Lok Sabha Question No. 795 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-12
Subject: Gold Smuggling
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Sougata Ray

## 795. PROF. SOUGATA RAY:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- a) whether the reporting of gold smuggling cases has increased sharply in the country;
- b) if so, the details of such cases reported during each of the last three years, State-wise;
- c) the steps taken by the Government to curb gold smuggling into the country;
- d) whether  the  Government  suspects  the  role  of  gangs,  who  finance  the  anti-national elements; and
- e) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

(a) & (b) Details enclosed as per Annexure-A.

- (c) The Government makes policy interventions and takes operational measures to check smuggling.

To  deter  smuggling  of  gold,  Customs  field  formations  and  Directorate  of  Revenue Intelligence (DRI) keep constant vigil and take operational measures such as passenger profiling, risk based interdiction and targeting of cargo consignments, non-intrusive inspection, rummaging of aircrafts and coordination with other agencies. Modus Operandi Circulars related to new modus/ method used by the gold smugglers are issued from time to time.

- (d) & (e)  In last three years, National Investigation Agency (NIA) has conducted investigations and filed charge sheets in three cases of gold smuggling.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-795

ANSWERED ON-MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2022/AGRAHAYANA 21, 1944 (SAKA)

## Gold Smuggling

|                                   |                                               |                                 | Annexure- A                                       |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| LS Unstarred Question No.         | LS Unstarred Question No.                     | LS Unstarred Question No.       | LS Unstarred Question No.                         |
| State/UT                          | Calendar Year                                 | No. of cases of seizure of gold | Quantity of gold seized (in Kgs.) State-wise data |
| North Eastern States              | 2019                                          | 50                              | 166.849                                           |
| (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,        | 2020                                          | 49                              | 242.845                                           |
| Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur,      | 2021                                          | 54                              | 296.580                                           |
| Nagaland, Tripura)                | 2022 (upto November)                          | 60                              | 191.062                                           |
|                                   | 2019                                          | 91                              | 79.591                                            |
| Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar           | 2020                                          | 61                              | 86.293                                            |
| Pradesh, Uttarakhand              | 2021                                          | 93                              | 138.476                                           |
| Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar           | 2022 (upto November)                          | 89                              | 130.380                                           |
| Goa                               | 2019                                          | 11                              | 5.496                                             |
|                                   | 2020                                          | 7                               | 7.735                                             |
|                                   | 2021                                          | 13                              | 12.215                                            |
|                                   | 2022 (upto November)                          | 14                              | 8.635                                             |
|                                   | 2019                                          | 137                             | 93.155                                            |
| Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar          | 2020                                          | 114                             | 50.760                                            |
| Haveli, Daman & Diu               | 2021                                          | 73                              | 36.610                                            |
|                                   | 2022 (upto November)                          | 141                             | 116.355                                           |
| Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan,        | 2019                                          | 502                             | 567.421                                           |
| Punjab, Himachal Pradesh,         | 2020                                          | 309                             | 404.124                                           |
| Chandigarh, Jammu &               | 2021                                          | 359                             | 379.125                                           |
| Kashmir, Leh & Laddakh            | 2022 (upto November)                          | 528                             | 431.611                                           |
|                                   | 2019                                          | 207                             | 89.000 52.260                                     |
| Karnataka                         | 2020                                          | 103 173                         | 91.755                                            |
| Karnataka                         | 2021 2022 (upto November)                     | 130                             | 90.224                                            |
|                                   | 2019                                          | 1073                            | 725.251                                           |
|                                   | 2020                                          | 672                             | 406.390                                           |
| Kerala                            | 2021                                          | 738                             | 586.952                                           |
|                                   | 2022 (upto November)                          | 948                             | 690.134                                           |
|                                   | 2019                                          | 812                             | 674.841                                           |
| Maharashtra                       | 2020                                          | 389                             | 191.429                                           |
|                                   | 2021                                          | 210                             | 119.223                                           |
|                                   | 2022 (upto November)                          | 484                             | 473.909                                           |
| Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh       | 2019                                          | 2                               | 13.073                                            |
|                                   | 2020                                          | 5                               | 10.606                                            |
|                                   | 2021                                          | 7 6                             | 47.015                                            |
|                                   | 2022 (upto November)                          |                                 | 16.354                                            |
|                                   | 2019                                          | 11                              | 17.850                                            |
| Odisha                            | 2020                                          | 2                               | 0.820                                             |
|                                   | 2021                                          | 0                               | 0.000                                             |
|                                   | 2022 (upto November)                          | 3                               | 2.214                                             |
| Tamil Nadu                        | 2019                                          | 1186                            | 652.542                                           |
|                                   | 2020                                          | 676                             | 375.007                                           |
|                                   | 2021                                          | 521                             | 322.114                                           |
|                                   | 2022 (upto November) 2019                     | 809 117                         | 439.787 177.790                                   |
| Telangana, Andhra Pradesh         | 2020                                          | 94                              | 104.330                                           |
|                                   | 2021                                          | 95                              | 98.130                                            |
|                                   | 2022 (upto November)                          | 162                             | 124.334                                           |
|                                   | 2019                                          | 205                             | 410.184                                           |
| West Bengal                       |                                               | 86                              | 221.982                                           |
|                                   | 2020 2021                                     | 109                             | 255.186                                           |
|                                   | 2022 (upto November) 2019                     | 214 4404                        | 368.619 3673.04336                                |
|                                   | 2020                                          | 2567                            | 2154.5812                                         |
| Total                             |                                               |                                 | 2383.38128                                        |
|                                   | 2021                                          | 2445                            |                                                   |
|                                   | (upto November)                               |                                 |                                                   |
| * States/UTs were grouped because | 2022 their data was not available separately. | 3588                            | 3083.61802                                        |