The Government has also decided to review various provisions of the Arms Act, 1959 and Arms Rules, 1962 with regard to grant of arms licences for possession of arms and ammunition by individuals and manufacture of fire-arms in the country.

This also includes a proposal to make a provision under the Arms Rules, under which the Licensing Authorities will be required to maintain a database and to share the data with the Central Government which shall maintain a national database

This was stated by Shri Mullappally Ramachandran, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs , in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.