Question : Gun License

(a) whether the Union Government has granted gun license to around 33.69 lakh people across the country as on date;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the criteria or procedure for issuing gun license to the individuals;

(c) the total number of persons issued gun license by the Union Government during the last three years, State-wise;

(d) whether the Union Government has any proposal to revamp the guidelines/ procedures to issue new gun license and revalidation of gun license to the individuals and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the total number of new gun license and revalidation of gun license issued during the last three years, State-wise?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)
(a) & (b) As per the database of arms licence maintained for the country on NDAL/ALIS Portal, 35,87,016 arms licenses are registered on this Portal for which Unique Identification Numbers have been generated upto 04.12.2018. State-wise details may be seen in the Annexure-A.
The Arms Act 1959 and the Arms Rules, 2016 prescribe the criteria and procedure for issue of arms license.
(c) As per the database of arms licence maintained for the country on NDAL/ALIS Portal, 114 arms licenses were issued by the Union Government in the last three Years. State-wise details are at Annexure-B.
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(d) The rules and procedure for issue of arms licence under the Arms Act, 1959 were revised and streamlined by notifying the Arms Rules 2016 on 15.07.2016.
(e) As per the database of arms licence maintained for the country on NDAL/ALIS Portal, 4,57,489 new arms licenses and revalidation of arms license were issued during the last three years. State-wise details are at Annexure-C.