Lok Sabha Question No. 1769 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-09
Subject: Opposition of Nuclear Power Plants
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1769 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2015

## DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY MACHINE

1769.  SHRIMATI  MAUSAM NOOR:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a large number of diagnostic X-ray facilities in the country have not registered themselves with the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB);
- (b) if so, the action initiated against such facilities;
- (c) whether the public health facilities have also showed non-compliance of such AERB regulations; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise  and  the  action  taken  against  the defaulters health facilities?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  PERSONNEL,  PUBLIC  GRIEVANCES  & PENSIONS AND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH) :

- a) The  Atomic  Energy  Regulatory  Board  (AERB)  has  issued  licences  to 21,139  diagnostic  X-ray  equipment  so  far.  Additionally,  about  10,000 diagnostic  X-ray  equipment  have  been  declared  through  the  e-LORA system  (e-Licensing  of Radiation  Applications,  an  online  web  based application system) of AERB.   It may be possible that a number of diagnostic X-ray equipment are presently not registered with AERB.
2. (b) AERB has been issuing notices periodically through the print media asking the  diagnostic  X-ray  facilities  to  obtain  license  /  registration  from  AERB, from 2006 onwards. AERB has sent more than 13,700 letters and 36,000 emails to the facilities / users who have been possibly operating diagnostic X-ray facilities without complying with the requirement of AERB registration. AERB  has  also  issued  a  warning  to  the  non-compliant  diagnostic  X-ray facilities of regulatory action in April 2015, through leading national dailies. Recently, AERB has taken up a campaign of surprise inspections of

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diagnostic X-ray facilities on sample basis throughout the country in phased manner.  So far inspections were carried out in 14 cities of 11 states and enforcement actions in the form of sealing the diagnostic X-ray equipment and issuance of warnings were taken against facilities that were found not complying with the requirements of license / registration.

- (c) &(d) Yes,  Sir.  Enforcement  actions  such  as  sealing  of  the  equipment  and issuance of warnings were taken against the defaulting facilities. The Statewise distribution of the number of public health facilities found to be noncompliant of AERB regulations as on date are as under.

| State       |   No. Of public health facilities found not complying with the requirement of registration. |
|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Bihar       |                                                                                          03 |
| Chattisgarh |                                                                                          01 |
| Delhi       |                                                                                          02 |
| Goa         |                                                                                          01 |
| Jharkhand   |                                                                                          01 |
| Karnataka   |                                                                                          01 |
| Maharashtra |                                                                                          08 |
| Rajasthan   |                                                                                          01 |
| Tamil Nadu  |                                                                                          01 |
| Telengana   |                                                                                          01 |
| West Bengal |                                                                                          04 |

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