Lok Sabha Question No. 82 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-15
Subject: Pictorial Warning on Tobacco Products
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: ANOOP MISHRA

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 82 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 TH DECEMBER, 2017

## PICTORIAL WARNING ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS

## 82. SHRI ANOOP MISHRA:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  the  initiatives  taken by  this  Ministry  under  the  National Tobacco  Control Programme (NTCP) guidelines to ensure that all products manufactured in registered factories print the pictorial health warning;
- (b) the details of the monitoring mechanism implemented for the same and details of the cases being reported for noncompliance and action taken by the department since April 2016 till now, State - wise;
- (c) the details of the Bidi Rollers who have been sensitized about the health hazards of bidi rolling in coordination with Health Department during the three years, State - wise; and
- (d) the details of implementation of vocational training of bidi rollers for alternative livelihood opportunities and the number of bidi rollers benefited by the same during the said period, State -wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a) & (b): The  Mini stry  communicates  to  several  Central  Ministries/Departments  viz. Revenue  (Central  Board  of  Excise  and  Customs),  Civil  Aviation,  Tourism,  Labour,  Exter Affairs,  Commerce,  etc.  and  States/Union  Territories  about  the  notification  of  new warning  as  a nd  when  it  is  notified  and  also  provides  soft  copies  of  notified  specified warning to them for its compliance.

A provision has been made in National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) guidelines that  Secretary  Labour/Labour  Commissioner  or  the Nominee  (member  of  the  State  Level Coordination Committee), Sales Tax Officer & District Labour Officer (member of the Dist Level Coordination Committee) shall ensure that all tobacco products manufactured in regi factories print the pictorial he alth warning.

The onus of enforcing various provisions of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Produ (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply a Distribution) Act, 2003 (COTPA, 2003), lies with the States/UTs.

The details of the cases reported for non - compliance of the same and action taken in this regard since April 2016 till now are enclosed at Annexure -I.

(c) & (d): The  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment  has  initiated  a  Skill  Development Programme this year in coordination with this Ministry, World Health Organizati International Labour Organization, United Nations Development Programme and other Ministries for beed i workers. Through this programme, beedi rollers are also being sensiti about the health hazards of bidi rolling. Details of the beneficiaries under this progra Annexure - I1 .

9. Uttar Pradesh 933 Yes 9,61,500

1,312

* These figures are for the calendar Year 2016 and 2017 respectively.

Yes

## Annexure-I

| S . N .   | States/UTs        | 2016-17      | 2016-17                                                                                                                                                                             | 2016-17                          | 2017-18 (till date)   | 2017-18 (till date)                                                                                           | 2017-18 (till date)              |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1.        | Assam             | No. of cases | Action taken                                                                                                                                                                        | Amount collected (in Rs.) 15,750 | No. of cases          | Action taken                                                                                                  | Amount collected (in Rs.) 11,700 |
|           |                   | 47           |                                                                                                                                                                                     |                                  | 13 51                 |                                                                                                               | 5,300                            |
| 2.        | Gujarat           | 190          | Fined Challan issued -                                                                                                                                                              | 26,100                           |                       | Fined Challan issued                                                                                          |                                  |
| 3.        | Jharkhand         | -            |                                                                                                                                                                                     | -                                | 3                     | FIR lodged, investigatio n underway -                                                                         | -                                |
| 4. 5.     | Karnataka Kerala* |              |                                                                                                                                                                                     | -                                |                       |                                                                                                               | -                                |
| 6.        |                   | 27 26        | -                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                  | 106 248               |                                                                                                               | 0                                |
|           | Odisha            | 1            | - Forwarded                                                                                                                                                                         | 0 -                              | -                     | -                                                                                                             | -                                |
| 7.        | Punjab            | 1            | to court Seized loose cigarettes containing nicotine. Case launched in the court of CJM Jalandhar under section 22/5/7 of COTPA 2003 (State Vs. Manoj Puri (2015) at CJM Jalandhar) | 1,000                            | 62                    | - Challans issued by the Deptt. of Legal Metrology against loose cigarettes (25 challans paid and 37 pending) | 97,500                           |
| 8.        | Rajasthan         | 31 seizure   | 22 presented in court                                                                                                                                                               | -                                | 4 seizure             | 3 presented in court and 1 penalized                                                                          | 2,000                            |

11,51,200

## STATUS OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF BEEDI WORKERS

| TRAINING   | TRAINING   | TRAINING           | TRAINING                      | TRAINING                      | TRAINING                      | TRAINING            | TRAINING            | TRAINING            | TRAINING                     | TRAINING                     | TRAINING                     | PLACEMENT          | PLACEMENT          |
|------------|------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| SI. NO.    |            | District           | BATCHES AND Started Till Date | BATCHES AND Started Till Date | BATCHES AND Started Till Date | Completed Till Date | Completed Till Date | Completed Till Date | Continuing Beyond 31.10.2017 | Continuing Beyond 31.10.2017 | Continuing Beyond 31.10.2017 | PROVIDED TILL DATE | PROVIDED TILL DATE |
|            | Region     |                    | Batches                       | Trainees                      | Trainees                      | Batche s            | Trainees            | Trainees            | Batches                      | Trainees                     | Trainees                     | Total              | Total              |
|            |            |                    |                               | Beedi Workers                 | Depend ents                   |                     | Beedi Worker s      | Dependen ts         |                              | Beedi Workers                | Dep end ents                 | Beedi Workers      | Depend ents        |
| 1          | Raipur     | Rajnandgaon        | 02                            | 18                            | 23                            | 01                  | 03                  | 18                  | 01                           | 15                           | 0                            |                    | 12                 |
| 1          | Raipur     | Raipur             | 01                            | 01                            | 24                            | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 01                           | 01                           | 05 24                        | 0                  | 0                  |
| 1          | Raipur     | Dhamtari           | 03                            | 19                            | 25                            | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 03                           | 19                           | 25                           | 0                  | 0                  |
| 1          | Raipur     | Kanker             | 02                            | 01                            | 23                            | 01                  | 01                  | 23                  | 01                           | 0                            | 20                           | 0                  | 08                 |
| 2          | Jabalpur   | Bhopal             | 01                            | 04                            | 09                            | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 01                           | 04                           | 09                           | 0                  | 0                  |
| 3          | Banglore   | Ramnagar           | 02                            | 25                            | 30                            | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 02                           | 25                           | 30                           | 0                  | 0                  |
| 4          | Guwahati   | Dubri              | 01                            | 36                            | 0                             | 01                  | 36                  | 0                   | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                  | 01                 |
| 5          | Nagpur     | Ahmednagar         | 01                            | 0                             | 06                            | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 01                           | 0                            | 06                           | 0                  | 0                  |
| 6          | Kerala     | Kasaragod          | 01                            | 0                             | 04                            | 01                  | 0                   | 04                  | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                  | 0                  |
| 6          | Kerala     | Kannur             | 01                            | 0                             | 07                            | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 01                           | 0                            | 07                           | 0                  | 0                  |
| 7          | Ahemdaba d | Mahesana           | 01                            | 16                            | 04                            | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 01                           | 16                           | 04                           | 0                  | 0                  |
| 8          | Kolkatta   | Coochbehar         | 04                            | 151                           | 0                             | 04                  | 151                 | 0                   | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 05                 | 0                  |
| 8          | Kolkatta   | North 24 Paraganas | 07                            | 105                           | 0                             | 07                  | 105                 | 0                   | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                  | 0                  |
| 9          | Odisha     | Sambalpur          | 07                            | 21                            | 120                           | 04                  | 10                  | 81                  | 03                           | 11                           | 39                           | 08                 | 33                 |
| 9          | Odisha     | Nayagarh           | 05                            | 18                            | 66                            | 04                  | 18                  | 65                  | 1                            | 0                            | 01                           | 01                 | 16                 |
| 9          | Odisha     | Dhenkanal          | 02                            | 0                             | 08                            | 02                  | 0                   | 08                  | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                  | 05                 |
| 9          | Odisha     | Deogarh            | 03                            | 02                            | 37                            | 01                  | 0                   | 18                  | 02                           | 02                           | 19                           | 0                  | 0                  |
| 9          | Odisha     | Jajpur             | 01                            | 0                             | 07                            | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 01                           | 0                            | 07                           | 0                  | 0                  |
| 9          | Odisha     | Bolangir           | 02                            | 0                             | 09                            | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 02                           | 0                            | 09                           | 0                  | 0                  |
| 10         | Tiruneveli | -                  | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                  | 0                  |
| 11         | Patna      | -                  | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                  | 0                  |
| 12         | Ranchi     | -                  | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                  | 0                  |
| 13         | Allahabad  | -                  | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                  | 0                  |
| 14         | Hyderabad  | -                  | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                  | 0                  |
| 15         | Ajmer      | -                  | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                  | 0                  |
|            |            | Grand Total        | 47                            | 417                           | 402                           | 26                  | 324                 | 217                 | 21                           | 93                           | 20 5                         | 14                 | 75                 |

## Annexure-II