Lok Sabha Question No. 1254 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-18
Subject: Gun License
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ, NAGARAJAN P.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1254

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 18 TH  DECEMBER, 2018/AGRAHAYANA 27, 1940 (SAKA)

GUN LICENSE

1254.

DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

SHRI P. NAGARAJAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Union  Government  has  granted  gun  license  to  around  33.69 lakh people across the country as on date;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  criteria  or  procedure  for  issuing  gun license to the individuals;
- (c)  the total number of persons issued gun license by the Union Government during the last three years, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Union Government has any proposal to revamp the guidelines/ procedures  to  issue  new  gun  license  and  revalidation  of  gun  license  to  the individuals and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the total number of new gun license and revalidation of gun license issued during the last three years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) As per the database of arms licence maintained for the country on

NDAL/ALIS  Portal,  35,87,016  arms  licenses  are  registered  on  this  Portal  for which  Unique  Identification  Numbers  have  been  generated  upto  04.12.2018.

State-wise details may be seen in the Annexure-A.

The  Arms  Act  1959  and  the  Arms  Rules,  2016  prescribe  the  criteria  and procedure for issue of arms license.

- (c) As  per  the  database  of  arms  licence  maintained  for  the  country  on NDAL/ALIS Portal, 114 arms licenses were issued by the Union Government in the last three Years. State-wise details are at Annexure-B.

## LS.US.Q.NO.1254 FOR 18.12.2018

- (d) The rules and procedure for issue of arms licence under the Arms Act, 1959  were  revised  and  streamlined  by  notifying  the  Arms  Rules  2016  on 15.07.2016.
- (e) As  per  the  database  of  arms  licence  maintained  for  the  country  on NDAL/ALIS Portal, 4,57,489 new arms licenses and revalidation of arms license were issued during the last three years. State-wise details are at Annexure-C.

L.S.U.S.Q.NO-1254

Annexure A

|   S.no | Name of the State/UT State   |   Application Entered in NDAL With UIN |   Application Entered in ALIS With UIN |   Total |
|--------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|---------|
|      1 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS  |                                    283 |                                      4 |     287 |
|      2 | ANDHRA PRADESH               |                                   5722 |                                    293 |    6015 |
|      3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH            |                                  34919 |                                    487 |   35406 |
|      4 | ASSAM                        |                                  18929 |                                    688 |   19617 |
|      5 | BHUTAN                       |                                      0 |                                      0 |       0 |
|      6 | BIHAR                        |                                  79065 |                                   1793 |   80858 |
|      7 | CHANDIGARH                   |                                   6413 |                                    206 |    6619 |
|      8 | CHHATTISGARH                 |                                   7906 |                                    272 |    8178 |
|      9 | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI       |                                    129 |                                      1 |     130 |
|     10 | DAMAN AND DIU                |                                    128 |                                      6 |     134 |
|     11 | DELHI                        |                                  38969 |                                   1651 |   40620 |
|     12 | GOA                          |                                   3426 |                                    157 |    3583 |
|     13 | GUJARAT                      |                                  59798 |                                   3340 |   63138 |
|     14 | HARYANA                      |                                 145690 |                                   6474 |  152164 |
|     15 | HIMACHAL PRADESH             |                                  82712 |                                   8668 |   91380 |
|     16 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR            |                                 445464 |                                  38563 |  484027 |
|     17 | JHARKHAND                    |                                  16771 |                                    522 |   17293 |
|     18 | KARNATAKA                    |                                 115543 |                                   1967 |  117510 |
|     19 | KERALA                       |                                  10210 |                                    390 |   10600 |

| 20.   | LAKSHADWEEP    |       0 |      0 |       0 |
|-------|----------------|---------|--------|---------|
| 21.   | MADHYA PRADESH |  247107 |  11478 |  258585 |
| 22.   | MAHARASHTRA    |   86265 |   1753 |   88018 |
| 23.   | MANIPUR        |   26499 |   2775 |   29274 |
| 24.   | MEGHALAYA      |   19324 |    658 |   19982 |
| 25.   | MIZORAM        |   15555 |    648 |   16203 |
| 26.   | NAGALAND       |   38237 |    729 |   38966 |
| 27.   | ODISHA         |   20626 |    512 |   21138 |
| 28.   | PUDUCHERRY     |     288 |     10 |     298 |
| 29.   | PUNJAB         |  352490 |  33181 |  385671 |
| 30.   | RAJASTHAN      |  138484 |   1874 |  140358 |
| 31.   | SIKKIM         |    2450 |     39 |    2489 |
| 32.   | TAMIL NADU     |   22454 |   1161 |   23615 |
| 33.   | TELANGANA      |    8617 |    453 |    9070 |
| 34.   | TRIPURA        |     364 |      2 |     366 |
| 35.   | UTTAR PRADESH  | 1272896 |  15563 | 1288459 |
| 36.   | UTTARAKHAND    |   62358 |   3981 |   66339 |
| 37.   | WEST BENGAL    |   59399 |   1227 |   60626 |
|       | TOTAL COUNT    | 3445490 | 141526 | 3587016 |

L.S.U.S.Q.NO-1254 Annexure B

## The total number of UIN (persons) issued gun license entered by the union government during the last three year,State Wise

|       | Year                        | 2016   | 2016   | 2017   | 2017   | 2018   | 2018   | Total     |
|-------|-----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|
| S. no | STATE                       | NDAL   | ALIS   | NDAL   | ALIS   | NDAL   | ALIS   | NDAL+ALIS |
| 1.    | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 1         |
| 2.    | ANDHRA PRADESH              | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0         |
| 3.    | ARUNACHAL PRADESH           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0         |
| 4.    | ASSAM                       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0         |
| 5.    | BIHAR                       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 9      | 9         |
| 6.    | CHANDIGARH                  | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 0      | 2      | 4         |

| 7.   | CHHATTISGARH           |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|------|------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| 8.   | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 9.   | DAMAN AND DIU          |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 10.  | DELHI                  |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   8 |   9 |
| 11.  | GOA                    |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   1 |
| 12.  | GUJARAT                |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   1 |
| 13.  | HARYANA                |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   4 |   5 |
| 14.  | HIMACHAL PRADESH       |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   5 |   5 |
| 15.  | JAMMU AND KASHMIR      |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |  22 |  22 |
| 16.  | JHARKHAND              |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 17.  | KARNATAKA              |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   6 |   6 |
| 18.  | KERALA                 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 19.  | MADHYA PRADESH         |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   1 |   2 |
| 20.  | MAHARASHTRA            |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   4 |   4 |
| 21.  | MANIPUR                |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   2 |   3 |
| 22.  | MEGHALAYA              |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 23.  | MIZORAM                |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   1 |
| 24.  | NAGALAND               |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   1 |
| 25.  | ODISHA                 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 26.  | PUDUCHERRY             |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 27.  | PUNJAB                 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   2 |   0 |   7 |  10 |
| 28.  | RAJASTHAN              |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   7 |   8 |
| 29.  | SIKKIM                 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   1 |
| 30.  | TAMIL NADU             |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 31.  | TELANGANA              |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   1 |   2 |
| 32.  | TRIPURA                |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 33.  | UTTAR PRADESH          |   0 |   0 |   0 |   2 |   0 |  16 |  18 |
| 34.  | UTTARAKHAND            |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 35.  | WEST BENGAL            |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   1 |
|      | Total UIN              |   1 |   2 |   0 |  11 |   0 | 100 | 114 |

## The total number of new gun license and revalidation of gun license entered during the last three years State wise

|       | Year                        | 2016   | 2016   | 2017   | 2017   | 2018   | 2018   | Total     |
|-------|-----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|
| S. no | STATE                       | NDAL   | ALIS   | NDAL   | ALIS   | NDAL   | ALIS   | NDAL+ALIS |
| 1.    | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS | 0      | 19     | 0      | 57     | 0      | 44     | 120       |
| 2.    | ANDHRA PRADESH              | 101    | 405    | 2      | 609    | 0      | 457    | 1574      |
| 3.    | ARUNACHAL PRADESH           | 149    | 193    | 0      | 1240   | 0      | 1411   | 2993      |
| 4.    | ASSAM                       | 68     | 207    | 5      | 644    | 0      | 767    | 1691      |
| 5.    | BIHAR                       | 193    | 1282   | 17     | 5293   | 0      | 7872   | 14657     |
| 6.    | CHANDIGARH                  | 29     | 91     | 0      | 433    | 0      | 210    | 763       |
| 7.    | CHHATTISGARH                | 76     | 317    | 0      | 739    | 0      | 800    | 1932      |
| 8.    | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1         |
| 9.    | DAMAN AND DIU               | 2      | 21     | 0      | 32     | 0      | 19     | 74        |
| 10.   | DELHI                       | 240    | 567    | 0      | 1471   | 0      | 1019   | 3297      |
| 11.   | GOA                         | 8      | 128    | 0      | 333    | 0      | 523    | 992       |
| 12.   | GUJARAT                     | 515    | 1423   | 0      | 6478   | 0      | 8274   | 16690     |
| 13.   | HARYANA                     | 288    | 7850   | 11     | 15810  | 0      | 10999  | 34958     |
| 14.   | HIMACHAL PRADESH            | 704    | 2378   | 0      | 18952  | 0      | 20146  | 42180     |
| 15.   | JAMMU AND KASHMIR           | 23100  | 11158  | 1      | 24126  | 0      | 20736  | 79121     |
| 16.   | JHARKHAND                   | 160    | 414    | 0      | 503    | 0      | 565    | 1642      |
| 17.   | KARNATAKA                   | 556    | 2499   | 0      | 5628   | 0      | 4931   | 13614     |
| 18.   | KERALA                      | 90     | 558    | 1      | 899    | 0      | 810    | 2358      |
| 19.   | MADHYA PRADESH              | 1599   | 4686   | 2      | 14055  | 0      | 13199  | 33541     |
| 20.   | MAHARASHTRA                 | 480    | 522    | 21     | 2246   | 0      | 3314   | 6583      |
| 21.   | MANIPUR                     | 958    | 692    | 0      | 2684   | 0      | 3416   | 7750      |
| 22.   |                             | 301    | 203    | 0      | 1042   | 0      | 1830   | 3376      |
| 23.   | MEGHALAYA MIZORAM           | 2687   | 124    | 0      | 438    | 0      | 1555   | 4804      |
| 24.   | NAGALAND                    | 1014   | 285    | 0      | 391    | 0      | 1604   | 3294      |
| 25.   | ODISHA                      | 302    | 609    | 5      | 1071   | 1      | 1028   | 3016      |

| 26.   | PUDUCHERRY     | 0    | 15    | 0   | 33    | 0   | 20    |     68 |
|-------|----------------|------|-------|-----|-------|-----|-------|--------|
| 27.   | PUNJAB         | 5687 | 21247 | 2   | 12408 | 2   | 11668 |  51014 |
| 28.   | RAJASTHAN      | 568  | 2737  | 11  | 7422  | 0   | 7056  |  17794 |
| 29.   | SIKKIM         | 7    | 24    | 0   | 154   | 0   | 271   |    456 |
| 30.   | TAMIL NADU     | 149  | 1418  | 4   | 3588  | 0   | 2896  |   8055 |
| 31.   | TELANGANA      | 86   | 177   | 1   | 286   | 0   | 108   |    658 |
| 32.   | TRIPURA        | 5    | 8     | 1   | 8     | 0   | 8     |     30 |
| 33.   | UTTAR PRADESH  | 1945 | 16130 | 7   | 28741 | 1   | 36196 |  83020 |
| 34.   | UTTARAKHAND    | 706  | 2287  | 0   | 1764  | 1   | 2925  |   7683 |
| 35.   | WEST BENGAL    | 237  | 694   | 1   | 2202  | 5   | 4551  |   7690 |
|       | Total Licenses |      |       |     |       |     |       | 457489 |

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