Selling of Tobacco Products Near School Premises

July 24, 2019
healthysoch
New Delhi, July 24,2019 :

Section- 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) prohibits sale of cigarettes or any other tobacco products to any person who is under eighteen years of age; and in an area within a radius of one hundred yards of any educational institution

The enforcement of provisions of COTPA, 2003 and Rules made thereunder is the responsibility of the States/Union Territories. As reported by States/Union Territories, violation of Section-6 is noticed. The number of persons fined and amount of fine collected for violation of the provisions of Section 6 during 2018 – 2019 is given below:

Challan Details under Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 (COTPA, 2003) for 2018-19

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

 

  2018-19
States/UTs Section-6(a) Section-6(b)
  No.

of persons fined

Amount collected (in Rs.) No.

of persons fined

Amount collected (in Rs.)
Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 1 200
Assam 0 0 62 4240
Bihar 130 950 138 2400
Chhattisgarh 321 65726 990 8690
Delhi 299 93000
472
178510
Gujarat 8712* 1434970* 8712* 1434970*
Haryana 70 1400 0 0
Jammu and Kashmir 0 0 01 200
Jharkhand 318 63600 78 15600
Karnataka 945 125123 1139 114195
Kerala 75 103000 843 113100
Madhya Pradesh 41 3720 117 14580
Maharashtra 905 184650 1006 209160
Mizoram 34 3,720 83 5,850
Nagaland 0 0 266 49,930
Puducherry 0 0 24 8700
Punjab 23886~ 1314215~ 23886~ 1314215~
Rajasthan 29885~ 95487 29885~ 5000
Sikkim 07 900 11 1870
Tamil Nadu 1581 330300 4844 1010400
Tripura 23 2180 1 200
Uttar Pradesh 34 6750 22 4320
Uttarakhand 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 and Section-6 of COTPA, 2003 collectively.

For effective implementation of this Section, Central Government has authorized officers from various Departments and advises States/Union Territories, from time to time, for the strict compliance of Section-6 of COTPA, 2003. On 31.05.2019, the Ministry has also issued the “Guidelines for Tobacco Free Educational Institution(Revised)”.

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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