Lok Sabha Question No. 262 (STARRED), answered on 2016-12-05
Subject: New Petrol Pumps
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: SUBHASH PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.262 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5TH DECEMBER, 2016

## NEW PETROL PUMPS

*262.    SHRI SUBHASH PATEL :

## QUESTION

पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the number of functional petrol pumps in urban areas is far ahead of those in rural areas and if so, the details thereof, OMC-wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to open new petrol pumps in the rural and urban areas of the country in proportion to the population and if so, the details thereof, State/UT/ OMC-wise;
- (c)    the  number  of  cases  for  opening  of  new  petrol  pumps  considered  / scrutinized and interviewed and draws held during the last three years and the current year; and
- (d) whether there has been considerable delay in opening retail outlets and if so, the details thereof along with the reasons for delay in opening up of such petrol pumps in the country, State /UT/OMC-wise?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्य मंत्री ( स्विंत्र प्रभार ) ( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान )

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) to (d)  - A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. 262 ASKED BY SHRI SUBHASH PATEL FOR ANSWER ON 05.12.2016 REGARDING NEW PETROL PUMPS.

( a) : Yes. State/UT-wise number of existing Urban and Rural Retail Outlets (ROs) of Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) throughout the country as on 01.10.2016 are given in Annexure-I .

(b) :  Expansion of Retail Outlet sales network by OMCs throughout the country is  a  continuous  process  to  ensure  adequate  availability  of  motoring  fuels  like petrol and diesel in upcoming urban as well as in the rural areas. Retail Outlets are set up by OMCs at identified locations based on field survey and feasibility studies. Locations found to be having sufficient potential and  which  are economically  viable  are  rostered  in  the  Marketing  Plans  for  setting  up  retail outlets.

The State/UT-wise number of retail outlets allotted to the Rural / Urban areas by OMCs  which  are  pending  for  commissioning  as  on  01.10.2016  are  given  in Anneuxre-II.

(c)  :  The State/UT-wise number of retail outlet dealership locations advertised by  OMCs during the last three  years  and current  year,  the  response  received, scrutinized, the numbers of selections done and the locations commissioned out of these are given in Anneuxre-III.

(d) :  Allotment / setting up of Retail Outlet dealerships involves various steps like advertisement, interviews /  selection  of  dealers,  field  verification  of  credentials, issue  of  LOI,  procurement  of  land,  obtaining  necessary  Statutory  approvals, construction  etc. All efforts are made to expedite the process of dealer selection. However,  sometimes,  there  are  delays  due  to  complaint  and  reference,  court cases, applications getting rejected during scrutiny, rejection of candidate during Field  Verification  of  Credentials  (FVC)  etc.  Once  the  candidate  gets  rejected during FVC, then redraw has to be conducted. The process goes on till all the eligible candidates for draw are exhausted.

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## Annexure I

## Anneuxre referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.262 for 05-12-2016 asked by Shri Subhash Patel, Hon`ble MP regarding "New Petrol Pumps".

## INDUSTRY - STATE/UT/OMC-WISE EXISTING ROs AS OF 01.10.2016

|                      | IOC   | IOC   | HPC   | HPC   | BPC   | BPC   | INDUSTRY   | INDUSTRY   |
|----------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|------------|------------|
| STATES               | URBAN | RURAL | URBAN | RURAL | URBAN | RURAL | URBAN      | RURAL      |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    | 10    | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     | 10         | 0          |
| ANDHRA PRADESH       | 843   | 367   | 730   | 212   | 591   | 125   | 2164       | 704        |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 47    | 1     | 0     | 0     | 7     | 1     | 54         | 2          |
| ASSAM                | 410   | 94    | 88    | 3     | 122   | 11    | 620        | 108        |
| BIHAR                | 826   | 542   | 360   | 122   | 451   | 174   | 1637       | 838        |
| CHANDIGARH           | 20    | 0     | 10    | 0     | 10    | 0     | 40         | 0          |
| CHATTISGARH          | 326   | 160   | 226   | 107   | 182   | 92    | 734        | 359        |
| DADRA NAGAR & HAVELI | 8     | 3     | 11    | 0     | 3     | 1     | 22         | 4          |
| DAMAN & DIU          | 10    | 1     | 10    | 0     | 7     | 0     | 27         | 1          |
| DELHI                | 189   | 0     | 97    | 0     | 108   | 0     | 394        | 0          |
| GOA                  | 29    | 2     | 32    | 4     | 45    | 2     | 106        | 8          |
| GUJARAT              | 1115  | 166   | 718   | 32    | 710   | 81    | 2543       | 279        |
| HARYANA              | 945   | 405   | 461   | 219   | 300   | 95    | 1706       | 719        |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 176   | 43    | 103   | 8     | 58    | 5     | 337        | 56         |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR      | 164   | 57    | 101   | 29    | 107   | 28    | 372        | 114        |
| JHARKHAND            | 362   | 136   | 241   | 27    | 250   | 73    | 853        | 236        |
| KARNATAKA            | 1336  | 482   | 707   | 190   | 874   | 101   | 2917       | 773        |
| KERALA               | 655   | 233   | 439   | 153   | 422   | 43    | 1516       | 429        |
| LAKSHADWEEP          | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0          | 0          |
| MADHYA PRADESH       | 874   | 445   | 598   | 232   | 693   | 243   | 2165       | 920        |
| MAHARASHTRA          | 1509  | 362   | 1365  | 202   | 1404  | 286   | 4278       | 850        |
| MANIPUR              | 48    | 21    | 0     | 0     | 11    | 0     | 59         | 21         |
| MEGHALAYA            | 106   | 12    | 21    | 2     | 38    | 2     | 165        | 16         |
| MIZORAM              | 28    | 3     | 3     | 0     | 2     | 0     | 33         | 3          |
| NAGALAND             | 41    | 5     | 3     | 0     | 9     | 0     | 53         | 5          |
| ODISHA               | 471   | 289   | 224   | 93    | 328   | 92    | 1023       | 474        |
| PUDUCHERRY           | 61    | 19    | 31    | 8     | 32    | 0     | 124        | 27         |
| PUNJAB               | 1241  | 448   | 600   | 280   | 449   | 162   | 2290       | 890        |
| RAJASTHAN            | 1200  | 460   | 819   | 175   | 687   | 140   | 2706       | 775        |
| SIKKIM               | 13    | 4     | 7     | 0     | 16    | 7     | 36         | 11         |
| TAMIL NADU           | 1513  | 501   | 990   | 184   | 1168  | 164   | 3671       | 849        |
| TELANGANA            | 719   | 200   | 510   | 139   | 487   | 91    | 1716       | 430        |
| TRIPURA              | 53    | 9     | 0     | 0     | 2     | 0     | 55         | 9          |
| UTTAR PRADESH        | 2438  | 997   | 1042  | 353   | 1099  | 240   | 4579       | 1590       |
| UTTARAKHAND          | 215   | 31    | 120   | 46    | 101   | 15    | 436        | 92         |
| WEST BENGAL          | 815   | 313   | 419   | 71    | 465   | 105   | 1699       | 489        |
| ALL-INDIA            | 18816 | 6811  | 11086 | 2891  | 11238 | 2379  | 41140      | 12081      |

## Annexure II

## Anneuxre referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.262 for 05-12-2016 asked by Shri Subhash Patel, Hon`ble MP regarding "New Petrol Pumps".

## INDUSTRY - STATE/UT-WISE PENDING LOIs AS OF 01.10.2016

| STATES               |   URBAN |   RURAL |   TOTAL |
|----------------------|---------|---------|---------|
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    |       2 |       0 |       2 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH       |     215 |      86 |     301 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH    |       0 |       0 |       0 |
| ASSAM                |      88 |      29 |     117 |
| BIHAR                |     204 |     156 |     360 |
| CHANDIGARH           |       1 |       0 |       1 |
| CHATTISGARH          |     129 |      51 |     180 |
| DADRA NAGAR & HAVELI |       5 |       0 |       5 |
| DAMAN & DIU          |       2 |       0 |       2 |
| DELHI                |      27 |       0 |      27 |
| GOA                  |      24 |      10 |      34 |
| GUJARAT              |     389 |      57 |     446 |
| HARYANA              |     310 |     181 |     491 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH     |      46 |      14 |      60 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR      |      50 |      16 |      66 |
| JHARKHAND            |      90 |      31 |     121 |
| KARNATAKA            |     266 |     122 |     388 |
| KERALA               |     107 |      80 |     187 |
| LAKSHADWEEP          |       0 |       0 |       0 |
| MADHYA PRADESH       |     433 |     178 |     611 |
| MAHARASHTRA          |     773 |     203 |     976 |
| MANIPUR              |       0 |       0 |       0 |
| MEGHALAYA            |      17 |       0 |      17 |
| MIZORAM              |       6 |       1 |       7 |
| NAGALAND             |       5 |       0 |       5 |
| ODISHA               |     135 |      45 |     180 |
| PUDUCHERRY           |      11 |       1 |      12 |
| PUNJAB               |     109 |      85 |     194 |
| RAJASTHAN            |     471 |     167 |     638 |
| SIKKIM               |       6 |       2 |       8 |
| TAMIL NADU           |     227 |      86 |     313 |
| TELANGANA            |     202 |      84 |     286 |
| TRIPURA              |       5 |       0 |       5 |
| UTTAR PRADESH        |     512 |     220 |     732 |
| UTTARAKHAND          |      81 |      10 |      91 |
| WEST BENGAL          |     112 |      49 |     161 |
| ALL-INDIA            |    5060 |    1964 |    7024 |

## Anneuxre referred to in reply to part (c ) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.262 for 05-12-2016 asked by Shri Subhash Patel, Hon`ble MP regarding "New Petrol Pumps".

## INDUSTRY - LOCATIONS ADVERTISED, RESPONCE RECEIVED, SCRUTINISED &

## COMMISSIONED

## DURING LAST THREE YEARS AND IN CURRENT YEAR (APR-SEP'16)

| STATES                  |   Locations advertise d |   Respons e received |   Locations progressed after scrutiny |   Selection s done |   Locations Commissione d |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR       |                       9 |                    7 |                                     0 |                  0 |                         0 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH          |                    1333 |                  548 |                                   347 |                206 |                       113 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH       |                      47 |                   46 |                                    15 |                  1 |                         0 |
| ASSAM                   |                     330 |                  201 |                                   101 |                 61 |                         8 |
| BIHAR                   |                    2423 |                 1205 |                                   501 |                344 |                        92 |
| CHANDIGARH              |                       0 |                    0 |                                     0 |                  0 |                         0 |
| CHATTISGARH             |                    1095 |                  493 |                                   338 |                162 |                        47 |
| DADRA NAGAR & HAVELI    |                      25 |                    5 |                                     5 |                  1 |                         1 |
| DAMAN & DIU             |                      26 |                    1 |                                     1 |                  1 |                         0 |
| DELHI                   |                      33 |                   12 |                                     4 |                  1 |                         0 |
| GOA                     |                      96 |                   26 |                                    21 |                  2 |                         0 |
| GUJARAT                 |                    3074 |                 1074 |                                   747 |                441 |                       175 |
| HARYANA                 |                    1529 |                  731 |                                   445 |                272 |                        48 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH        |                     188 |                   85 |                                    58 |                 42 |                        23 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR         |                     240 |                   94 |                                    38 |                 25 |                         8 |
| JHARKHAND               |                     978 |                  314 |                                   194 |                129 |                        67 |
| KARNATAKA               |                    2204 |                  879 |                                   555 |                355 |                        48 |
| KERALA                  |                    1214 |                  365 |                                   169 |                151 |                        54 |
| LAKSHADWEEP             |                       0 |                    0 |                                     0 |                  0 |                         0 |
| MADHYA PRADESH          |                    2843 |                 1276 |                                   704 |                544 |                       157 |
| MAHARASHTRA             |                    3914 |                 1973 |                                  1179 |                836 |                       106 |
| MANIPUR                 |                      42 |                   41 |                                    29 |                  0 |                         1 |
| MEGHALAYA               |                      21 |                   20 |                                    19 |                  2 |                         0 |
| MIZORAM                 |                      51 |                   47 |                                    21 |                  4 |                         0 |
| NAGALAND                |                      39 |                   36 |                                    13 |                  1 |                         0 |
| ODISHA                  |                    1090 |                  363 |                                   175 |                137 |                        81 |
| PUNJAB                  |                    3809 |                 1548 |                                   674 |                489 |                       124 |
| RAJASTHAN               |                    2466 |                 1324 |                                   775 |                503 |                       145 |
| SIKKIM                  |                      58 |                   24 |                                    12 |                  9 |                         2 |
| TAMIL NADU & PUDUCHERRY |                    2791 |                 1203 |                                   504 |                352 |                        45 |
| TELANGANA               |                    1074 |                  606 |                                   414 |                200 |                        76 |
| TRIPURA                 |                      39 |                   30 |                                    10 |                  3 |                         1 |
| UTTAR PRADESH           |                    3951 |                 2588 |                                   941 |                571 |                       146 |
| UTTARAKHAND             |                     344 |                  149 |                                   101 |                 52 |                        27 |
| WEST BENGAL             |                    1475 |                  358 |                                   230 |                178 |                        70 |
| ALL-INDIA               |                   38851 |                17672 |                                  9340 |               6075 |                      1665 |