(a) whether there has been an increase in the number of incidents of smuggling from Nepal;
(b) if so, the details of items confiscated at the Indo-Nepal Border during 2006 and 2007, till
date;
(c) the number of smugglers and Maoists arrested in these incidents; and
(d) the details of the steps taken by the Government to check the rising incidents of smuggling
at the Border?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI S. REGUPATHY)
(a) The interceptions and recoveries by SSB, deployed on India-Nepal border indicate
that there has been increase in the number of incidents of smuggling.
(b) & ( c) The details are given in the Annexure.
(d) Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), deployed as a Border Guarding Force on the India-Nepal
border, conducts intensified patrolling and use the services of trained dog squads. All the
border outposts of SSB on the India-Nepal border have been put on alert. SSB has also been asked
to work in close coordination with the Governments of States having border with Nepal to check
entry of undesirable elements. India and Nepal have bilateral mechanisms to resolve the
incidents of smuggling at border.