Lok Sabha Question No. 2998 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-21
Subject: Implementation of Civil Defence Act
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: VASANTHI M.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2998

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 ST  MARCH, 2017 / PHALGUNA 30, 1938 (SAKA)

IMPLEMENTATION OF CIVIL DEFENCE ACT

2998. SHRIMATI VASANTHI M.

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of implementation of the Civil Defence Act, 1968 with focus on its implementation in border States of the North Eastern Region (NER);
- (b)  the  names  of  States  that  have  constituted  a  Civil  Defence  Corps pursuant to section 4 of the Act and strength of each of the corps thus constituted, State-wise;
- (c) the names of States that have not yet constituted a Civil Defence Corps and reasons for the same;
- (d) whether the Government is planning to revise and amend the said Act; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a)The Civil Defence Act, 1968 extends to the whole of India and includes any measures, not amounting to actual combat, for affording protection to any  person,  property,  place  or  thing  in  India  or  any  part  of  the  territory thereof  against  any  hostile  attack,  whether  from  air,  land,  sea  or  other places, or, for depriving any such attack of the whole or part of its effect,

## L.S.US.Q. NO. 2998 FOR 21.03.2017

whether  such  measures  are  taken  before,  during,  at  or  after  the  time  of such attack, or any measure taken for the purpose of disaster management, before during, at, or after any disaster.

(b) The states that have constituted Civil Defence Corps and the strength of each of the corps is enclosed as Annexure-I

(c) The following States/UTs have not yet constituted a Civil Defence Corps:

| 1.Arunachal Pradesh   | 2.Daman & Diu   | 3.Dadra Nagar Haveli   |
|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------------|
| 4. Lakshdweep         | 5. Mizoram      | 6. Puduchery           |
| 7. Telangana          |                 |                        |

The  responsibility  of  setting  up  Civil  Defence  set  up  is  that  of  State Government concerned, which inter alia take necessary action as and when such requirement of establishing a new set-up arises.

- (d)  No, Madam.

(e) Question does not arise.

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## States/UTs having Civil Defence Corps and their Strength

| Sl. No.   | State/UT         | Strength   |
|-----------|------------------|------------|
| 1.        | A & N Island     | 308        |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh   | 7645       |
| 3.        | Assam            | 26602      |
| 4.        | Bihar            | 5483       |
| 5.        | Chandigarh       | 3575       |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh     | 3600       |
| 7.        | Delhi            | 34970      |
| 8.        | Goa              | 783        |
| 9.        | Gujarat          | 26640      |
| 10.       | Haryana          | 3812       |
| 11.       | Himachal Pradesh | 542        |
| 12.       | Jammu & Kashmir  | 11965      |
| 13.       | Jharkhand        | 4186       |
| 14.       | Karnataka        | 11469      |
| 15.       | Madhya Pradesh   | 9738       |
| 16.       | Maharashtra      | 68111      |
| 17.       | Meghalaya        | 38739      |
| 18.       | Nagaland         | 965        |
| 19.       | Odisha           | 9543       |
| 20.       | Punjab           | 37419      |
| 21.       | Rajasthan        | 43622      |
| 22.       | Sikkim           | 766        |
| 23.       | Tripura          | 4072       |
| 24.       | Uttar Pradesh    | 107593     |
| 25.       | Uttarakhand      | 3471       |
| 26.       | West Bengal      | 51374      |
| Total=    |                  | 5,16,993   |

Note: The Director, Civil Defence has been appointed in Kerala, Manipur and Tamil Nadu .

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