Lok Sabha Question No. 1396 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-03
Subject: Wildlife Crimes
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL, R. GOPALAKRISHNAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OE ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1396

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.05.2016

## Wildlife Crimes

## 1396.  SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL: SHRI R. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

Will  the  Minster  of  ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND  CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of cases of wildlife crime and illegal trafficking in wildlife reported in the country including Assam during last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Wildlife  Crime  Control  Bureau  has  not  been  able  to  adequately  control organized wildlife crime including trafficking in the country and specially in Assam;
- (c) if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  re-vitalise  wildlife  crime  control  bureau  in  the country, particularly in Guwahati?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a)

(b)

- Number  of  case  of  wildlife  crime  and  illegal  trafficking  in wildlife  reported  by  various  enforcement  agencies  including Wildlife Crime Control Bureau along with the data received from

Assam during the last three years is at Annexure.

However,  the  data  for  the  current  year  is  not  available  in  the Ministry.

The mandate of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau is to collect and collate intelligence and facilitate action of the States in combating wildlife crime and illegal trafficking. It has played an important role in providing intelligence/assistance to the States in detection  and  apprehension  of  criminals  of  organized  crime, specially Pangolin trade, turtle trade, elephant ivory cases., Tiger body part and other wildlife species.

Besides, it also plays an important role in training, sensitizing and awareness building amongst the various stakeholders. In Assam, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has been working  together  with  the  State  enforcement  agencies  to  curb illegal wildlife crime which has also resulted in apprehension of accused  in  wildlife  crime  cases.    A  sub-regional  unit  of  the Bureau has been set up at Guwahati.

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- ,(c )&(d)

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1396  REGARDING  'WILDLIFE  CRIMES'  BY  SHRI BADRUDDIN  AJMAL  AND  SHRI  R.  GOPALAKRISHNAN  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON 03.05.2016

## State-wise wildlife trafficking cases

| S.No.   | State                    | 2013   | 2014   | 2015   |
|---------|--------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1.      | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 7      | NA     | NA     |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh           | 125    | 15     | NA     |
| 3.      | Arunachal Pradesh        | 4      | 5      | 2      |
| 4.      | Assam                    | 60     | 28     | NA     |
| 5.      | Bihar                    | 3      | 1      | NA     |
| 6.      | Chandigarh               | 1      | 1      | Nil    |
| 7.      | Chhattisgarh             | 282    | 9      | 7      |
| 8.      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | NA     | NA     | NA     |
| 9.      | Daman &Diu               | 1      | NA     | NA     |
| 10.     | Delhi                    | 37     | 23     | 4      |
| 11.     | Goa                      | 3      | 9      | 10     |
| 12.     | Gujarat                  | 2      | 3      | NA     |
| 13.     | Haryana                  | 114    | 15     | NA     |
| 14.     | Himachal Pradesh         | 25     | 18     | 8      |
| 15.     | Jannu &Kashmir           | 10     | NA     | NA     |
| 16.     | Jharkhand                | NA     | 1      | NA     |
| 17.     | Karnataka                | 22     | 14     | 2      |
| 18.     | Kerala                   | 198    | 1      | 1      |
| 19.     | Lakshadweep              | NA     | NA     | 1      |
| 20.     | Madhya Pradesh           | 308    | 230    | 3      |
| 21.     | Maharashtra              | 199    | 82     | NA     |
| 22.     | Manipur                  | 25     | 7      | 7      |
| 23.     | Meghalaya                | 3      | 7      | 7      |
| 24.     | Mizoram                  | 18     | 15     | 23     |
| 25.     | Nagaland                 | 10     | NA     | NA     |
| 26.     | Odisha                   | 52     | 11     | NA     |
| 27.     | Puducherry               | 1      | NA     | NA     |
| 28.     | Punjab                   | 28     | 19     | NA     |
| 29.     | Rajasthan                | 220    | 141    | NA     |
| 30.     | Sikkim                   | 2      | 1      | NA     |
| 31.     | Tamil Nadu               | 39     | 32     | NA     |
| 32.     | Telangana                | 6      | 3      | NA     |
| 33.     | Tripura                  | 4      | 2      | NA     |
| 34.     | Uttar Pradesh            | 317    | 375    | 59     |
| 35.     | Uttrakhand               | 88     | 12     | 5      |
| 36.     | West Bengal              | 78     | 89     | 24     |
|         | TOTAL:                   | 2292   | 1169   | 161    |

NA: (Not Applicable)