(a) whether a large scale smuggling of fertilizers from India to Bangladesh and Nepal is taking place ;
(b) If so, the names of such States and loss of suffered every year as a result thereof ; and
(c) the corrective action taken by the Government in this regard ?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI SRIKANT KUMAR JENA)
(a) to (c) : No such confirmed report of smuggling of fertilizers from India to
Bangladesh and Nepal has been received from the State Governments. However,
State Goverments have been advised by the Department of Fertilizer to keep a
vigil and to check smuggling of fertilzers from India to other neighbouring
countries through land and sea routes.
Similarly Union Home Ministry has also alerted Border guarding forces
viz. Border Security Forces (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Assam Rifles and
Shashastra Seema Bal and Coast Guard to maintain strict vigilance on the borders
to curb smuggling, if any, of fertilizers. Further Union Home Secretary has also
addressed the Chief Secretaries to the Government of Arunachal pradesh, Assam
Bihar, Gujarat, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Pubjab, Rajasthan, Tripura,
utter Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal to sensitize the authorities concerned
to curb the smuggling, if any, of fertilizers into the neighboring countries.