Lok Sabha Question No. 1387 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Packaged Drinking Water
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: M. I. SHANAVAS

## Government of India

## Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Department of Consumer Affairs

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1387

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2015

## PACKAGED DRINKING WATER

1387. SHRI M.I. SHANAVAS:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  of  the  complaints  regarding  the  quality  of packaged drinking water being sold across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the action taken against the erring companies/agencies; and
- (c) whether such companies engaged in production and sale of packaged drinking water are causing shortage of drinking water in anyway, if so, the details thereof and the corrective action  taken  in  this  regard  indicating  the  number  of  companies/agencies  involved  in production and sale of packaged water, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI RAM VILAS PASWAN)

- (a) & (b) : Yes, Madam, as per the information available from the State/UT Governments, the number of samples of packaged drinking water collected, tested, found not conforming and action taken in the year 2014-15 in the country is as under:-
- (c) : State/U.T wise number of manufacturers of packaged drinking water having BIS licence  is  at Annexure. Information/data  with  regard  to  shortage  of  drinking  water,  if  any, caused  by the production and  sale of packaged drinking water by the packaged drinking water manufacturing companies is not maintained centrally.

|   No. of samples analysed |   No. of samples found to be non- conforming |   No. of Prosecution Launched |   Conviction |
|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------|
|                       806 |                                          226 |                           130 |           30 |

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## STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1387 FOR 08.12.2015 REGARDING PACKAGED DRINKING WATER.

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## STATE WISE NUMBER OF MANUFACTURERS OF PACKAGED DRINKING WATER HAVING BIS LICENCE.

|   SL. No. | Sate/UT                |   No. of Manufacturers |
|-----------|------------------------|------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman &Nicobar       |                      8 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh         |                    250 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh      |                      3 |
|         4 | Assam                  |                     77 |
|         5 | Bihar                  |                     99 |
|         6 | Chandigarh             |                      1 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh           |                     80 |
|         8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli |                      3 |
|         9 | Daman &Diu             |                      5 |
|        10 | Delhi                  |                     61 |
|        11 | Goa                    |                     20 |
|        12 | Gujarat                |                    419 |
|        13 | Haryana                |                    113 |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh       |                     11 |
|        15 | Jharkhand              |                     53 |
|        16 | Jammu &Kashmir         |                     25 |
|        17 | Karnataka              |                    649 |
|        18 | Kerala                 |                    136 |
|        19 | Madhya Pradesh         |                    185 |
|        20 | Maharashtra            |                    744 |
|        21 | Manipur                |                     18 |
|        22 | Meghalaya              |                      4 |
|        23 | Mizoram                |                      3 |
|        24 | Nagaland               |                      7 |
|        25 | Orissa                 |                    145 |
|        26 | Pondichery             |                      3 |
|        27 | Punjab                 |                     54 |
|        28 | Rajasthan              |                    109 |
|        29 | Tamil Nadu             |                   1292 |
|        30 | Telengana              |                     84 |
|        31 | Tripura                |                     17 |
|        32 | Uttar Pradesh          |                    193 |
|        33 | Uttarakhand            |                     21 |
|        34 | West Bengal            |                    166 |