Lok Sabha Question No. 3444 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-05
Subject: Violation of Ceasefire
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: B.V. NAYAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3444

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5 TH  AUGUST, 2016

## VIOLATION OF CEASEFIRE

3444.  SHRI  B.V. NAIK:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

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- (a) whether Pakistan is frequently violating the ceasefire;
- (b) if  so,  the  details of the incidents of violation of ceasefire by Pakistan during the last two years and the current year;
- (c) the details of the Indian soldiers killed and injured during the said violations; and
- (d) the preventive action  taken  by  the  Government  to  check  such  unpleasant situations?

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MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                      (SHRI MANOHAR PARRIKAR)

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(a) & (b): The details of ceasefire violations on India-Pakistan border are as under:-

|   Year | Incidents of Ceasefire on Line of Control under operational control of Army   | Incidents of Ceasefire on International Border under operational control of Border Security Force (BSF)   |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   2014 | 153                                                                           | 430                                                                                                       |
|   2015 | 152                                                                           | 253                                                                                                       |
|   2016 | 24 (till 21 st July)                                                          | 02 (till 30 th June)                                                                                      |

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- (c) Details of casualties suffered by Indian Army / BSF during ceasefire violation are as under:-
- (d) Appropriate  retaliation  to  the  ceasefire  violations,  as  required,  has been  carried  out  by  Indian  Army  /  BSF.    In  addition,  all  violations  of ceasefire  are  taken  up  with  Pakistan  authorities  at  the  appropriate  level through the established  mechanism of  hotlines, flag meetings as well  as weekly talks between the Directorate Generals of Military Operations of the two countries.  BSF, too, holds talks at various levels with its counterparts viz. Pakistan Rangers.

| Year   | Casualties suffered by Indian Army   | Casualties suffered by Indian Army   | Casualties suffered by BSF   | Casualties suffered by BSF   |
|--------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|        | Fatal                                | Non-fatal                            | Fatal                        | Non-fatal                    |
| 2014   | 01                                   | 11                                   | 02                           | 17                           |
| 2015   | 06                                   | 17                                   | 04                           | 09                           |
| 2016   | 01 (till 21 st July)                 | 0                                    | 0 (till 30 th June)          | 0                            |

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