Lok Sabha Question No. 4355 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-28
Subject: Shortage of CFSL
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: BHARAT SINGH, RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK, MANSHANKAR NINAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †4355

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 TH  MARCH, 2017/ CHAITRA 7, 1939 (SAKA)

SHORTAGE OF CFSL

†4355.

SHRI BHARAT SINGH: DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL'NISHANK': SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  total  number  of  Central  Forensic  Science  Laboratories  (CFSLs) functioning in the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether  there is acute shortage of CFSLs, forensic experts and inadequate technical manpower and equipments in such centres resulting in delay in prosecution of accused and if so, the details thereof along with the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) whether there is a huge backlog of cases in furnishing reports in forensic science laboratories and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (d) the number of cyber forensic training and investigation laboratories established in the country, State-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to establish more CFSLs and if so, the details  thereof  along  with  the  time  by  which  new  CFSLs  are  likely  to  be opened in the country including in border States and Uttarakhand?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Six  Central  Forensic  Science  Laboratories  (CFSLs)  located  at  Bhopal, Chandigarh,  Guwahati,  Hyderabad,  Kolkata  &  Pune  are  functioning  under Directorate  of  Forensic  Science  Services  (DFSS).    Apart  from  these,  one Central  Forensic  Science  Laboratory  of  Central  Bureau  of  Investigation CFSL(CBI) is located at New Delhi.

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## L.S.US.Q.NO.4355 FOR 28.03.2017

(b): Shortage of staff in these laboratories is primarily due to retirement of staff  and  because  of  the  staff  leaving  the  organisation  in  search  of  other opportunities outside the DFSS. In order to increase the efficiency of CFSLs, Government  has  established  three  new  CFSLs  at      Bhopal,  Guwahati  and Pune and upgraded the existing three CFSLs at Chandigarh, Hyderabad and Kolkata at a total project cost of Rs.279.90 crores.  In addition, Government has sanctioned 48 new posts and 39 contractual posts of scientific personnel in the CFSLs.   All efforts are being made to optimally utilize the resources of CFSLs after suitable prioritization of cases for proper reporting on due time.

(c): The State-wise backlog of cases is at Annexure-I.

(d): CFSLs at Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Kolkata, CFSL (CBI) at Delhi as well as FSLs in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh,  Karnataka,  Maharashtra,  Kerala,  Tamil  Nadu,  NCT  Delhi  and Uttar Pradesh have Cyber Forensic Divisions.

(e): No, Madam.

## Annexure referred to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.4355 for 28.3.2017

## Details of pending cases in FSLs of State/UTs

|   Sr.No | Name of the State/UTs   |   Number of Pending cases |
|---------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|       1 | Andaman &Nicobar        |                        42 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh       |                        23 |
|       3 | Assam                   |                       980 |
|       4 | Bihar                   |                      1570 |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh            |                      4798 |
|       6 | NCT Delhi               |                     10796 |
|       7 | Goa                     |                        13 |
|       8 | Gujarat                 |                     14985 |
|       9 | Harayana                |                      7450 |
|      10 | Himachal Pradesh        |                      1905 |
|      11 | Jammu &Kashmir          |                       880 |
|      12 | Jharkhand               |                      5067 |
|      13 | Karnataka               |                      2879 |
|      14 | Kerala                  |                      6492 |
|      15 | Madhya Pradesh          |                      6430 |
|      16 | Maharashtra             |                     30789 |
|      17 | Manipur                 |                      2319 |
|      18 | Meghalaya               |                        06 |
|      19 | Mizoram                 |                        03 |
|      20 | Nagaland                |                        01 |
|      21 | Odisha                  |                      7661 |
|      22 | Puducherry              |                         0 |
|      23 | Punjab                  |                      1900 |
|      24 | Rajasthan               |                     11690 |
|      25 | Sikkim                  |                        03 |
|      26 | Tamil Nadu              |                     11459 |
|      27 | Telangana               |                      6120 |
|      28 | Tripura                 |                       279 |
|      29 | Uttar Pradesh           |                     16219 |
|      30 | Uttarakhand             |                       456 |
|      31 | West Bengal             |                      5085 |

## In Central Forensic Science Laboratories (CFSLs)

|   1 | Hyderabad   |   339 |
|-----|-------------|-------|
|   2 | Kolkata     |  1472 |
|   3 | Chandigarh  |  1029 |
|   4 | Bhopal      |   241 |
|   5 | Pune        |    23 |
|   6 | Guwahati    |    39 |
|   7 | CFSL(CBI)   |  1019 |