Lok Sabha Question No. 1053 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-24
Subject: Illegal Arms Trading
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL), REKHA ARUN VERMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1053

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 24 th  JULY, 2018/SHRAVANA 2, 1940 (SAKA)

ILLEGAL ARMS TRADING

1053.

SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL: SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken cognizance of the rising incidents of illegal arms trading in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government is aware that fake licences are prepared to sell arms and ammunitions illegally in the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government has developed any mechanism to check illegal trade of arms in the country; and

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): The State/UT wise details of number of unlicensed / improvised / crude / country made arms for the period 2014-2016 are at Annexure-A (c) & (d): As  per  records,  two  unauthorized  licences  were  cancelled  in August 2017 in Jammu & Kashmir. Further, a gang involved in making fake licences  was  busted  by  ATS  Rajasthan,  and  criminal  cases  against  the culprits  under  relevant  sections  of  IPC  and  the  Arms  Act,  1959  were registered  at  police  station  SOG  Jaipur  and  Sukher,  Udaipur,  Rajasthan respectively. Also, Delhi Police have busted a number of gangs indulging in manufacturing and transporting of illicit firearms in Delhi and NCR.

## LS.US.Q.NO.1053 FOR 24.07.2018

(e) & (f): As Police and Public Order are State subjects, the cases of illegal possession of arms and making of fake licences are dealt by the respective State  Governments under the relevant provisions of IPC and the Arms Act, 1959.

This Ministry has issued necessary directives and guidelines to the State/UTs in above regard. Besides, this Ministry is maintaining a National Data Base of Arms  Licences  to  keep  the  procedure  of  arms  licensing  under  close observation and monitoring. A Unique Identification Number (UIN) is generated in the national data base for each licencee.

## Annexure-I

## Statement on number of Un-licensed / improvised / crude / country made arms seized during 2014-2016

| SL   | State/UT          |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |
|------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    |     62 |    103 |     24 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh |     42 |      1 |      9 |
| 3    | Assam             |    322 |    360 |    307 |
| 4    | Bihar             |   1790 |   2006 |   2214 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      |    225 |    216 |    312 |
| 6    | Goa               |      0 |      4 |      3 |
| 7    | Gujarat           |    560 |    507 |    494 |
| 8    | Haryana           |   1451 |   1711 |   1799 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  |      4 |      5 |      7 |
| 10   | Jammu & Kashmir   |    142 |    325 |    150 |
| 11   | Jharkhand         |    343 |    455 |    471 |
| 12   | Karnataka         |     72 |     83 |    102 |
| 13   | Kerala            |     77 |    155 |    127 |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    |   3228 |   1933 |   3709 |
| 15   | Maharashtra       |    788 |    628 |    865 |
| 16   | Manipur           |     50 |     23 |     29 |
| 17   | Meghalaya         |     18 |     38 |     61 |
| 18   | Mizoram           |     12 |     31 |      7 |
| 19   | Nagaland          |    329 |    200 |    111 |
| 20   | Odisha            |    241 |    192 |    298 |
| 21   | Punjab            |    495 |    536 |    587 |
| 22   | Rajasthan         |   1746 |   3345 |   2863 |
| 23   | Sikkim            |      1 |      1 |      1 |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        |     97 |    154 |    200 |
| 25   | Telangana         |     28 |     61 |     42 |
| 26   | Tripura           |      2 |      3 |      3 |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     |  15327 |  15833 |  16990 |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       |    483 |    105 |    376 |
| 29   | West Bengal       |   3506 |   3129 |   3119 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    |  31441 |  32143 |  35280 |
| 30   | A & N Islands     |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 31   | Chandigarh        |     14 |      6 |     17 |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 33   | Daman & Diu       |      0 |      1 |      1 |
| 34   | Delhi UT          |    859 |    413 |    765 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 36   | Puducherry        |      5 |      1 |      1 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |    878 |    421 |    784 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |  32319 |  32564 |  36064 |