Question : Illegal Opium Production

(a) whether the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in its latest reports has ranked India fourth in the World in terms of illegal opium crop destroyed;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the total quantum of illegal opium produced in the country, State/UT-wise;
(c) whether it has come to the notice of the Government that Bangladesh immigrants come to India particularly in West Bengal to cultivate illegal opium; and
(d) if so, the details of such cases reported in the country during each of the last three years and the current year along with punitive measures taken in this regard?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) and (b): No, the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) in its latest World Drug Report 2016 has not given any specific rank to India in terms of illegal opium crop destroyed.
However, as per World Drug Report-2016, in terms of the Opium Poppy eradication, the destruction done by India of 1636 hectares is the fourth highest after Mexico, Myanmar and Afghanistan in 2014. The details of destruction of illicit cultivation of opium poppy in the country, State/UT wise during last 3 years and the current year are as follows.
Data of Destruction of Illicit Opium Poppy (in acres)
State(s) 2013 2014 2015 2016*
Arunachal Pradesh 1222 1002 399 0
Bihar 36 25 13 375
Himachal Pradesh 0 18 4 0
Jammu & Kashmir 2 47 15 238.7
Jharkhand 247 199 569 474
Madhya Pradesh 0 0 0 0
Maharashtra 0 25 0 0
Manipur 297 815 557 674
Odisha 0 0 0 0
Tripura 0 0 0 0
Uttarakhand 21 87 5 593.05
West Bengal 314 1751 1899 4087
Total 2139 3969 3461 6441.75
*Provisional data
(c) No, Madam.

(d) Does not arise.