Lok Sabha Question No. 1769 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-25
Subject: Defence Land
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1769

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  NOVEMBER, 2016

## DEFENCE LAND

1769.  SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a) whether a large portion of defence land has been illegally occupied;
- (b) if so, the total number of complaints received for the same and the action taken thereon;
- (c) whether the Government has a comprehensive data bank of the total defence land under its authority across the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State / UT-wise; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to make more productive use of unused defence land under its control?
- (a) & (b): The Ministry of Defence has received reports from the land management agencies under it, of about approximately 10059 acres of defence land being under encroachment.  This is around 0.57% of the total land holding of Ministry of  Defence.   Reports and  complaints  on  the  subject  are received from time to time but no centralized record of such complaints is maintained by the Ministry.    Action  against  encroachment  is  taken  under  the  law  viz.  Public Premises  (Eviction  of  unauthorised  occupants)  Act,  1971  and  Cantonment  Act 2006. In addition action aimed  at prevention, detection  and  removal  of encroachments, is an ongoing process.
- (c) & (d): Directorate  General  Defence  Estates  (DGDE)  in  the  Ministry  of Defence  maintains  a  comprehensive  data  bank  of  defence  land  across  the country.    The  details  of  total  area  of  land  under  the  ownership  of  Ministry  of Defence, State / UT-wise is annexed.
- (e) All  Defence  land  is  earmarked  for  Defence  purposes.    To  ensure  proper utilisation of Defence land periodic Defence Land Audit is carried out.

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN PARTS (c) & (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1769 FOR ANSWER ON 25.11.2016

## Details of land under Ministry of Defence in the country, State / UT-wise:

| Sr. No.   | State                      |   Area ( in acres) |
|-----------|----------------------------|--------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands  |     8166.39        |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana |    39735           |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh          |     4787.39        |
| 4.        | Assam                      |    25493.3         |
| 5.        | Bihar                      |    11925.4         |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                 |      176.25        |
| 7.        | Chattisgarh                |     1582.41        |
| 8.        | Dadara & Nagar Haveli      |        0           |
| 9.        | Daman & Diu                |      196           |
| 10.       | Delhi                      |    11628.5         |
| 11.       | Goa                        |     3025.58        |
| 12.       | Gujarat                    |    24807           |
| 13.       | Haryana                    |    37211.4         |
| 14.       | Himachal Pradesh           |     8096.65        |
| 15.       | Jammu & Kashmir            |    22338.5         |
| 16.       | Jharkhand                  |     7713.62        |
| 17.       | Karnataka                  |    33124.7         |
| 18.       | Kerala                     |     5279.4         |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep                |       39.85        |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh             |   231074           |
| 21.       | Maharashtra                |   138802           |
| 22.       | Manipur                    |     1294.41        |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                  |     4029.4         |
| 24.       | Mizoram                    |        0.21        |
| 25.       | Nagaland                   |      551.28        |
| 26.       | Odisha                     |    18015.7         |
| 27.       | Pudducherry                |       20.38        |
| 28.       | Punjab                     |    78329.2         |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                  |   821187           |
| 30.       | Sikkim                     |     3078.07        |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu                 |    21233.5         |
| 32.       | Tripura                    |     2679.51        |
| 33.       | Uttar Pradesh              |   123310           |
| 34.       | Uttarakhand                |    27168.1         |
| 35.       | West Bengal                |    40955.7         |
|           | Total                      |        1.75706e+06 |