Lok Sabha Question No. 5527 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-02
Subject: Allocation of Kerosene
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: KAMLA DEVI PATLE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  5527 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 nd   APRIL, 2018

## ALLOCATION OF KEROSENE

5527.  SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI  PAATLE :

## पैट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

(a)  the  per  capita,  monthly  availability  and  allocation  of  kerosene  oil  under  Public Distribution System in the country, State/UT-wise;

(b)  whether the allotment of kerosene to all States in the country including Chhattisgarh is  being  made  in  equal  quantity  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor; and

(c) the steps being taken by the Government for supply of kerosene as per demand of people in rural areas especially in tribal areas?

## A N S W E R

पैट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री (श्री धमेन्द र प्रधा

## MINISTER OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a)  to  (c)  :  The  Government  of  India  (Ministry  of  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas) makes   allocation  of   Public  Distribution  System  (PDS)  Kerosene  to  States/UTs  on quarterly basis for cooking and lighting purposes only as per Kerosene (Restriction on Use and Fixation of Ceiling Price)  Order, 1993. Further distribution of PDS Kerosene within  the  States/UTs  under  PDS  network  to  various  categories  of  ration  card holders/consumers  including  the  consumers  of  rural/tribal  areas  is  made  by  the concerned  State/UT.   The  scale  and  criteria  of  distribution  are  also  decided  by respective State/UT.

PDS Kerosene allocation of States/UTs have been rationalized since 2010-11, by taking into account the factors such as increase in domestic LPG/PNG connections, increase in electricity  coverage,  non-lifting  of  PDS Kerosene  quota  by  the  concerned States/UTs  etc.   Accordingly,  allocation  of  PDS  Kerosene  made  to  the  State  of Chhatisgarh  for  the  year  2017-18    is  115056  KL.  State-wise  details  of  quarterly allocation  of  PDS  Kerosene,  including  Chhattisgarh,  for  the  year  2017-18  are  at Annexure.

Further, Ministry  of  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas  has  issued  Order  dated  21 st August, 2012 whereby each State/UT including Chhattisgarh can draw an allocation of one month's quota of Kerosene at non-subsidized rates (inclusive of excise / custom duty / taxes and excluding under-recovery/fiscal subsidy) during each Financial Year, for their special needs.  States/UTs may seek further additional allocation of Kerosene beyond  PDS  allocation  at  non-subsidized  rates  (which  are  lower  than  the  prices  of Kerosene  being  sold  at  market  rates)  from  this  Ministry  after  exhausting  this  one month's quota.

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Annexure referred to in reply to parts  (a) and (b)  of the Lok Sabha unstarred question No.  5527    asked  by    Shrimati  Kamla  Devi  Paatle  for  answer  on  02.04.2018  regarding Allocation of Kerosene .

## State-wise quarterly allocation of  PDS kerosene including Chhatisgarh for the year 2017-18

|                     | Quarterly allocation in KL   | Quarterly allocation in KL   | Quarterly allocation in KL   | Quarterly allocation in KL   | Quarterly allocation in KL   |
|---------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| State               | Q1 (April to June)           | Q2 (July to Sept.)           | Q3 (Oct. to Dec.)            | Q4 (Jan. to March)           | Total (2017-18)              |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 28212                        | 28212                        | 0                            | 0                            | 56424                        |
| A &NIslands         | 1032                         | 1032                         | 1032                         | 1032                         | 4128                         |
| Arunachal Pradesh   | 1980                         | 1980                         | 1980                         | 1980                         | 7920                         |
| Assam               | 61464                        | 61464                        | 61464                        | 61464                        | 245856                       |
| Bihar               | 151032                       | 151032                       | 110220                       | 83148                        | 495432                       |
| Chhattisgarh        | 28764                        | 28764                        | 28764                        | 28764                        | 115056                       |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 288                          | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 288                          |
| Daman &Diu          | 132                          | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 132                          |
| Goa                 | 576                          | 576                          | 576                          | 531                          | 2259                         |
| Gujarat             | 86280                        | 86280                        | 85980                        | 85980                        | 344520                       |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 3624                         | 3624                         | 3624                         | 3624                         | 14496                        |
| Jammu and Kashmir   | 14520                        | 10980                        | 16488                        | 16488                        | 58476                        |
| Jharkhand           | 46692                        | 46692                        | 46692                        | 46692                        | 186768                       |
| Karnataka           | 39000                        | 39000                        | 39000                        | 39000                        | 156000                       |
| Kerala              | 15456                        | 15456                        | 13908                        | 13908                        | 58728                        |
| Lakshadweep         | 768                          | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 768                          |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 88476                        | 88476                        | 84048                        | 84048                        | 345048                       |
| Maharashtra         | 98640                        | 98640                        | 93708                        | 93708                        | 384696                       |
| Manipur             | 4476                         | 4476                         | 4476                         | 4476                         | 17904                        |
| Meghalaya           | 4860                         | 4860                         | 4860                         | 4860                         | 19440                        |
| Mizoram             | 1200                         | 1200                         | 1200                         | 1200                         | 4800                         |
| Nagaland            | 3204                         | 3204                         | 3204                         | 2565                         | 12177                        |
| Odisha              | 62112                        | 62112                        | 62112                        | 62112                        | 248448                       |
| Puducherry          | 480                          | 320                          | 0                            | 0                            | 800                          |
| Rajasthan           | 64992                        | 64992                        | 64992                        | 64992                        | 259968                       |
| Sikkim              | 864                          | 864                          | 864                          | 864                          | 3456                         |
| Tamil Nadu          | 53820                        | 53820                        | 48444                        | 48444                        | 204528                       |
| Telangana           | 27204                        | 27204                        | 24480                        | 24480                        | 103368                       |
| Tripura             | 7344                         | 7344                         | 7344                         | 7344                         | 29376                        |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 233640                       | 233640                       | 221964                       | 221964                       | 911208                       |
| Uttrakhand          | 6336                         | 6336                         | 6336                         | 6336                         | 25344                        |
| West Bengal         | 176004                       | 176004                       | 176004                       | 176004                       | 704016                       |
| Total               | 1313472                      | 1308584                      | 1213764                      | 1186008                      | 5021828                      |