(a) whether the Government have arrested persons having Dawood-ISI links, in
throwing fake currency notes in various parts of the country;
(b) if so, the number of such persons arrested during the last six months in this
connection; and
(c) the steps taken by the Government to foil the attempts of such inimical forces to
weaken India`s economy?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (I.D. SWAMI)
(a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPL y TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABRA
STARRED QUESTION NO.29 FOR 25.7.2000 REGARDING DA WOOD-ISI LINKS
(a)&(b): Available information indicates that fake Indian currency notes are being
clandestinely inducted into the country from across the Indo-Pak border and Indo-Nepal
border, besides being fabricated in India through a variety of techniques involving the use
of printing presses, colour photo-copiers, scanners and colour printers. Government is
also aware of the sinister designs of the ISI of Pakistan to destablise the economy of the
country .
Information available with the National Crime Records Bureau in connection with
the matter is annexed. It may be pointed out that `Public Order` and `Police` are State
subjects as per the Constitution of India. As such, the registration, investigation,
detection and prevention of crime is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments
and the case wise details in regard to acts of crime are not maintained at the Central level.
(c): The Central Bureau of Investigation has created a Special unit for exclusive
investigation of counterfeit currency notes. The Border Security F orce has alerted its
forward troops to be more vigilant so as to ensure that such currency notes are not
smuggled into the country .
The following steps have been taken by the Ministry of Finance to deal with the
problem of fake currency.
(i) A High Level Committee has been constituted, with representation from
the Department of Economic Affairs, Reserve Bank of India, Ministry of
Home Affairs/National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), to go into the
entire gamut of issues pertaining to the security dimensions of Indian
currency.
(ii) Currency and Coinage division has set up a six-member Fact Finding
Committee under the convenorship of Shir V .R. Gaikwad, Dy. General
Manager, REI, comprising experts on note-printing/currency `paper, etc.
for examining the fake notes seized in the past in order to enable the
Government to take remedial action vis-il-vis printing and security
features.
(iii) REI has been advised to go in for a publicity campaign about security
features incorporated in the genuine notes so that the members of the
public may distinguish between genuine and fake notes.
STATEMENT SHOWJNG COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY
RECOVERED/`SEIZED ALONGWITH NO OF ACCUSED
(DECEMBER 1999 TO MAY 20OO)
Sl State/UT Recovered (R) Seized (S) Total(R+S) No.of Value Value Value Accused NOP (in Rs) NOP (in Rs) NOP (in Rs) STATES
1 Andhra Pradesh 1851 429290 685 74810 2536 504100 61 2 Arunachal Pradesh 0 O 2 1100 2 1100 0 3 Assam 704 271060 98 38860 802 30992 29 4 Bihar 2725 460650 O O 2725 460650 NA 5 Goa O 0 14 3400 14 3400 4 6 Gujarat 1499 419470 7734 1375760 9233 1795230 18 7 Haryana 0 0 444 190400 444 190400 6 8 Himachal Pradesh O 0 13 1300 13 1300 1 9 Jammu & Kashmir 0 O 42 7000 42 7000 8 10 Kamataka 2026 771570 1355 175240 3381 946810 43 11 Kerala 673 212020 93 31240 766 243260 14 12 Madhya Pradesh 653 290490 0 0 653 290490 NA 13 Maharashtra 5954 1833500 4415 760650 10369 2594150 29 14 Manipur 0 0 45 4900 45 4900 3 15 Meghalaya 0 0 3 1500 3 1500 1 16 Mizoram 0 0 273 132500 273 132500 4 17 Nagaland 0 0 38 3800 38 38OO 1 18 Orissa 26 8510 0 0 26 8510 0 19 Punjab 0 0 2800 600000 2800 6000OO 21 20 Rajasthan 2586 1021150 2 600 2588 1021750 0 21 Sikkim 0 0 0 O 0 0 O 22 Tamil Nadu 2494 589020 5054 527740 7548 1116760 O 23 Tripura 0 0 72 7200 72 7200 8 24 Uttar Pradesh 2155 613780 2103 131320 4258 745100 58 25 WestBengal 5529 1327140 599 91320 6128 1418460 52
Total(States) 28875 8247650 25884 4160640 54759 l2408290 177
UNION TERRITORIES:
26 A&N Islands 0 O O 0 0 0 O 27 Chandigarh 1504 721200 18 8600 1522 729800 4 28 D&N Haveli 0 0 0 O 0 O O 29 Daman & Diu 0 O 1 500 1 500 0 30 Delhi 4460 1249700 21 9300 4481 1259000 4 31 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 32 Pondicherry 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 Total (UTs) 5964 1970900 40 18400 6004 1989300 8
Total(All-lndia) 34839 10218550 25924 4179040 60763 14397590 185
Note: 1) NOP stands for `Number of Pieces` 2) NA stands for `Data not available`