Lok Sabha Question No. 3138 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-06
Subject: Subsidy on Kerosene
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT, KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3138 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH  AUGUST, 2018

## Subsidy on Kerosene

## †3138. SHRI ARVIND SAWANT: SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

## पेट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a) whether the Government has not paid heavy amount of outstanding subsidy on kerosene to public sector oil companies;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, company-wise along with the reasons therefor and the time by which the said outstanding amount is likely to be paid;
- (c)  the  State/UT-wise  details  of  kerosene  allocation  to  different  States  on  subsidised  rate during each of the last three years; and
- (d) whether the Government  has  declared/proposes to declare certain States/  Union Territories kerosene free and if so, the details thereof along with names of such States?

## ANSWER पेट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री (श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान) MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS

## (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) & (b) There is no payment outstanding to Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies on account  of subsidy/ under-recovery  on  PDS  kerosene  for  the  period  till 31.03.2018.
- (c) & (d)       The  State/UT-wise  details  of  PDS  kerosene  allocation  to  different  States  on subsidized rate during each of the last three years are given at Annexure. Eight State  Governments/UTs  (Delhi,  Chandigarh,  Puducherry,  Dadra  and  Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab) have already cut their PDS Kerosene allocation to nil.

Annexure Statement referred to in reply to parts (c) & (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3138 asked by Shri Arvind Sawant and Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane to be answered on 6 th August, 2018 regarding 'Subsidy  on Kerosene'.

| Quantity inKL       | Quantity inKL   | Quantity inKL   | Quantity inKL   |
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| STATE               | 2015-16         | 2016-17         | 2017-18         |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 266676          | 225696          | 56424           |
| A &NIslands         | 5772            | 5160            | 4128            |
| Arunachal Pradesh   | 10320           | 9288            | 7920            |
| Assam               | 321372          | 289248          | 245856          |
| Bihar               | 796704          | 710736          | 495432          |
| Chandigarh          | 2988            | 0               | 0               |
| Chhattisgarh        | 172272          | 135384          | 115056          |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 1836            | 1656            | 288             |
| Daman &Diu          | 828             | 756             | 132             |
| Delhi               | 0               | 0               | 0               |
| Goa                 | 5136            | 4620            | 2259            |
| Gujarat             | 657336          | 493008          | 344520          |
| Haryana             | 88344           | 66252           | 0               |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 24144           | 18120           | 14496           |
| Jammu &Kashmir      | 81180           | 73056           | 58476           |
| Jharkhand           | 262572          | 219696          | 186768          |
| Karnataka           | 509832          | 287532          | 156000          |
| Kerala              | 117780          | 88344           | 58728           |
| Lakshadweep         | 984             | 936             | 768             |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 589824          | 442368          | 345048          |
| Maharashtra         | 626256          | 563640          | 384696          |
| Manipur             | 23388           | 21060           | 17904           |
| Meghalaya           | 25428           | 22884           | 19440           |
| Mizoram             | 6672            | 6012            | 4800            |
| Nagaland            | 16752           | 15084           | 12177           |
| Odisha              | 389724          | 292296          | 248448          |
| Puducherry          | 4260            | 3840            | 800             |
| Punjab              | 85380           | 74334           | 0               |
| Rajasthan           | 495180          | 371400          | 259968          |
| Sikkim              | 5712            | 4296            | 3456            |
| Tamil Nadu          | 341724          | 307560          | 204528          |
| Telengana           | 174480          | 155436          | 103368          |
| Tripura             | 38400           | 34560           | 29376           |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 1557600         | 1168212         | 911208          |
| Uttarakhand         | 35196           | 31692           | 25344           |
| West Bengal         | 943332          | 788868          | 704016          |
| ALL INDIA           | 8685384         | 6933030         | 5021828         |