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Lok Sabha Question No. 1402 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-04
Subject: Shortage of Specialists/Surgeons in Hospitals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT RAGHUNATH PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1402 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH MARCH, 2016

## SHORTAGE OF SPECIALI STS/SURGEONS IN HOSP ITALS

## 1402. SHRI C.R. PATIL:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFAR E be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is acute shortage of eye specialists/surgeons in the Government hosp Delhi;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with sanctioned posts and filled up posts in those hospitals, hospital - wise  as  well  as  average  waiting  period  for  patients  for  getting  treatment  due shortage;
- (c) the time by which the vacant posts are proposed to be filled up; and
- (d) whether there is any proposal to review the str ng in view of increased population of Delhi and pressure on hospitals due to increased number of patients from Delhi and outside Delhi

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

- (a ) to ( c) : No. The incumbency position of eye specialists in Central Government Hospital in Delhi is as under: -

| Name of Hospital              |   Sanctioned posts |   Filled |   Vacancy |
|-------------------------------|--------------------|----------|-----------|
| Lady Hardinge Medical College |                 05 |       05 |        00 |
| Safdarjung Hospital           |                 01 |       02 |       +01 |
| Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital    |                 00 |       01 |       +01 |

However,  08  and  05  eye  specialists  have  been  deployed  in  Safdarjung  and  Dr.  Ra Manohar Lohia Hospitals respectively from the CGHS Wing.

- (d) : Presently, there is no proposal to review the strength.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1401 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-04
Subject: HITS Platforms
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: ANURAG SINGH THAKUR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1401 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.03.2016)

## HITS PLATFORMS

## 1401.  SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR:

## Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  and  details  of  operators  that  have  applied  for  Headend-In-The-Sky (HITS) platforms;
- (b) whether the Government has received complaints so far regarding operators, if so, the details and actions taken thereon;
- (c) whether the Ministry has undertaken any inspection so far, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING {COL RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd.)}

(a):  The Ministry has received applications to operate Headened-In-The-Sky (HITS) broadcasting  services  in  the  country  from  only  two  Companies  namely  M/s  Noida Software Technology Park Limited and M/s Grant Investrade Limited who have been granted permission to operate  the same.

(b), (c) & (d):  The permission to HITS operators are given as per the 'Guidelines for providing Headend-In-The-Sky Broadcasting Service in India' issued by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting on 26.11.2009.  As per the guidelines,  the Ministry or its authorized representative shall have the right to inspect the broadcasting facilities.  No prior permission/intimation shall be required to exercise the right of Government or its authorized representative to carry out the inspection.  The company will, if required by the  Government  or  its  authorized  representative,  provide  necessary  facilities  for continuous  monitoring  for  any  particular  aspect  of  the  companies'  activities  and operations.    The  Ministry  has  not  made  any  such  inspection  as  no  complaints  have been received in the Ministry against any HITS operators.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1400 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-04
Subject: Banks Internal Audit
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: S.SELVAKUMARA CHINNAYAN, PR. SENTHILNATHAN, NAGARAJAN P.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1400

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 th March, 2016/ Phalguna 14,1937 (SAKA)

## Banks Internal Audit

## QUESTION

## 1400 . SHRI S. SELVAKUMARA CHINNAYAN: SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN: SHRI P. NAGARAJAN:

- (a) whether the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has instructed all banks to conduct through internal audit and place the report before their respective audit committee to check fraudulent foreign exchange transaction;

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state: (b) if so, the details thereof;

- (c) whether any fraudulent foreign exchange transaction has been reported by any bank to RBI; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, bank-wise?

## ANSWER

## The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (SHRI JAYANT SINHA)

- (a) & (b) : Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has instructed select Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) vide its circulars DBS(CO).PPD/5119/11.01.021/2015-16 dated 28.10.2015 and DBS.CO.PPD/5974/11.01.021/2015-16 dated 23.11.2015 regarding irregularities observed in import & export transactions, to arrange a detailed internal audit of all the Authorised Dealing (AD) branches where such remittances have gone up significantly during the last two to three years.
- (c) & (d) : The replies of the banks received by RBI are under examination for identification of fraudulent transactions, if any.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1399 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-04
Subject: Retirement Mutual Funds
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ****

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1399

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 4 th  March, 2016 PHALGUNA 14, 1937 (SAKA)

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## Retirement Mutual Funds

## 1399.   SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- a) the details of the retirement mutual funds that are stuck at the approval stage at the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) along with the reasons therefor;
- b) whether the Financial Chronicle, the industry body Association of Mutual Funds in  India  (AMFI)  has  written  to  the  Finance  Ministry  to  let  SEBI  approve  the scheme instead of waiting for a nod from the CBDT and if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto; and
- c) the steps being taken to ensure faster approval of the scheme?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI JAYANT SINHA)

(a): Under Section 80C(2)(xiv)  contributions made by the individuals to the pension funds notified by CBDT (set up by any mutual referred to in clause (23D) of section 10 of the Incometax  Act,  1961  Act)  are  eligible  for  deduction.  Six  cases  seeking  aproval  under  the  aforesaid section are presently under consideration of CBDT as certain clarifications have been sought in the  issue  whether  such  pension  funds  are  covered  under  the  Pension  Fund  Regulatory  and Development Authority (Pension Fund) Regulations, 2015.

(b): No such reference could be located in the concerned division of CBDT.

(c): The  matter  shall  be  expedited  after  receiving  the  comments  from  the  regulatory authority referred to in (a) above.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1397 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-04
Subject: Juvenile Police Units
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ALOK SANJAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1397 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.03.2016

## JUVENILE POLICE UNITS

## +1397. SHRI ALOK SANJAR:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state;

(a) the number of cases of child harassment reported in the country during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether there is a provision to set up any Juvenile Police Unit in each of Police Station for care and protection of children; and

(c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

(a)  No such data is maintained centrally in the Ministry of Women and Child Development.

(b)  &  (c):  The  relevant  provisions  under  Section  107  of  The  Juvenile  Justice  (Care  and Protection  of  Children)  Act,  2015  regarding  Special  Juvenile  Police  Unit  are  (1)  In  every police station, at least one officer, not below the rank of assistant sub-inspector, with aptitude, appropriate training and orientation may be designated as the child welfare police officer to exclusively  deal  with  children  either  as  victims  or  perpetrators,  in  co-ordination  with  the police,  voluntary  and  non-governmental  organisations.  (2)  To  co-ordinate  all  functions  of police related to children, the State Government shall constitute Special Juvenile Police Units in  each  district  and  city,  headed  by  a  police  officer  not  below  the  rank  of  a  Deputy Superintendent of Police or above and consisting of all police officers designated under subsection (1) and two social workers having experience of working in the field of child welfare, of whom one shall be a woman.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1395 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-04
Subject: Defence Deal with Augusta Westland
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: C. MAHENDRAN, NANABHAU FALGUNRAO PATOLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1395

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  MARCH, 2016

## DEFENCE  DEAL  WITH  AUGUSTA  WESTLAND

1395.  SHRI  C. MAHENDRAN: SHRI  NANA  PATOLE:

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Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has revealed a scam regarding brokerage of 360 crore of rupees in the Augusta Westland helicopter deal of Rs.3600 crore;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the time by which CBI is likely to submit its report in this regard;
- (c) the details of action taken against guilty persons in the said deal; and
- (d) whether  the Government  is  reconsidering  the  defence deals with  Augusta Westland?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                            (SHRI MANOHAR PARRIKAR)

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(a) to (d): On  the reports of the arrest of the Chief Executive of Finmeccanica  in  connection  with  the  investigations  in  Italy  regarding alleged  financial  malpractices  by  M/s  Agusta  Westland  International  Ltd. (AWIL), UK in the procurement of 12 VVIP / VIP helicopters for the Indian Air  Force  (IAF),  the  Ministry  of  Defence,  on February  12, 2013,  asked  the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct an enquiry into the matter.

CBI have registered a criminal case against M/s Agusta Westland and others on  March 3, 2013 for  alleged payment of bribes / commission in the

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procurement of VVIP helicopters for the IAF.  The investigation in the case is underway.  During the investigation, Letters Rogatory have been sent to eight  countries,  namely UAE,  UK, Switzerland, Singapore, Italy, Mauritius, Tunisia and British Virgin Islands.  Finalization of investigation by the CBI is  dependent  upon receipt  of the  execution  report  of the  pending  Letters Rogatory from all these countries. The contract for the supply of 12 VVIP / VIP helicopters signed with M/s  AWIL  on  February  8,  2010  has  been  terminated  by  the  Ministry  of Defence  with  effect  from  January  1,  2014,  on  grounds  of  breach  of  the provisions of the Pre-contract Integrity Pact and breach of the terms of the Contract by M/s AWIL. Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has also registered a case on July 3, 2014  under  Prevention  of  Money  Laundering  Act  (PMLA)  2002  and  has initiated  investigations. The  ED  has attached assets worth  Rs.11.44 crore and filed a Prosecution Complaint against accused persons in the Special

Court under the PMLA.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1393 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-04
Subject: Rehabilitation of Vrindavan Based Widows
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.1393 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4-3-2016

## REHABILITATION OF VRINDAVAN BASED  WIDOWS

## 1393 SHRIMATI DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH :

Will the Minister of Women & Child Development be pleased to state:

- a) whether the Hon'ble Supreme  Court has advised Government to provide all basic amenities for Rehabilitation of Vrindavan based widows and if so,  the details thereof:
- b) whether  the Union Government  as started  consultation process with State Government of Uttar Pradesh to address this important social issue; and
- c)       If so, the details and present status thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

(a)to(c)    The Hon'ble Supreme Court vide its Order dated 14-8-2015 had directed the  Secretary in the Ministry of Women & Child Development to conduct a meeting to finalize the plan of action in terms of various orders passed by the Court from time to time.  In compliance of the Court Order meeting  has  been  held  on  2-9-2015.    Again  the  Hon'ble  Court  vide  its  Order  dated  16-10-2015 directed the  Secretary  Ministry of Women and Child Development to convene another meeting in the  1 st or  second  week  of  January,  2016  to  review  the  outstanding  issues.  In  compliance  another meeting was held on 13-1-2016.  A  piece of land measuring 1.424 Hectare  has been obtained from State  Govt.  of  Uttar  Pradesh  at  a  cost  of  Rs.  1,99,  38,637/-.  And  a  Home  at  Vrindavan  for  1000 widows  is  being  constructed  through  National  Building  Construction  Corporation  (NBBC)  at  an estimated cost of   Rs. 57 Crore (including cost of land ). The construction work of the home has already begun.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1392 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-04
Subject: Special Operation Vessels
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: GEETHA KOTHAPALLI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1392

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  MARCH, 2016

## SPECIAL  OPERATION  VESSELS

1392.  SHRIMATI  KOTHAPALLI  GEETHA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has received any proposal for manufacturing of special operations vessels, landing platform decks, fleet support ships, war ships, fighter ships, etc, in Hindustan Shipyard Limited in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  shipyards  are  facing  stiff  competition  from  private shipyards in the country, if so, the details thereof and the present status thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

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- (a) Yes, Madam.
- (b) HSL has been nominated for:
- (i) 05 Nos. Fleet Support Ships in December 2015.
- (ii) 02 Nos. Landing Platform Docks in October, 2010.
- (iii)  02 Nos. Special Operations Vehicle in October, 2014.
- (c) Yes,  private  shipyards  are  being  given  opportunity  to  participate  in ship building projects of the Indian Navy  and  Indian  Coast  Guard. A  number  of  projects  are  being  tendered  out  to  both  government  and private shipyards for better price discovery.

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(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1391 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-04
Subject: Illegal Activities in Seas
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: PARASURAMAN K.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1391

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  MARCH, 2016

## ILLEGAL  ACTIVITIES  IN  SEAS

1391.  SHRI  K. PARASURAMAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any plan to strengthen and empower the Coast Guard women officers to operate its  fixed-wing  aircraft  and helicopters  in order  to  check  the illegal activities in seas, especially near international maritime boundary lines; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                            (SHRI MANOHAR PARRIKAR)

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(a) & (b): Indian  Coast  Guard  had  started  induction  of  women  officers from  the  year  1997  as  permanent  appointee  in  General  Duty  (GD)  and Aviation  cadre  (Pilots).    Further,  Short  Service  Appointee  (SSA)  women officer including Commercial  Pilot Licence (CPL) holders were also inducted from year 2010.  As on date, there are 27 women officers (17 Pilots and  10  Observers).    They  are  employed  for  aviation  duties  involved  in discharging  Indian  Coast  Guard  charter  including  prevention  of  illegal activities at sea and surveillance at maritime boundary lines.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1390 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-04
Subject: Taxes on Ship Building Industry
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESIIONNQ.1390

## PHALGUNA 14 1937 (SAKA

## IAXES QN SHIP BUILDING INDUSTRY

## 1390. SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the ship building industry is marred by heavy taxation and duties;
- (c) whether there is any proposal to revise these taxes and duties in order to make the industry competitive and if s0, the details thereof; and
- (b) if so, the details of taxes and duties imposed on ship building industry;
- (d) if not; the steps taken by the Government to reduce the burden on taxes and duties on ship building?

## ANSWER

## MNISTER QE STATE IN THE MINISTRY QF FINANCE

(a): No:

(b): At present;

- ships,
- vessels, etc. are exempt from central excise duty:
- etc. are also exempt from central excise duty subject to actual codition;
- raw materials and parts used in the manufacture of such ships, vessels, user
- raw materials and parts, for use in the manufacture of such ships, vessels, user
- (iii)
- ships, vessels, etc: are exempt of customs (CVD) and additional duty of customs (SAD); and
- (iv) etc. are also exempt from BCD, CVD and SAD subject to actual conditions.

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In November, 2015, the following indirect tax concessions were extended to domestic ship building industry:

- Exemption from central excise duties on raw material and parts for use in
- ii) Simplification of procedure for shipslvesselsltugs and pusher   crafts, etc. by doing away the requirements  related to custom bonded warehouses for availing the customs and excise duty exemptions
- manufacturing and consequently making them subject to actual user conditions:
- manufacture of shipslvesselsltugs and pusher craft; etc. subject to end use condition.

## (SHRI JAYANT SINHA)
Lok Sabha Question No. 1389 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-04
Subject: Defence Production Act
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: NANABHAU FALGUNRAO PATOLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1389

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  MARCH, 2016

## DEFENCE  PRODUCTION  ACT

1389.  SHRI  NANA  PATOLE:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

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- (a) the details of security related concerns, if any, from FDI in sensitive and strategic sector;
- (b) whether the  Government proposes legislation  of  Defence  Production Act  on  the lines of USA for the deals relating to merger and acquisition by foreign companies which poses potential threat to national security of the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

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(a) to (d): A Statement is attached.

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(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1389 FOR ANSWER ON 4.3.2016

In order to address the security related concerns from Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in defence sector, necessary safeguards have been incorporated into conditions of Industrial Licenses and FDI Policy.  Some of the major conditions in this regard are as follows:

- (i) The  Government  vide  Press  Note  No.  12  of  2015  Series  dated 24.11.2015 has notified the revised FDI Policy for defence sector under which foreign investment up to 49% is allowed under Automatic route and  above  49%  under  Government  route  on  case  to  case  basis, wherever  it  is  likely  to  result  in  access  to  modern  and  'state-of-art' technology in the country.  The foreign investment in defence  sector is further subject to industrial license under the Industries (Development  &  Regulation  Act),  1951.    The  FDI  approval  is  also subject  to  security  clearance  by  the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  and guidelines of the Ministry of Defence.
- (ii) The  Licenses  Defence  Companies  are  required  to  follow  detailed security  guidelines  applicable  to  them  as  per  security  instructions  / architectures  prescribed  in  'Security  Manual  for  License  Defence Industries' available at www.ddpmod.gov.in based on their categorization.    The Manual provides  detailed guidelines on physical security / materials security / documents  security  /  information security, etc.  The Companies are also subjected to external security audit  by  Intelligence  Agencies  once  in  two  years  and  cyber  security audit by CERT-IN empanelled auditors once every year.
2. At present there is no proposal to formulate Defence Production Act in the defence sector.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 1388 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-04
Subject: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence Wing
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: M. UDHAYAKUMAR

(a) No

(6) & (c) Nil in view of (a) above

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. +1388

TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY 4TH MARCH 2016

PHALGUNA 14,1937 [SAKA]

## Directorate of Revenue Intelligence Wing

## +1388. ADV. M UDHAYAKUMAR:

Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state:

- (a) smuggling by airline crew engaging eternal alert by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence gold Wing;
- whether DRI   attributes the increase in smuggling by aircrew to a relaxed approach towards checking and frisking the baggage of the airline staffers who are familiar with the cavities and crevices in aircraft body where contraband can be hidden; and gold
- (c) whether hindsight gained by DRI suggests that International flight crew often work in collusion with the staffers in domestic flights?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI JAYANT SINHA)