Lok Sabha Question No. 384 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-03
Subject: Smuggling of Gold
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: NANABHAU FALGUNRAO PATOLE, HARIOM SINGH RATHORE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 384

TO BE ANS WERED ON FRIDAY\_ MAGHA 14,1938 [SAKA] 3rd

## Smuggling of Gold

## 384. SHRI NANA PATOLE: SHRI HARIOM SINGH RATHORE:

(a) whether there has been & spurt in the smuggling of in the country; gold

(6) if so, the details thereof along with number of such cases reported and the quantum of including oraments seized from foreigners and Indians during the last three years, airport and seaport-wise; gold

(c) the names of the countries from where is smuggled in India during the last three years, country-wise; gold being

(d) the manner in which the seized by the Government is utilized; and gold being

(e) the steps taken by the Government to check the smuggling of gold?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) There has been a decrease in gold seizures in the country in 2015-16 when compared to 2014-15.

(b) Details of the smuggling at the Airports and Seaports are given in Annexure A' and Annexure 'B' respectively: gold

(c) Details of quantity and country-wise seizures are given in Annexure 'C' . gold

(d) The seized/confiscated is sold as per the prescribed guidelines. gold

(e) Constant vigil is kept at airports/borders Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) of CBEC issues Alert/modus operandi Circulars from time to time. On detection of smuggling; action is taken in accordance with the provisions of law.

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| Name of the Airport from where such including ornaments) was seized gold gold | Number of cases of seizure of Gold (including ornaments) detected at Airports/Seaports gold | Number of cases of seizure of Gold (including ornaments) detected at Airports/Seaports gold | Number of cases of seizure of Gold (including ornaments) detected at Airports/Seaports gold | Quantity of (including ornaments) seized in gold Kg: gold                | Quantity of (including ornaments) seized in gold Kg: gold                | Quantity of (including ornaments) seized in gold Kg: gold                |
| Name of the Airport from where such including ornaments) was seized gold gold | 2013-14                                                                                     | 2014-15                                                                                     | 2015-16                                                                                     | 2013-14                                                                  | 2014-15                                                                  | 2015-16                                                                  |
| Sardar Vallabhbhai International Airport_Ahmedabad                            | 25                                                                                          | 51                                                                                          | 28                                                                                          | 33.823                                                                   | 56.812                                                                   | 32.52                                                                    |
| Lengpui Airport Aizawal                                                       |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                          | 6                                                                        |                                                                          |
| Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee Airport, Amritsar                                       | 11                                                                                          | 30                                                                                          | 10                                                                                          | 26.9009                                                                  | 28.256                                                                   | 12.55                                                                    |
| Bagdogra Airport_                                                             | 3                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           |                                                                                             | 1.96                                                                     | 3.83                                                                     | 2.99                                                                     |
| Kempegowda International Airport; Bengaluru                                   | 98                                                                                          | 147                                                                                         | 183                                                                                         | 76.418                                                                   | 159.82                                                                   | 171.356                                                                  |
| Chennai International Airport                                                 | 730                                                                                         | 969                                                                                         | 591                                                                                         | 293.518                                                                  | 479.407                                                                  | 233.9                                                                    |
| Calicut International Airport                                                 | 100                                                                                         | 100                                                                                         | 58                                                                                          | 142.323                                                                  | 155.981                                                                  | 123.59                                                                   |
| Cochin International Airport                                                  | 128                                                                                         | 141                                                                                         | 152                                                                                         | 76.821                                                                   |                                                                          | 107.95                                                                   |
| Coiambatore International Airport_                                            | 6                                                                                           |                                                                                             | 2                                                                                           | 8.233                                                                    | 12.43                                                                    | 1.85                                                                     |
| Dabolim; Goa and Pune Intemational Airport                                    | 37                                                                                          | 58                                                                                          | 63                                                                                          | 47.65                                                                    | 107.642                                                                  | 79.249                                                                   |
| International Airport Patna Gaya                                              |                                                                                             | 4                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           |                                                                          | 7.211                                                                    | 1.15                                                                     |
| Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport Guwahati                     |                                                                                             | 3                                                                                           |                                                                                             | 0.607                                                                    |                                                                          |                                                                          |
| Rajiv Gandhi International Airport; Hyderabad                                 | 55                                                                                          | 104                                                                                         | 87                                                                                          | 66.227                                                                   | 132.521                                                                  | 10.735                                                                   |
| Tulihal Airport_Imphal                                                        |                                                                                             | 9                                                                                           | 4                                                                                           | 2.3                                                                      |                                                                          | 3.558                                                                    |
| Jaipur International Airport_                                                 | 15                                                                                          | 22                                                                                          | 20                                                                                          | 15.233                                                                   | 15.497                                                                   | 17.992                                                                   |
| Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Intemational Airport_Kolkata                       | 150                                                                                         | 297                                                                                         | 214                                                                                         | 133.338                                                                  | 281.756                                                                  | 206.2422                                                                 |
| Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport Lucknow                          | 25                                                                                          | 5                                                                                           | 12                                                                                          | 16.3                                                                     | 1.9                                                                      | 11.34                                                                    |
| Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai                             | 242                                                                                         | 755                                                                                         | 586                                                                                         | 229.9*                                                                   | 902.869                                                                  | 385.08                                                                   |
| Mangalore International Airport                                               | 51                                                                                          | 39                                                                                          | 30                                                                                          | 32.831                                                                   | 25.41                                                                    | 22.56                                                                    |
| Madurai Airport                                                               | 23                                                                                          | 44                                                                                          | 25                                                                                          | 14.26                                                                    | 11.988                                                                   | 7.03                                                                     |
| Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport; Nagpur                          | 5                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           | 5                                                                                           | 5.649                                                                    | 2.785                                                                    | 5.48882                                                                  |
| Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi                                | 410                                                                                         | 407                                                                                         | 325                                                                                         | 461.4919                                                                 |                                                                          | 606.563                                                                  |
| Tiruchirappalli International Airport                                         | 69                                                                                          | 225                                                                                         | 197                                                                                         | 36.82                                                                    | 77.46                                                                    | 71.28                                                                    |
| Tuticorin Airport                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                          |                                                                          | 0                                                                        |
| Trivandrum Intemational Airport                                               | 22                                                                                          | 48                                                                                          | 28                                                                                          | 22.17                                                                    | 34.27                                                                    | 32.255                                                                   |
| Lal Bhadur Shashtri International Airport Varanasi                            |                                                                                             | 0                                                                                           | 2                                                                                           | 5.643                                                                    |                                                                          |                                                                          |
| Visakhapatnam International Airport]                                          |                                                                                             | 6                                                                                           | 68                                                                                          | 6.67                                                                     | 7.26                                                                     | 22.93                                                                    |

excludes 52 Pcs of diamonds studded jewellary.

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| Name of the Seaport                                                       | Number of cases of seizure of Gold (including ornaments) gold             | Number of cases of seizure of Gold (including ornaments) gold             | Number of cases of seizure of Gold (including ornaments) gold             | Quantity of (including ornaments) seized in Kg gold gold                  | Quantity of (including ornaments) seized in Kg gold gold                  | Quantity of (including ornaments) seized in Kg gold gold                  |
| Name of the Seaport                                                       | 2013-14                                                                   | 2014-15                                                                   | 2015-16                                                                   |                                                                           | 2014-15                                                                   | 2015-16                                                                   |
| Chennai Seaport                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 0                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 5                                                                         | 0                                                                         |
| NS Dock; Kolkata Seaport                                                  |                                                                           |                                                                           | 0                                                                         |                                                                           | 5                                                                         |                                                                           |
| Cochin Seaport                                                            |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           |                                                                           | 0                                                                         | 6.998                                                                     |

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| Name of the                                                                                                                                       | Quantity of Gold Seized (in                                                                                                                       | Quantity of Gold Seized (in                                                                                                                       | Quantity of Gold Seized (in                                                                                                                       |
| Country                                                                                                                                           | 2013-14                                                                                                                                           | 2014-15                                                                                                                                           | 2015-16                                                                                                                                           |
| AFGHANISTAN                                                                                                                                       | 48.95                                                                                                                                             | 23.88                                                                                                                                             | 35.07                                                                                                                                             |
| AUSTRALIA                                                                                                                                         | 0.51                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                              |
| BAHRAIN                                                                                                                                           | 3.52                                                                                                                                              | 3.61                                                                                                                                              | 6.64                                                                                                                                              |
| BANGLADESH                                                                                                                                        | 276.39                                                                                                                                            | 183.87                                                                                                                                            | 132.79                                                                                                                                            |
| BELGIUM                                                                                                                                           | 2.00                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                              |
| CHINA                                                                                                                                             | 3.00                                                                                                                                              | 42.32                                                                                                                                             | 35.03                                                                                                                                             |
| ETHIOPIA                                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                              |
| FRANCE                                                                                                                                            | 0.15                                                                                                                                              | 2.22                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                              |
| GERMANY                                                                                                                                           | 0.10                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                              |
| HONG KONG                                                                                                                                         | 38.88                                                                                                                                             | 48.47                                                                                                                                             | 33.32                                                                                                                                             |
| IRAN                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                   |
| ITALY                                                                                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                                                                              | 0.38                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                   |
| KAZAKHSTAN                                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                              | 23.25                                                                                                                                             |
| KENYA                                                                                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                                                                              | 1.40                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                              |
| KOREA                                                                                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                              | 0.65                                                                                                                                              |
| KUWAIT                                                                                                                                            | 4.80                                                                                                                                              | 24.27                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                   |
| KYRGYZSTAN                                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                              | 0.92                                                                                                                                              |
| MALAYSIA                                                                                                                                          | 41.74                                                                                                                                             | 124.78                                                                                                                                            | 123.77                                                                                                                                            |
| MALDIVES                                                                                                                                          | 2.70                                                                                                                                              | 5.00                                                                                                                                              | 3.45                                                                                                                                              |
| MYANMAR                                                                                                                                           | 55.03                                                                                                                                             | 188.84                                                                                                                                            | 232.31                                                                                                                                            |
| NETHERLANDS                                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                              | 0.24                                                                                                                                              |
| NEPAL                                                                                                                                             | 70.29                                                                                                                                             | 20.92                                                                                                                                             | 17.71                                                                                                                                             |
| OMAN                                                                                                                                              | 19.60                                                                                                                                             | 36.37                                                                                                                                             | 9.98                                                                                                                                              |
| PAKISTAN                                                                                                                                          | 0.80                                                                                                                                              | 7.72                                                                                                                                              | 1.68                                                                                                                                              |
| PHILLIPINES                                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                                              | 4.00                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                              |
| QATAR                                                                                                                                             | 24.19                                                                                                                                             | 84.58                                                                                                                                             | 71.70                                                                                                                                             |
| SAUDI ARABIA                                                                                                                                      | 35.60                                                                                                                                             | 11058                                                                                                                                             | 43.54                                                                                                                                             |
| SINGAPORE                                                                                                                                         | 224.62                                                                                                                                            | 265.86                                                                                                                                            | 142.08                                                                                                                                            |
| SRI LANKA                                                                                                                                         | 170.50                                                                                                                                            | 252.67                                                                                                                                            | 114.19                                                                                                                                            |
| THAILAND                                                                                                                                          | 173.64                                                                                                                                            | 1114.69                                                                                                                                           | 224.58                                                                                                                                            |
| TURKEY                                                                                                                                            | 0.00                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                              | 11.17                                                                                                                                             |
| UAE                                                                                                                                               | 973.40                                                                                                                                            | 1291.00                                                                                                                                           | 1417.57                                                                                                                                           |
| UK                                                                                                                                                | 0.75                                                                                                                                              | 6.73                                                                                                                                              | 10.76                                                                                                                                             |
| USA                                                                                                                                               | 0.10                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                              |
| OTHERS                                                                                                                                            | 71.59                                                                                                                                             | 190.90                                                                                                                                            | 258.28                                                                                                                                            |