Implementation of Smoking Ban at Public Places

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Section (4) of the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 (COTPA 2003) prohibits smoking in public places provided that in a hotel having thirty rooms or a restaurant having seating capacity of thirty persons or more and in the airports, a separate provision for smoking area or space may be made.

The enforcement of provisions of COTPA, 2003 and Rules made thereunder primarily lies with the States/Union Territories. For effective implementation of this Section, Central Government has notified authorized officers from various Departments and also advised States/Union Territories, from time to time, for strict compliance of COTPA, 2003.

As per the information received from States/Union Territories, the number of persons fined and amount of fine collected for violation of the provisions of Sections 4 & 6 of COTPA, 2003 during the last three years is given below:

Status of the number of people fined/challaned and amount collected for violation of Sections -4 & 6 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 (COTPA, 2003) for last three years

(As per the information received from the States/Union Territories)

2016-17

States/UTs	Section-4		Section-6(a)		Section-6(b)
	No. of persons fined	Amount collected (in Rs.)	No. of persons fined	Amount collected (in Rs.)	No. of persons fined	Amount collected (in Rs.)
Andhra Pradesh	4850	599970	0	0	0	0
Arunachal Pradesh	8	1600	0	0	2	400
Assam	271	67,890	58	11,500	396	79,690
Bihar	1893	285445	590	33605	0	0
Chandigarh	443	208800	0	0	0	0
Chhattisgarh	81	15780	10	2250	0	0
Delhi	1727	313015	1211	399595	635	203210
Gujarat	63020	4696500	5504*	956870*	5504*	956870*
Haryana	3879	302214	0	0	4	800
Himachal Pradesh	46258	75,52,000	0	0	0	0
Jammu and Kashmir	628	47595	05	150	53	4950
Jharkhand	112	15974	51	10200	0	0
Karnataka	19235	2075581	88	13850	209	31570
Kerala	162606	33893900	714	445850	3786	1137800
Madhya Pradesh	11	640	0	0	0	0
Maharashtra	715^	109480^	715^	109480^	715^	109480^
Mizoram	961	66,360	30	1,340	0	0
Nagaland	0	0	0	0	229	43,850
Puducherry	0	0	73	17800	0	0
Punjab	26909~	1515062~	26909~	1515062~	26909~	1515062~
Rajasthan	186488~	2859396	186488~	220305	186488~	10250
Sikkim	38	4650	15	3000	13	2150
Tamil Nadu	17194	3001980	1272	279050	2790	519540
Telangana	3293	3293	0	0	0	0
Uttar Pradesh	3277	308701	74	11920	67	10700
Uttarakhand	731	99650	115	20350	0	0

2017-18

States/UTs	Section-4		Section-6(a)		Section-6(b)
	No. of persons fined	Amount collected (in Rs.)	No. of persons fined	Amount collected (in Rs.)	No. of persons fined	Amount collected (in Rs.)
Andhra Pradesh	2313	287150	0	0	0	0
Arunachal Pradesh	4	800	0	0	4	800
Assam	230	43232	39	10300	256	41,238
Bihar	2091	328825	483	47942	0	0
Chandigarh	3776	755200	0	0	0	0
Chhattisgarh	942	170910	148	25120	10	620
Delhi	4311	928980	771	273250	256	111300
Gujarat	66345	5081763	4816*	805315*	4816*	805315*
Haryana	3017	199262	0	0	0	0
Himachal Pradesh	36120	37,35,203	0	0	0	0
Jammu and Kashmir	447	29580	02	200	0	0
Jharkhand	650	93563	276	55200	45	9000
Karnataka	33226	2975547	1546	185870	948	109325
Kerala	110028	21277150	657	373750	3513	514080
Madhya Pradesh	191	14880	3	300	4	200
Maharashtra	4249	338670	380	64528	117	21070
Mizoram	445	27,500	35	1,750	13	2,600
Nagaland	0	0	0	0	129	25,740
Puducherry	0	0	25	3800	0	0
Punjab	25139~	1546895~	25139~	1546895~	25139~	1546895~
Rajasthan	20027~	1530216	20027~	87290	20027~	11280
Sikkim	27	4400	05	800	14	2450
Tamil Nadu	15499	2702155	1024	219250	4058	837750
Telangana	3293	580010	0	0	0	0
Uttar Pradesh	1310	131458	77	14590	22	4200
Uttarakhand	1541	85946	9	1200	1	100

2018-19

States/UTs	Section-4		Section-6(a)		Section-6(b)
	No. of persons fined	Amount collected (in Rs.)	No. of persons fined	Amount collected (in Rs.)	No. of persons fined	Amount collected (in Rs.)
Andhra Pradesh	961	158730	0	0	0	0
Arunachal Pradesh	5	1000	0	0	1	200
Assam	27	148	0	0	62	4240
Bihar	555	62796	130	950	138	2400
Chandigarh	1511	302200	0	0	0	0
Chhattisgarh	1355	185079	321	65726	990	8690
Delhi	5805	1043720	299	93000	472	178510
Gujarat	65770	5109367	8712*	1434970*	8712*	1434970*
Haryana	3528	298224	70	1400	0	0
Himachal Pradesh	56936	50,54,267	0	0	0	0
Jammu and Kashmir	858	30,480	0	0	01	200
Jharkhand	820	114785	318	63600	78	15600
Karnataka	45558	4541572	945	125123	1139	114195
Kerala	23129	4498800	75	103000	843	113100
Madhya Pradesh	565	37580	41	3720	117	14580
Maharashtra	10517	2594247	905	184650	1006	209160
Mizoram	515	31,150	34	3,720	83	5,850
Nagaland	16	3,200	0	0	266	49,930
Puducherry	0	0	0	0	24	8700
Punjab	23886~	1314215~	23886~	1314215~	23886~	1314215~
Rajasthan	29885~	2544836	29885~	95487	29885~	5000
Sikkim	17	2600	07	900	11	1870
Tamil Nadu	21027	6632860	1581	330300	4844	1010400
Telangana	927	139100	0	0	0	0
Tripura	15	2620	23	2180	1	200
Uttar Pradesh	1221	158610	34	6750	22	4320
Uttarakhand	5407	272450	57	8300	213	10800

* Total number of persons fined/amount collected under Section-6(a) and Section-6(b) of COTPA, 2003 collectively.

^ Total number of persons fined/amount collected under Section-4, Section-5, Section-6(a), Section-6(b) and Section-7 of COTPA, 2003 collectively.

~Total number of persons fined/amount collected under Section-4 and Section-6 of COTPA, 2003 collectively

The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.

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