Lok Sabha Question No. 1477 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-26
Subject: Civil Defence Act
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: R.P. MARUTHARAJAA, M. CHANDRAKASI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1477

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  JULY, 2016/ SHRAVANA 4, 1938 (SAKA)

## CIVIL DEFENCE ACT

1477.

SHRI R.P. MARUTHARAJAA:

SHRI M. CHANDRAKASI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  status  of  implementation  of  the  Civil  Defence  Act,  1968  with  a focus  on  its  implementation  in  border  States  including  North  Eastern Region (NER) of the country;
- (b)  the  names  of  States  that  have  constituted  a  Civil  Defence  Corps pursuant to Section 4 of the Act and strength of each of the corps thus constituted;
- (c)  the  names  of  States  that  have  not  yet  constituted  a  Civil  Defence Corps and the reasons for the same;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  revise  and  amend  the  said Act; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a)      The  Civil  Defence  Act,  1968  extends  to  the  whole  of  India  and includes  any  measures,  not  amounting  to  actual  combat,  for  affording protection to any person, property, place or thing in India or any part of the territory thereof against any hostile attack, whether from air, land, sea or other places, or,  for  depriving  any  such  attack  of  the whole or

## LS.US.Q.No. 1477 FOR 26.07.2016

part of its effect, whether such measures are taken before, during, at or after the time of such attack, or any measure taken for the purpose of disaster management, before during, at, or after any disaster.

(b)      The    States  that  have  constituted  Civil  Defence  corps  and  the strength of each of the corps is enclosed as Annexure-I.

- (c)  The  following  States/UTs  have  not  yet  constituted  a  Civil  Defence Corps:

| 1.Arunachal Pradesh      | 2. Daman & Diu   | 3.Dadra & Nagar Haveli   |
|--------------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
| 4. Kerala                | 5. Lakshdweep    | 6. Manipur               |
| 7. Mizoram 10. Telangana | 8. Puduchery     | 9.Tamilnadu              |

The responsibility of creation of Civil Defence corps is that of State Government  concerned  which  inter-alia  take  necessary  action  as  and when such requirement of establishing a new set-up arises.

(d)  No, Madam.

(e) Question does not arise.

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## Annexure-I

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## States/UTs  having Civil Defence Corps and their  Strength

| Sl. No.   | State/UT         | Strength   |
|-----------|------------------|------------|
| 1.        | A & N Island     | 308        |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh   | 7645       |
| 3.        | Assam            | 26602      |
| 4.        | Bihar            | 5483       |
| 5.        | Chandigarh       | 3575       |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh     | 3600       |
| 7.        | Delhi            | 34970      |
| 8.        | Goa              | 783        |
| 9.        | Gujarat          | 26640      |
| 10.       | Haryana          | 3812       |
| 11.       | Himachal Pradesh | 542        |
| 12.       | Jammu & Kashmir  | 5855       |
| 13.       | Jharkhand        | 4186       |
| 14.       | Karnataka        | 11469      |
| 15.       | Madhya Pradesh   | 9738       |
| 16.       | Maharashtra      | 68111      |
| 17.       | Meghalaya        | 38739      |
| 18.       | Nagaland         | 965        |
| 19.       | Odisha           | 9543       |
| 20.       | Punjab           | 37419      |
| 21.       | Rajasthan        | 43622      |
| 22.       | Sikkim           | 766        |
| 23.       | Tripura          | 4072       |
| 24.       | Uttar Pradesh    | 107576     |
| 25.       | Uttarakhand      | 3471       |
| 26.       | West Bengal      | 51374      |
|           |                  | 5,10,866   |

Note :-   Above data is based on report received from States/UTs.

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