Lok Sabha Question No. 1355 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-25
Subject: Ceasefire Violations
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK, RAM CHARITRA, JITENDRA CHAUDHURY, PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA, SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV, BHARATI DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL, MALLIKARJUN  KHARGE, KIRTI (JHA) AZAD, ALOK SANJAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1355

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  JULY, 2018

## CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS

## 1355.  SHRI  RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD:

SHRI JITENDRA CHAUDHURY:

PROF. PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA:

SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV:

DR. BHARATIBEN  D. SHYAL:

SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE:

SHRI KIRTI AZAD:

SHRI ALOK SANJAR:

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

- (a) whether Indian Army has lost a soldier every third day in the line of duty during the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reasons therefor;
- (b) the number of cases of ceasefire violation reported during the last three years and the current year at India-Pakistan Border particularly in Jammu and Kashmir;
- (c) the  number  of  personnel  of  Army,  Border  Security  Force,  Jammu  &  Kashmir Police and civilians killed and injured in the ceasefire violation during the said period, year-wise;
- (d) the  retaliatory  action  taken  by  the  Government  in  this  regard  and  the  terrorists killed during the said period, year-wise;
- (e) whether the  Government has taken  up  the  matter  in UNO  and  if  so,  the  details thereof and the reaction of the UNO thereto; and
- (f) whether  defence  experts  /  military  officers  have  apprehended  that  Pakistan  is unlikely to relent on ceasefire violation and if so, the details and the Government reaction thereto?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

(a) & (b): The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.

- (c)        Details  of  Army,  BSF  personnel  and  civilians  killed/injured  in  the  CFVs during the said period:

| Period   | Army personnel (CFV)   | Army personnel (CFV)   | BSF personnel (CBF)   | BSF personnel (CBF)   | Civilians   | Civilians   |
|----------|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------|
|          | Fatal                  | Injured                | Fatal                 | Injured               | Fatal       | Injured     |
| 2015     | 06                     | 17                     | 04                    | 09                    | 16          | 71          |
| 2016     | 08                     | 74                     | 05                    | 25                    | 13          | 83          |
| 2017     | 15                     | 58                     | 04                    | 14                    | 12          | 79          |
| 2018     | 15                     | 12                     | 12                    | 47                    | 28          | 140         |

No  personnel  of  J&K  Police  got  killed  in  the  incidents  of  ceasefire violations / cross border firing during last three years and current year ( upto June).

(d)        Appropriate  retaliation  to  these  ceasefire  violations  has  been  carried  out wherever  necessary.  During  ceasefire  violations,  the  inhabitants  of  border villages  which are vulnerable to shelling / firing  are shifted to safer locations to prevent any loss of life. All arrangements are made  for free boarding, lodging, medicare, water, electricity, food, sanitation and transport to safer places  in such cases. The defences along the border  are adequately fortified to withstand  fire. Continuous  improvements,  including  the  usage  of  modern  technology,    in  the defences are made to make them more robust and resilient.

The  details  of  terrorists    killed    along  the  LoC  /  India-Pakistan  Border  in Jammu & Kashmir Border, in the last three  years including current year (up to January, 2018) are as under :

| Sl. No.   |   Year | Number of Terrorist killed   |
|-----------|--------|------------------------------|
| (i)       |   2015 | 108                          |
| (ii)      |   2016 | 150                          |
| (iii)     |   2017 | 213                          |
| (iv)      |   2018 | 110 (upto 22 July)           |

(e) & (f): Government's  consistent  position  is  that  United  Nations  Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) has outlived its relevance with the signing of the Simla Agreement in July 1972. India has lodged strong protests with  Pakistan  side  at  the  continued  unprovoked  firing  and  ceasefire  violations across the Line of Control and the International Boundary. Pakistan was asked to put  an  end  to  all  kinds  of  support  being  given  to  cross  border      infiltration  of terrorists, including through covering fire and adhere to the Ceasefire Understanding of 2003.

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