Lok Sabha Question No. 458 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-19
Subject: Deaths due to Spurious Liquor
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kunwar Danish Ali

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 458

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH  JULY, 2022/ ASHADHA 28, 1944 (SAKA) DEATHS DUE TO SPURIOUS LIQUOR

458. KUNWAR DANISH ALI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  several  people  have  reportedly  died  due  to  consumption  of spurious and poisonous liquor in the country;
- (b) if so, the number of persons died and accused/arrested for the sale of such  liquor,  separately,  during  the  last  five  years  and  the  current  year, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has issued any directions to the States in this regard;
- (d)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reaction  of  the  State  Governments thereto; and
- (e)  the  other  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  prevent  such  cases and to make stringent laws in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a):  As  per  data  published  by  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB), State/UT  wise  details  of  deaths  reported  due  to  consumption  of  illicit spurious liquor during 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 are at Annexure.

(b): No such data is maintained separately by NCRB.

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 458 FOR 19.07.2022

(c) to (e): As per entry 8 in List-II (State List) of the Seventh Schedule to the  Constitution,  the  production,  manufacture,  possession,  transport, purchase and sale of liquor is a State subject. Further, 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India and State Governments are responsible for prevention, detection and investigation of crimes and for prosecuting the criminals through their law  enforcement  agencies.  The  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  have  issued advisories to States and UTs, from time to time, to maintain law and order and  to  ensure  that  any  person  who  takes  law  into  his/her  own  hand  is punished promptly as per law.

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## Annexure

## L.S.US.Q.NO.458 FOR 19.07.2022

## State/UT-wise Deaths due to consumption of Illicit/Spurious Liquor during 2016-2020

| SL    | State/UT                   | 2016   | 2017   | 2018   | 2019   |   2020 |
|-------|----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh             | 23     | 183    | 42     | 27     |     18 |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh          | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 3     | Assam                      | 1      | 4      | 2      | 98     |      0 |
| 4     | Bihar                      | 6      | 0      | 0      | 9      |      6 |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh               | 142    | 104    | 77     | 115    |     67 |
| 6     | Goa                        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 7     | Gujarat                    | 25     | 11     | 1      | 3      |     10 |
| 8     | Haryana                    | 169    | 135    | 162    | 0      |     10 |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh           | 25     | 43     | 43     | 56     |     43 |
| 10    | Jharkhand                  | 41     | 76     | 56     | 115    |    139 |
| 11    | Karnataka                  | 68     | 256    | 218    | 268    |     99 |
| 12    | Kerala                     | 3      | 4      | 11     | 7      |      3 |
| 13    | Madhya Pradesh             | 184    | 216    | 410    | 190    |    214 |
| 14    | Maharashtra                | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 15    | Manipur                    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      |      0 |
| 16    | Meghalaya                  | 13     | 7      | 4      | 3      |     15 |
| 17    | Mizoram                    | 10     | 7      | 2      | 0      |      1 |
| 18    | Nagaland                   | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 19    | Odisha                     | 0      | 4      | 6      | 0      |     18 |
| 20    | Punjab                     | 72     | 170    | 159    | 191    |    133 |
| 21    | Rajasthan                  | 45     | 51     | 64     | 88     |     31 |
| 22    | Sikkim                     | 0      | 4      | 2      | 3      |      8 |
| 23    | Tamil Nadu                 | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |     20 |
| 24    | Telangana                  | 54     | 0      | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 25    | Tripura                    | 5      | 13     | 3      | 2      |      3 |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh              | 68     | 54     | 78     | 41     |     50 |
| 27    | Uttarakhand                | 7      | 2      | 0      | 47     |      5 |
| 28    | West Bengal                | 0      | 8      | 12     | 0      |      0 |
|       | TOTAL STATE(S)             | 961    | 1354   | 1352   | 1264   |    893 |
| 29    | A & N Islands              | 18     | 0      | 0      | 0      |     20 |
| 30    | Chandigarh                 | 0      | 0      | 0      | 5      |      4 |
| 31    | D&N Haveli and Daman&Diu@+ | 4      | 0      | 5      | 3      |      2 |
| 32    | Delhi UT                   | 7      | 31     | 8      | 22     |     26 |
| 33    | Jammu & Kashmir@*          | 9      | 8      | 0      | 2      |      2 |
| 34    | Ladakh@                    |        |        |        |        |      0 |
| 35    | Lakshadweep                | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 36    | Puducherry                 | 55     | 117    | 0      | 0      |      0 |
|       | TOTAL UT(S)                | 93     | 156    | 13     | 32     |     54 |
| TOTAL | (ALL INDIA)                | 1054   | 1510   | 1365   | 1296   |    947 |

As per data provided by states/UTs

- '+' Combined data of erstwhile D & N HAVELI AND DAMAN & DIU UT during 2016-2019

'*' Data of erstwhile JAMMU & KASHMIR State Including LADAKH during 2016-2019

'@' Data of newly created Union territory