MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN)
(a): There are about 79 extremist groups, including splinter groups, active in the North
Eastern region of the country. The names of these groups are at Annexure.
(b): There are reports that extremist groups operating in the North-Eastern States of
India have been procuring arms through arms smugglers based in Yunnan Province in China,
Myanmar and South East Asian countries.
(c): As per available records, details of foreign made weapons seized from militants
State-wise during the last three years including current year are as under:
Year Manipur/ Arunachal Assam Mizoram Tripura Meghalaya Nagaland Pradesh
2010 23 - 03 14 04 04
2011 40 02 09 17 01 06
2012 87 10 26 21 04 09
2013 36 01 124 05 02 05
(d): Effective domination of the India-Bangladesh and India-Myanmar borders by the security
forces and regular patrolling along the border areas is being carried out. The erection of
fencing and installation of flood lights along Indo-Bangladesh border has helped in controlling
the smuggling of arms including other cross border illegal activities. Round the clock
patrolling by security forces, establishment of mobile vehicles, surveillance, check posts and
area domination along India-Myanmar border have been put in place to check the activities of
smuggling of arms from across the border effectively.
Government has raised its concerns with China, Myanmar and Bangladesh from time to time through
diplomatic channels on the issue of reported smuggling of arms through their territories. In
order to prevent smuggling across the Indo-Myanmar border, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
was signed between India and Myanmar in January,1994, for maintenance of peace and tranquility
in border areas. Bilateral talks are held at various levels between India and Myanmar & India
and Bangladesh to discuss security related issues including action to check smuggling of arms
and also effective guarding of International borders are held regularly.
