Lok Sabha Question No. 889 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-21
Subject: Allotment of Petrol Pump to SC/ST Community
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: UDIT RAJ, KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.889 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST  NOVEMBER, 2016

## ALLOTMENT OF PETROL PUMP TO SC/ST COMMUNITY

## 889. DR. UDIT RAJ :

SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN :

## पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

(a) whether the Government has framed any guidelines for allotment of new petrol pumps/cooking gas agencies to the persons belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) and OBCs by Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) and if so, the details thereof and the salient features of the same;

(b)  the  total  number  of  existing  petrol  pumps/gas  agencies  allotted  to  the  persons belonging  to  SCs/STs  categories  so  far,  OMCs/State/UT-wise  along  with  efforts made by the Government/OMCs to fill up the quota to  the  said categories  as  per reservation policy and the time by which the said allotment is likely to be made;

(c)  whether  the  cases  of  allotment  of  petrol  pumps/gas  agencies  to  SCs/STs community by OMCs are pending during the last three years and the current year ;

(d) if so, the details thereof and the number of petrol pumps/gas agencies owned by said categories of people cancelled so far along with the concrete steps taken /being taken by the Government in this regard; and

(e) Whether there is a marked disinclination amongst States to allot land for such petrol pumps to SCs/STs particularly in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha and if so, the details thereof and the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## 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)  :  The  guidelines  for  selection  of  Retail  Outlet  dealerships/LPG  distributorships have a provision of 22.5% reservation for SCs/STs and 27% reservation for OBCs in allotment of retail outlet dealerships as a special dispensation. Within SC/ST, OBC & Open categories there is reservation for Defence personnel, Para Military Personnel/Central/State Govt. and Central/State PSU employees, Physically Handicapped Persons, Outstanding Sports Persons and Freedom Fighters as given below (except Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Mizoram) :

Contd….

| CATEGORY                                                                           | SC/ST   | OBC   | OPEN   | TOTAL   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|-------|--------|---------|
| COMBINED CATEGORY 1 (CC1)                                                          |         |       |        |         |
| COMPRISING OF :-                                                                   |         |       |        |         |
| (I) DEFENCE PERSONNEL&                                                             | 2%      | 2%    | 4%     | 8%      |
| (II) PARA MILITARY PERSONNEL /CENTRAL /STATE GOVT. AND CENTRAL/STATE PSU EMPLOYEES |         |       |        |         |
| COMBINED CATEGORY 2 (CC2)                                                          |         |       |        |         |
| COMPRISING OF :-                                                                   |         |       |        |         |
| (I) PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS (PH)                                            | 1%      | 1%    | 2%     | 4%      |
| (II) OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONS (OSP) &                                            |         |       |        |         |
| (III) FREEDOM FIGHTERS (FF)                                                        |         |       |        |         |
| SC/ST                                                                              | 19.50%  |       |        | 19.50%  |
| OBC                                                                                |         | 24%   |        | 24%     |
| OPEN                                                                               |         |       | 44.50% | 44.50%  |
| TOTAL                                                                              | 22.50%  | 27%   | 50.50% | 100%    |

Reservations  in  states  of  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Meghalaya,  Nagaland  and  Mizoram are as under : -

| State             |   Percentage of Regular & Rural RO dealerships to be awarded to ST category |   Balance % to be awarded to Open Category |
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Arunachal Pradesh |                                                                          70 |                                         30 |
| Meghalaya         |                                                                          80 |                                         20 |
| Nagaland          |                                                                          80 |                                         20 |
| Mizoram           |                                                                          90 |                                         10 |

(b)  to  (e): State/UT-wise  existing  number  of  Retail  Outlet  Dealerships  under SCs/STs  categories  as  on  01-10-2016  are  given  in Annexure-I and  that  of  LPG Distributorships under SCs/STs category as on 01-11-2016 is given in Annexure-II.

The State/UT-wise numbers of LOIs pending for commissioning of RO/LPG under SC/ST category as on 01-11-2016 are given in Annexure-III & Annexure-IV.

The  efforts  made  by  Government/OMCs  to  fill  up  the  quota  in  allotment  of  petrol pumps/LPG agencies to  the  reserved  categories  as  per  reservation  policy  are  as follows :

## Retail Outlets -

Extension  of  time  limit  has  been  approved  by  MoPNG  for  a  further  period  of  2 years i.e. upto 31-3-2018 or for a period of five years from date of issue of offer letter, whichever is later, to the pending LOI holders of SC/ST and other eligible candidates under corpus fund scheme to arrange land at a place of their choice anywhere in the country

irrespective  of  State/Class  of  market  subject  to  the  offered  land  meeting  techno commercial viability  norms  has  been  granted  by  MoPNG.  In  addition  there  is  a policy of divestment of temporary COCO for the certain categories of pending LOI holders including SCs/STs.

Also MoPNG had written to Chief Ministers of all States/UTs to make the suitable plots available  especially  for  SCs/STs  categories  for  fuel  retailing  so  that  they  could  be preferentially allotted to SCs/STs categories of allottees to meet the States/UTs objective of social upliftment.

## LPG -

- (i) One time option is given to all eligible persons to arrange land/godown at a place of their choice anywhere in the country irrespective of State/Class of market subject, to  the  offered  site  meeting  techno  commercial  viability  norms.  The  LOIs  holder  / empanelled candidate will take prior written consent of the OMC before incurring any expenditure on land / go down.
- (ii) Where resitement of LOI is in another state the location will be adjusted in the roster of that state.
- (iii)  LOIs / empanelment of those candidates who fail to utilize this option within a period of one year will be cancelled.
- (iv)  Locations  of  existing  LOIs  /  panel  will  be  rostered  afresh  and  advertised  as  per current selection guidelines.

OMCs work out the backlog for SC/ST category based on the outlets commissioned, COCO`s  divested  and  LOI`s  issued.  The  number  of  these  locations  are  first advertised as a Backlog Roster as per new guidelines. The new 200 point roster is then prepared as envisaged in new dealer selection guidelines for RO dealerships / LPG  distributorships  under  various  categories  (in  all  the  States  except  Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Mizoram) for each state on industry basis so as to ensure the percentage reservation as envisaged by MoPNG for each category is achieved.

****

Referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.889 asked by Dr. Udit Raj and Shri K.N. Ramachandran regarding Allotment of Petrol Pump to SC/ST Community.

| DETAILS PERSONS   | STATE / UT        | OF EXISTING PETROL PUMPS ALLOTTED TO SCs/STs CATEGORIES AS ON 01/10/2016   | OF EXISTING PETROL PUMPS ALLOTTED TO SCs/STs CATEGORIES AS ON 01/10/2016   | OF EXISTING PETROL PUMPS ALLOTTED TO SCs/STs CATEGORIES AS ON 01/10/2016   |
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| DETAILS PERSONS   | STATE / UT        | IOCL                                                                       | BPCL                                                                       | HPCL                                                                       |
| 1                 | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 141                                                                        | 86                                                                         | 133                                                                        |
| 2                 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 40                                                                         | 6                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 3                 | ASSAM             | 68                                                                         | 21                                                                         | 12                                                                         |
| 4                 | BIHAR             | 93                                                                         | 42                                                                         | 57                                                                         |
| 5                 | CHHATTISGARH      | 59                                                                         | 26                                                                         | 34                                                                         |
| 6                 | DELHI             | 20                                                                         | 6                                                                          | 4                                                                          |
| 7                 | GOA               | 0                                                                          | 1                                                                          | 5                                                                          |
| 8                 | GUJARAT           | 118                                                                        | 51                                                                         | 80                                                                         |
| 9                 | HARYANA           | 89                                                                         | 40                                                                         | 63                                                                         |
| 10                | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 32                                                                         | 6                                                                          | 22                                                                         |
| 11                | JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 7                                                                          | 8                                                                          | 22                                                                         |
| 12                | JHARKHAND         | 48                                                                         | 21                                                                         | 30                                                                         |
| 13                | KARNATAKA         | 143                                                                        | 71                                                                         | 156                                                                        |
| 14                | KERALA            | 100                                                                        | 64                                                                         | 75                                                                         |
| 15                | MADHYA PRADESH    | 87                                                                         | 78                                                                         | 88                                                                         |
| 16                | MAHARASHTRA       | 159                                                                        | 147                                                                        | 134                                                                        |
| 17                | MANIPUR           | 20                                                                         | 2                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 18                | MEGHALAYA         | 75                                                                         | 28                                                                         | 9                                                                          |
| 19                | MIZORAM           | 19                                                                         | 1                                                                          | 3                                                                          |
| 20                | NAGALAND          | 27                                                                         | 5                                                                          | 3                                                                          |
| 21                | ORISSA            | 106                                                                        | 41                                                                         | 37                                                                         |
| 22                | PUNJAB            | 180                                                                        | 82                                                                         | 141                                                                        |
| 23                | RAJASTHAN         | 183                                                                        | 91                                                                         | 128                                                                        |
| 24                | SIKKIM            | 4                                                                          | 1                                                                          | 1                                                                          |
| 25                | TAMIL NADU        | 214                                                                        | 110                                                                        | 131                                                                        |
| 26                | TELENGANA         | 120                                                                        | 62                                                                         | 79                                                                         |
| 27                | TRIPURA           | 6                                                                          | 1                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 28                | UTTAR PRADESH     | 343                                                                        | 138                                                                        | 165                                                                        |
| 29                | UTTRAKHAND        | 14                                                                         | 15                                                                         | 18                                                                         |
| 30                | WEST BENGAL       | 137                                                                        | 57                                                                         | 65                                                                         |
|                   | UNION TERRITORIES |                                                                            |                                                                            |                                                                            |
| 1                 | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR | 2                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 2                 | CHANDIGARH        | 3                                                                          | 1                                                                          | 1                                                                          |
| 3                 | DADRA & N.HAVELI  | 1                                                                          | 1                                                                          | 2                                                                          |
| 4                 | DAMAN & DIV       | 1                                                                          | 1                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 5                 | LAKSHDWEEP        | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 6                 | PONDICHERRY       | 10                                                                         | 3                                                                          | 5                                                                          |
|                   | TOTAL             | 2669                                                                       | 1314                                                                       | 1703                                                                       |

Annexure -II

Referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.889 asked by Dr. Udit Raj and Shri K.N. Ramachandran regarding Allotment of Petrol Pump to SC/ST Community.

DETAILS  OF  NUMBER  OF  EXISTING  LPG  DISTRIBUTORSHIPS    ALLOTTED  TO PERSONS BELONGING TO SCs/STs CATEGOEIS AS ON 01/11/2016

| Sr. No.   | STATE / UT        | IOCL   | IOCL   | BPCL   | BPCL   | HPCL   | HPCL   |
|-----------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|           |                   | SC     | ST     | SC     | ST     | SC     | ST     |
| 1         | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 64     | 13     | 30     | 7      | 37     | 11     |
| 2         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 0      | 35     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 3         | ASSAM             | 26     | 46     | 6      | 4      | 2      | 6      |
| 4         | BIHAR             | 109    | 6      | 51     | 2      | 37     | 0      |
| 5         | CHHATTISGARH      | 19     | 27     | 6      | 10     | 11     | 24     |
| 6         | DELHI             | 27     | 0      | 16     | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 7         | GOA               | 1      | 0      | 2      | 0      | 7      | 0      |
| 8         | GUJARAT           | 34     | 38     | 10     | 18     | 12     | 19     |
| 9         | HARYANA           | 40     | 0      | 36     | 0      | 16     | 0      |
| 10        | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 12     | 2      | 1      | 0      | 2      | 2      |
| 11        | JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 5      | 4      | 1      | 1      | 8      | 2      |
| 12        | JHARKHAND         | 17     | 25     | 6      | 9      | 11     | 12     |
| 13        | KARNATAKA         | 65     | 13     | 42     | 8      | 43     | 10     |
| 14        | KERALA            | 40     | 4      | 31     | 4      | 23     | 2      |
| 15        | MADHYA PRADESH    | 60     | 48     | 21     | 27     | 28     | 26     |
| 16        | MAHARASHTRA       | 42     | 44     | 62     | 45     | 65     | 42     |
| 17        | MANIPUR           | 0      | 23     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 18        | MEGHALAYA         | 0      | 25     | 0      | 4      | 0      | 0      |
| 19        | MIZORAM           | 0      | 39     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 20        | NAGALAND          | 0      | 35     | 0      | 3      | 0      | 1      |
| 21        | ORISSA            | 18     | 21     | 16     | 10     | 17     | 16     |
| 22        | PUNJAB            | 67     | 0      | 38     | 0      | 31     | 0      |
| 23        | RAJASTHAN         | 57     | 42     | 33     | 18     | 42     | 24     |
| 24        | SIKKIM            | 0      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 25        | TAMIL NADU        | 119    | 3      | 73     | 2      | 49     | 4      |
| 26        | TELENGANA         | 42     | 9      | 29     | 11     | 25     | 16     |
| 27        | TRIPURA           | 5      | 11     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 28        | UTTAR PRADESH     | 304    | 0      | 167    | 1      | 120    | 0      |
| 29        | UTTARANCHAL       | 13     | 2      | 11     | 1      | 2      | 1      |
| 30        | WEST BENGAL       | 88     | 19     | 31     | 7      | 41     | 8      |
|           | UNION TERRITORIES |        |        |        |        |        |        |
| 1         | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 2         | CHANDIGARH        | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 0      |
| 3         | DADRA & N.HAVELI  | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      |
| 4         | DAMAN & DIV       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 5         | LAKSHDWEEP        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 6         | PONDICHERRY TOTAL | 2 1278 | 0 537  | 1 720  | 0 192  | 2 634  | 0 226  |

Referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (c)&(d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.889 asked by Dr. Udit Raj and Shri K.N. Ramachandran regarding Allotment of Petrol Pump to SC/ST Community.

## DETAILS  OF  LOIs  PENDING  FOR  COMMISSIONING  OF  RO  ALLOTTED  TO PERSONS BELONGING TO SCs/STs CATEGORIES AS ON 01/11/2016

|    | STATE / UT        | IOCL   | BPCL   | HPCL   |
|----|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1  | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 42     | 21     | 23     |
| 2  | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 3  | ASSAM             | 13     | 10     | 1      |
| 4  | BIHAR             | 21     | 22     | 21     |
| 5  | CHHATTISGARH      | 11     | 0      | 9      |
| 6  | DELHI             | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 7  | GOA               | 0      | 9      | 3      |
| 8  | GUJARAT           | 38     | 41     | 36     |
| 9  | HARYANA           | 41     | 25     | 49     |
| 10 | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 9      | 1      | 3      |
| 11 | JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 15     | 7      | 8      |
| 12 | JHARKHAND         | 17     | 6      | 11     |
| 13 | KARNATAKA         | 61     | 22     | 22     |
| 14 | KERALA            | 33     | 5      | 9      |
| 15 | MADHYA PRADESH    | 65     | 66     | 17     |
| 16 | MAHARASHTRA       | 78     | 83     | 69     |
| 17 | MANIPUR           | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 18 | MEGHALAYA         | 4      | 0      | 3      |
| 19 | MIZORAM           | 3      | 2      | 0      |
| 20 | NAGALAND          | 2      | 0      | 0      |
| 21 | ORISSA            | 35     | 7      | 15     |
| 22 | PUNJAB            | 28     | 18     | 16     |
| 23 | RAJASTHAN         | 71     | 37     | 36     |
| 24 | SIKKIM            | 1      | 2      | 0      |
| 25 | TAMIL NADU        | 43     | 26     | 22     |
| 26 | TELENGANA         | 41     | 7      | 22     |
| 27 | TRIPURA           | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 28 | UTTAR PRADESH     | 56     | 17     | 36     |
| 29 | UTTRAKHAND        | 17     | 1      | 7      |
| 30 | WEST BENGAL       | 13     | 15     | 5      |
|    | UNION TERRITORIES |        |        |        |
| 1  | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 2  | CHANDIGARH        | 0      | 16     | 0      |
| 3  | DADRA & N.HAVELI  | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 4  | DAMAN & DIV       | 0      | 0      | 1      |
| 5  | LAKSHDWEEP        | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 6  | PONDICHERRY       | 5      | 0      | 2      |
|    | TOTAL             | 765    | 466    | 446    |

## Annexure -IV

Referred to in reply to part (c)&(d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.889 asked by Dr. Udit Raj and Shri K.N. Ramachandran regarding Allotment of Petrol Pump to SC/ST Community.

|    | STATE / UT        | IOCL   | BPCL   | HPCL   |
|----|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
|  1 | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 6      | 2      | 4      |
|  2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 7      | 0      | 0      |
|  3 | ASSAM             | 7      | 1      | 1      |
|  4 | BIHAR             | 4      | 3      | 0      |
|  5 | CHHATTISGARH      | 4      | 2      | 0      |
|  6 | DELHI             | 0      | 1      | 0      |
|  7 | GOA               | 0      | 0      | 1      |
|  8 | GUJARAT           | 6      | 3      | 2      |
|  9 | HARYANA           | 8      | 4      | 6      |
| 10 | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 11 | JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 0      | 0      | 4      |
| 12 | JHARKHAND         | 0      | 1      | 1      |
| 13 | KARNATAKA         | 10     | 5      | 2      |
| 14 | KERALA            | 3      | 3      | 3      |
| 15 | MADHYA PRADESH    | 5      | 1      | 2      |
| 16 | MAHARASHTRA       | 12     | 7      | 17     |
| 17 | MANIPUR           | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 18 | MEGHALAYA         | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 19 | MIZORAM           | 3      | 0      | 0      |
| 20 | NAGALAND          | 3      | 0      | 0      |
| 21 | ORISSA            | 3      | 5      | 2      |
| 22 | PUNJAB            | 7      | 1      | 1      |
| 23 | RAJASTHAN         | 10     | 8      | 3      |
| 24 | SIKKIM            | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 25 | TAMIL NADU        | 17     | 9      | 5      |
| 26 | TELENGANA         | 2      | 2      | 3      |
| 27 | TRIPURA           | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 28 | UTTAR PRADESH     | 31     | 6      | 9      |
| 29 | UTTRAKHAND        | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 30 | WEST BENGAL       | 16     | 11     | 15     |
| 30 | UNION TERRITORIES |        |        |        |
|  1 | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|  2 | CHANDIGARH        | 1      | 0      | 0      |
|  3 | DADRA & N.HAVELI  | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|  4 | DAMAN & DIV       | 1      | 0      | 0      |
|  5 | LAKSHDWEEP        | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|  6 | PONDICHERRY       | 1      | 0      | 1      |
|  6 | TOTAL             | 169    | 75     | 82     |