12      | HARYANA                   | 0                    | 0               | 0       |
|         | HIMACHAL PRADESH          | 3                    | 0               | 3       |
| 14      | JAMMU & KASHMIR           | 2                    | 1               | 3       |
| 15      | JHARKHAND                 |                      | 0               | 3       |
| '16     | KARNATAKA                 | 4                    | 2               | 6       |
| 17      | KERALA                    | 0                    |                 | 3       |
| 1B      | LAKSHWADEEP ISLANDS       | 1                    | 0               | 1       |
| '19     | MADHYA PRADESH            |                      | 0               | B       |
| 20      | MAHARASHTRA               | I                    | 2               | 11      |
| 21      | I'4ANIPUR                 | 0                    | 1               | 1       |
| 22      | MEGHALAYA                 | T                    | 0               | 1       |
|         | IVITORAM                  | 2                    | 0               | 2       |
| 24      | NAGALAND                  | 1                    | 0               | I       |
| 25      | ORISSA                    | I                    | 1               | 2       |
| 26      | PONDICHERRY               | 1                    | 0               | 1       |
| 27      | PUNJAB                    | 3                    | 1               |         |
| 28      | RAJASTHAN                 | 6                    | 1               | T       |
| 29      | SIKKIM                    | 0                    | 0               | 0       |
| 30      | TAMIL NADU                | 5                    |                 | 8       |
| 31      | TELENGANA                 | 3                    | 1               | 4       |
| 32      | IRIPURA                   | 4                    | 0               | 4       |
| 33      | UTTAR PRADESH             | 6                    | 2               | 8       |
| 34      | UTTAMKHAND                | 2                    | 0               | 2       |
|         | WEST BENGAL               | 7                    | 1               | B       |
|         | TOTAL                     | 109                  | 24              | '133    |

lncluding operational and non-operational  airports of Airports Authority of lndia and Operational airports  of State Government, Joint Venture,  private parties etc. where CNS/ATM facilities are  provided by AAl.