Lok Sabha Question No. 5656 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-07
Subject: Smoking in Prohibited/ Public Places
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: PINAKI MISRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5656 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 th APRIL, 2017

## SMOKING IN PROHIBITE D/ PUBLIC PLACES

## 5656. SHRI PINAKI MISRA:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the consumption of tobacco, tobacco products and smoking has been banned in public places but is not being implemented effectively;

(b) if so, the details and the reasons therefor;

- (c) the number of people fined for smoking in prohibited/ public places during the last three years and the current year, State/UT - wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to create a special force for monitori ng suchviolations under the Swachh/Swasth Bharat Mission in order to enhance the general health of the public; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

(a) &(b): As perSection - 4  of  the  Cigarettes  and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution Act, 2003 (COTPA, 2003), 'No person shall smoke in any public place, provided that i n a hotel having thirty rooms or a restaurant having seating capacity of thirty persons or more an airports, a separate provision for smoking area or space may be made'.

The  reports  received  periodically  from  States/Union  Territories  (since  the onus  of  enforcing various provisions of the COTPA, 2003 & Rules made thereunder, primarily lies with th suggest that the same is being implemented effectively.

(c) : As per the information received from the States/Union Territories, violation/ people fined under the COTPA, 2003 during April, 2013 to March, 2017 is 12,74,638 . The State/UT - wise list is enclosed at Annexure.

(d) & (e): No such proposal is under the consideration of this Ministry.

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## Status of the number of people fined/challaned and amount collected under Section-4 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 (COTPA, 2003)

## As per the information received from the States/Union Territories for the period from April, 2013 to March, 2017

| States            | 2013-14                 | 2013-14                   | 2014-15                 | 2014-15                   | 2015-16                 | 2015-16                   | 2016-17                 | 2016-17                   |
|-------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
| States            | Number of persons fined | Amount collected (in Rs.) | Number of persons fined | Amount collected (in Rs.) | Number of persons fined | Amount collected (in Rs.) | Number of persons fined | Amount collected (in Rs.) |
| Arunachal Pradesh | -                       | -                         | -                       | -                         | 11                      | 2200                      | -                       | -                         |
| Assam             | 118                     | 15380                     | 575                     | 106550                    | 1013                    | 176878                    | 271                     | 67890                     |
| Bihar             | 439                     | 48395                     | 1107                    | 180830                    | 1143                    | 190275                    | 1847                    | 279435                    |
| Daman and Diu     | -                       | -                         | -                       | -                         | -                       | -                         | -                       | -                         |
| Goa               | 579                     | 73165                     | 1862                    | 212735                    | 4028                    | 807950                    | 2459                    | 479300                    |
| Gujarat           | 7321                    | 394426                    | 11360                   | 616205                    | 27685                   | 1676073                   | 53483                   | 3997025                   |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 12789                   | 126110                    | -                       | -                         | 21131                   | 1812610                   | 18136                   | 1503520                   |
| Jharkhand         | 0                       | 0                         | 0                       | 0                         | 0                       | 0                         | 13                      | 1265                      |
| Karnataka         | 34426                   | 4253830                   | 127163                  | 15972122                  | 149519                  | 20945363                  | 146832                  | 16051276                  |
| Kerala            | 57937                   | 8480750                   | 90396                   | 16638400                  | 162151                  | 31331300                  | 134906                  | 27266600                  |
| Manipur           | NIL                     | NIL                       | NIL                     | NIL                       | NIL                     | NIL                       | NIL                     | NIL                       |
| Meghalaya         | -                       | -                         | -                       | -                         | -                       | -                         | -                       | -                         |
| Mizoram           | 689                     | 46,285                    | 586                     | 47,911                    | 745                     | 61,700                    | 961                     | 66,360                    |
| Nagaland          | -                       | -                         | 339                     | 64,260                    | 126                     | 26,022                    | 154                     | 30,060                    |
| Puducherry        | -                       | -                         | -                       | -                         | -                       | -                         | -                       | -                         |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 159                     | 13230                     | 657                     | 82572                     | 9378                    | 1134363                   | 2250                    | 198096                    |
| Uttarakhand       | 29                      | 2110                      | 2650                    | 79230                     | 699                     | 53315                     | 731                     | 99650                     |
| Delhi             | *3372                   | *160290                   | 2677                    | *298760                   | 902                     | *155660                   | 2010                    | *713150                   |
| Punjab            | *24463                  | *1389076                  | *25247                  | *1384998                  | *20910                  | *1216314                  | *25255                  | *1386717                  |
| Odisha #          | 7907                    | 666900                    | 6385                    | 558660                    | 4201                    | 393592                    | 5542                    | 520480                    |
| Andhra Pradesh #  | 24112                   | 1538243                   | 0                       | 0                         | 1569                    | 191190                    |                         |                           |
| Madhya Pradesh #  | 140                     | 14170                     | 0                       | 0                         | 0                       | 0                         |                         |                           |
| Maharashtra #     | 0                       | 0                         | 0                       | 0                         | 0                       | 0                         |                         |                           |
| Rajasthan #       | 1534                    | 140288                    | 5330                    | 618419                    | 0                       | 0                         |                         |                           |
| Sikkim #          | 19                      | 950                       | 0                       | 0                         | 215                     | 30700                     |                         |                           |
| Tamil Nadu #      | 3857                    | 516000                    | 18138                   | 2297890                   | 0                       | 0                         |                         |                           |
| Tripura #         | 0                       | 0                         | 0                       | 0                         | 0                       | 0                         |                         |                           |
| West Bengal #     | 0                       | 0                         | 0                       | 0                         | 0                       | 0                         |                         |                           |
| Total             | 152055                  | 16330232                  | 269225                  | 37475784                  | 384516                  | 58833531                  | 369595                  | 50560957                  |

| Grand Total   | No. of Violations:                | 12,74,638    |
|---------------|-----------------------------------|--------------|
|               | Total Challan Collected (in Rs.): | 16,99,05,469 |

# Total number of persons fined/amount collected under various Sections including Section-4 of COTPA, 2003 (upto September, 2015, except for Odisha).