Lok Sabha Question No. 912 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Adulteration in Petroleum Products
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL

## ADULTERATION IN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

## 912. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL :

## पैट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a) the number of cases of adulteration in various petroleum products reported during each of the last three years and the current year, product/State/UT-wise;
- (b)      the  number  of  samples  of  petrol  and diesel  collected  to  check  adulteration  along with  the  number  of  samples  found  adulterated  during  the  said  period,  State/  UTwise including Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) whether  surprise  inspections  are  being  conducted  by  the  Government  to  check adulteration in various petroleum products;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  number  of  such  inspections  carried  out during the above period, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) the action taken by the Government against the OMCs/ persons/ officials found involved therein during the said period?

## A N S W E R

पैट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री (श्री धमेन्द र प्रधा

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

- (a) & (b)   The State/UT-wise number of samples of petrol and diesel drawn, established cases of adulteration and action taken thereof by Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies  (OMCs)  namely;  Indian  Oil  Corporation  Limited  (IOCL),  Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) including in the State of Andhra Pradesh, during the last three years and  the current year  upto June, 2018 are given in Annexure-I .
- (c)  &(d)      Regular/surprise  inspections  are  carried  out  at  Retail  Outlets  by  the  Field Officers/Senior Officers of the OMCs throughout the country.   During such inspections, random samples are drawn from the Retail Outlets and sent for testing to authorized laboratories.  Surprise inspections are also carried out by the mobile labs of OMCs where samples from petrol pumps are drawn and tested.  The  State/UT-wise  details  of  inspections  carried  out  by  OMCs  are given in Annexure-II.

- (e) OMCs  take  action  against  the  erring  Retail  Outlet  dealers  as  per  the provisions  of    Marketing  Discipline  Guidelines  and  Dealership  Agreement subsisting  between  RO  dealer  and  OMC.    Further,  OMC  employees  are governed  by  the  provisions  of  Conduct,  Discipline  and  Appeal  Rules  and OMCs initiate action against the erring officials as per the same.  In addition to this, the Central Government has issued the Motor Spirit and High Speed Diesel  (Regulation  of  Supply,  Distribution  and  Prevention  of  Malpractices) Order,  2005  under  Essential  Commodities  Act,  1955  which  provides  for punitive action against malpractices such as adulteration.  State Governments are  also empowered to take action against those indulging in  malpractices such as adulteration of petroleum products.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 912 asked by Shri Janardan Singh Sigriwal for answer on 23.07.2018 regarding 'Adulteration in Petroleum products'.

## State/UT-wise detail of samples drawn and terminations in established cases of adulteration in petrol and diesel

|                      | 2015-16              | 2015-16                           |
|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------|
| States               | No. of samples drawn | Terminations in established cases |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    | 0                    | 0                                 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH       | 5710                 | 1                                 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 26                   | 0                                 |
| ASSAM                | 884                  | 0                                 |
| BIHAR                | 3063                 | 0                                 |
| CHANDIGARH           | 449                  | 0                                 |
| CHATTISGARH          | 2123                 | 0                                 |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | 72                   | 0                                 |
| DAMAN & DIU          | 1                    | 0                                 |
| DELHI                | 3575                 | 0                                 |
| GOA                  | 61                   | 0                                 |
| GUJARAT              | 3584                 | 0                                 |
| HARYANA              | 4074                 | 0                                 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 133                  | 0                                 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR      | 1387                 | 0                                 |
| JHARKHAND            | 2445                 | 0                                 |
| KARNATAKA            | 4956                 | 0                                 |
| KERALA               | 2531                 | 0                                 |
| LAKSHADWEEP          | 0                    | 0                                 |
| MADHYA PRADESH       | 3269                 | 1                                 |
| MAHARASHTRA          | 6563                 | 1                                 |
| MANIPUR              | 0                    | 0                                 |
| MEGHALAYA            | 75                   | 0                                 |
| MIZORAM              | 0                    | 0                                 |
| NAGALAND             | 4                    | 0                                 |
| ODISHA               | 1518                 | 1                                 |
| PUDUCHERRY           | 29                   | 0                                 |
| PUNJAB               | 5835                 | 1                                 |
| RAJASTHAN            | 4687                 | 2                                 |
| SIKKIM               | 0                    | 0                                 |
| TAMIL NADU           | 5969                 | 0                                 |
| TELANGANA            | 1744                 | 1                                 |
| TRIPURA              | 34                   | 0                                 |
| UTTAR PRADESH        | 12691                | 1                                 |
| UTTARAKHAND          | 309                  | 0                                 |
| WEST BENGAL          | 4853                 | 3                                 |
| ALL-INDIA            | 82654                | 12                                |

## Annexure-I Contd:

|                      | 2016-17              | 2016-17                           |
|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------|
| States               | No. of samples drawn | Terminations in established cases |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    | 0                    | 0                                 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH       | 2893                 | 0                                 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 8                    | 0                                 |
| ASSAM                | 1060                 | 0                                 |
| BIHAR                | 2870                 | 3                                 |
| CHANDIGARH           | 213                  | 0                                 |
| CHATTISGARH          | 2418                 | 0                                 |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | 141                  | 0                                 |
| DAMAN & DIU          | 42                   | 0                                 |
| DELHI                | 1576                 | 0                                 |
| GOA                  | 32                   | 0                                 |
| GUJARAT              | 4549                 | 1                                 |
| HARYANA              | 4435                 | 0                                 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 174                  | 0                                 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR      | 1690                 | 0                                 |
| JHARKHAND            | 1181                 | 1                                 |
| KARNATAKA            | 4454                 | 0                                 |
| KERALA               | 2431                 | 0                                 |
| LAKSHADWEEP          | 0                    | 0                                 |
| MADHYA PRADESH       | 2834                 | 1                                 |
| MAHARASHTRA          | 6388                 | 0                                 |
| MANIPUR              | 0                    | 0                                 |
| MEGHALAYA            | 0                    | 0                                 |
| MIZORAM              | 0                    | 0                                 |
| NAGALAND             | 79                   | 0                                 |
| ODISHA               | 2087                 | 0                                 |
| PUDUCHERRY           | 18                   | 0                                 |
| PUNJAB               | 7436                 | 0                                 |
| RAJASTHAN            | 4742                 | 2                                 |
| SIKKIM               | 216                  | 0                                 |
| TAMIL NADU           | 6209                 | 0                                 |
| TELANGANA            | 1931                 | 1                                 |
| TRIPURA              | 0                    | 0                                 |
| UTTAR PRADESH        | 10566                | 1                                 |
| UTTARAKHAND          | 1001                 | 0                                 |
| WEST BENGAL          | 4189                 | 0                                 |
| ALL-INDIA            | 77863                | 10                                |

Annexure-1 Contd:

|                      | 2017-18              | 2017-18                           |
|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------|
| States               | No. of samples drawn | Terminations in established cases |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    | 0                    | 0                                 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH       | 3848                 | 0                                 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 28                   | 0                                 |
| ASSAM                | 1095                 | 0                                 |
| BIHAR                | 2382                 | 0                                 |
| CHANDIGARH           | 198                  | 0                                 |
| CHATTISGARH          | 2560                 | 0                                 |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | 127                  | 0                                 |
| DAMAN & DIU          | 1                    | 0                                 |
| DELHI                | 2248                 | 0                                 |
| GOA                  | 87                   | 0                                 |
| GUJARAT              | 4709                 | 0                                 |
| HARYANA              | 4093                 | 1                                 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 171                  | 0                                 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR      | 2851                 | 0                                 |
| JHARKHAND            | 1074                 | 0                                 |
| KARNATAKA            | 4504                 | 0                                 |
| KERALA               | 991                  | 0                                 |
| LAKSHADWEEP          | 0                    | 0                                 |
| MADHYA PRADESH       | 3686                 | 1                                 |

| MAHARASHTRA   | 6284   | 1                 |
|---------------|--------|-------------------|
| MANIPUR       | 0      | 0                 |
| MEGHALAYA     | 0      | 0                 |
| MIZORAM       | 0      | 0                 |
| NAGALAND      | 97     | 0                 |
| ODISHA        | 2939   | 1                 |
| PUDUCHERRY    | 41     | 0                 |
| PUNJAB        | 6715   | 1                 |
| RAJASTHAN     | 5805   | 0                 |
| SIKKIM        | 71     | 0                 |
| TAMIL NADU    | 6986   | 1                 |
| TELANGANA     | 2193   | 0                 |
| TRIPURA       | 0      | 0                 |
| UTTAR PRADESH | 11116  | 0                 |
| UTTARAKHAND   | 618    | 0                 |
| WEST BENGAL   | 4952   | 0                 |
| ALL-INDIA     | 82470  | 6                 |
|               |        | Annexure-1 Contd: |

|                   | 2018-19 (April to June)   | 2018-19 (April to June)           |
|-------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| States            | No. of samples drawn      | Terminations in established cases |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR | 0                         | 0                                 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | 718                       | 0                                 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 0                         | 0                                 |
| ASSAM             | 364                       | 0                                 |

| BIHAR                |   582 |   0 |
|----------------------|-------|-----|
| CHANDIGARH           |    86 |   0 |
| CHATTISGARH          |   735 |   0 |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI |    76 |   0 |
| DAMAN & DIU          |     0 |   0 |
| DELHI                |  1000 |   0 |
| GOA                  |   133 |   0 |
| GUJARAT              |  1579 |   2 |
| HARYANA              |  1811 |   0 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH     |    41 |   0 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR      |   908 |   0 |
| JHARKHAND            |   281 |   0 |
| KARNATAKA            |  1651 |   0 |
| KERALA               |   119 |   0 |
| LAKSHADWEEP          |     0 |   0 |
| MADHYA PRADESH       |   883 |   0 |
| MAHARASHTRA          |  1509 |   1 |
| MANIPUR              |     0 |   0 |
| MEGHALAYA            |     0 |   0 |
| MIZORAM              |     5 |   0 |
| NAGALAND             |     0 |   0 |
| ODISHA               |   852 |   0 |
| PUDUCHERRY           |    36 |   0 |

| PUNJAB        |   2340 |   0 |
|---------------|--------|-----|
| RAJASTHAN     |   1406 |   0 |
| SIKKIM        |     90 |   0 |
| TAMIL NADU    |   2614 |   0 |
| TELANGANA     |    423 |   0 |
| TRIPURA       |      0 |   0 |
| UTTAR PRADESH |   3908 |   0 |
| UTTARAKHAND   |     23 |   0 |
| WEST BENGAL   |   1918 |   0 |
| ALL-INDIA     |  26091 |   3 |

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (c) and (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 912 asked by Shri Janardan Singh Sigriwal for answer on 23.07.2018 regarding 'Adulteration in Petroleum products'.

## State/UT-wise number of inspections conducted by OMCs at the Retail Outlets

|                      |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 (April to June) |
|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    |        38 |        21 |        28 |                         7 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH       |     10854 |      9604 |     12561 |                      2154 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH    |       112 |       170 |       237 |                        24 |
| ASSAM                |      2415 |      2180 |      3515 |                       468 |
| BIHAR                |      8400 |      7039 |     10705 |                      1547 |
| CHANDIGARH           |       302 |       133 |       358 |                        31 |
| CHATTISGARH          |      2891 |      3242 |      4272 |                       855 |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI |        64 |        48 |       101 |                        23 |
| DAMAN & DIU          |        75 |        65 |       132 |                        16 |
| DELHI                |      1572 |      1400 |      2060 |                       305 |
| GOA                  |       409 |       359 |       388 |                        98 |
| GUJARAT              |      8014 |      9004 |     11762 |                      2393 |
| HARYANA              |      8405 |      8737 |     10061 |                      1413 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH     |      1328 |      1390 |      1550 |                       123 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR      |      1232 |      1281 |      1646 |                       193 |
| JHARKHAND            |      4224 |      4289 |      5345 |                       985 |
| KARNATAKA            |     11136 |     10994 |     14749 |                      2476 |
| KERALA               |      5955 |      5909 |      8106 |                      1112 |
| LAKSHADWEEP          |         0 |         0 |         0 |                         0 |

| MADHYA PRADESH   |   8544 |   10641 |   13001 |   2955 |
|------------------|--------|---------|---------|--------|
| MAHARASHTRA      |  17150 |   17469 |   19098 |   4186 |
| MANIPUR          |    223 |     261 |     509 |     97 |
| MEGHALAYA        |    588 |     448 |     699 |    117 |
| MIZORAM          |     27 |      99 |     142 |     14 |
| NAGALAND         |    176 |      66 |     124 |     24 |
| ODISHA           |   5619 |    5292 |    7502 |   1203 |
| PUDUCHERRY       |    397 |    1124 |    1225 |    185 |
| PUNJAB           |  10218 |   10711 |   12941 |   1670 |
| RAJASTHAN        |  10544 |    9646 |   12804 |   2865 |
| SIKKIM           |    129 |      77 |     184 |     36 |
| TAMIL NADU       |  15589 |   16228 |   18122 |   2844 |
| TELANGANA        |   7918 |    7925 |   10649 |   1689 |
| TRIPURA          |    140 |     213 |     424 |     18 |
| UTTAR PRADESH    |  20462 |   16127 |   22926 |   4759 |
| UTTARAKHAND      |   1850 |    1582 |    1783 |    371 |
| WEST BENGAL      |   7290 |    7698 |    7593 |   2088 |
| ALL-INDIA        | 174290 |  171472 |  217302 |  39344 |