(a) whether the Government proposes to set up a unified coastal command to prevent any
attack on India;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the number of incidents of fire on Indian Coast reported during the last 3 years;
(d) the number of incidents of fire on Indian fishermen during 2006-2007; and
(e) the time by which the unified coastal command will become operational?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (SHRI A.K. ANTONY)
(a) & (b): There is no proposal to set up unified coastal command.
(c) There has been no incident of firing along the Indian coast during the last three years.
(d) There had been seventeen incidents of firing on Indian fishermen during 2006-2007.
(e) Does not arise in view of the reply to part (a) of the question.