Lok Sabha Question No. 223 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-14
Subject: Setting up of Petrol and Diesel Pumps
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat

- (a) Yes Sir.

(b)State-wise  number  of  rural  Retail  Outlets(ROs)  advertised  by  IOCL  during the  last  three  years  and  current  year  (April-June`20)  is  given  in Annexure-I. Norms / guidelines  for  allotment  of  RO  Dealerships  including  rural  RO in  the country are available on the websites of the IOCL i.e. www.iocl.com.

- (c) State/UT-wise number  of  ROs  commissioned  by  PSU  Oil  Marketing Companies during the last three years and the current year including Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh are given in Annexure-2.
- (d)  The setting up of ROs has led to a better availability of MS and HSD in the rural  areas of Uttar Pradesh. The consumption of MS in  the rural areas of the state of Uttar Pradesh has improved  from 1033 TMT in 2018-19 to 1133 TMT in  year  2019-20.  Similarly  the  consumption  of  HSD has  improved from  2364 TMT in  2018-19 to 2468 TMT in year 2019-20.
- (e) The expansion of RO network including rural RO is a continuous process to ensure adequate availability of motoring fuels like petrol and diesel throughout the country. To expand the RO network, PSU Oil Marketing Companies have issued an advertisement for award  of new RO dealerships at 78688 locations including 24694 rural ROs in November/December 2018.

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## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 223 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 th  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## Setting up of Petrol and Diesel Pumps

## 223.   SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT:

## पेोलयम एवं ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

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

- (a)  whether  the  Indian  Oil  Corporation  Limited  proposes  to  set  up  petrol  and diesel pumps in the rural areas of the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  State-wise  details  thereof  including  the  norms/guidelines  for  the purpose;
- (c) the number of petrol and diesel pumps set up in various States during the last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  State/  UT-wise  including  Barabanki  in Uttar Pradesh
- (d)  the  impact  of  the  newly  set  up  as  well  as  the  existing  petrol  pumps  on availability  and  consumption  of  petrol  and  diesel  in  the  rural  areas  in  Uttar Pradesh; and
- (e) the details of the plans for setting up additional petrol/diesel pumps in the coming  years  keeping  in  view  the  demand  and  consumption  of  petrol  and diesel in future?

## ANSWER

पेोलयम एवं ाक ृ तक गैस मंी ( ी धम धान )

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

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.223 for 14.9.2020 asked by  Shri Upendra Singh Rawat, Hon`ble MP regardng Setting up of Petrol and Diesel Pumps.

| NUMBER OF RURAL RETAIL OUTLETS ADVERTISED DURING LAST 3 YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR APR-JUNE' 20.   | NUMBER OF RURAL RETAIL OUTLETS ADVERTISED DURING LAST 3 YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR APR-JUNE' 20.   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| STATE/UT                                                                                       | IOCL                                                                                           |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR                                                                              | 3                                                                                              |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                 | 524                                                                                            |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                              | 12                                                                                             |
| ASSAM                                                                                          | 133                                                                                            |
| BIHAR                                                                                          | 635                                                                                            |
| CHANDIGARH                                                                                     | 0                                                                                              |
| CHHATTISGARH                                                                                   | 385                                                                                            |
| DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI                                                                         | 0                                                                                              |
| DAMAN AND DIU                                                                                  | 0                                                                                              |
| DELHI                                                                                          | 0                                                                                              |
| GOA                                                                                            | 32                                                                                             |
| GUJARAT                                                                                        | 809                                                                                            |
| HARYANA                                                                                        | 690                                                                                            |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                               | 107                                                                                            |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                              | 176                                                                                            |
| JHARKHAND                                                                                      | 384                                                                                            |
| KARNATAKA                                                                                      | 658                                                                                            |
| KERALA                                                                                         | 435                                                                                            |
| LADAKH                                                                                         | 7                                                                                              |
| LAKSHADWEEP                                                                                    | 0                                                                                              |
| MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                 | 1431                                                                                           |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                                                    | 678                                                                                            |
| MANIPUR                                                                                        | 27                                                                                             |
| MEGHALAYA                                                                                      | 13                                                                                             |
| MIZORAM                                                                                        | 9                                                                                              |
| NAGALAND                                                                                       | 17                                                                                             |
| ODISHA                                                                                         | 586                                                                                            |
| PUDUCHERRY                                                                                     | 20                                                                                             |
| PUNJAB                                                                                         | 966                                                                                            |
| RAJASTHAN                                                                                      | 1355                                                                                           |
| SIKKIM                                                                                         | 4                                                                                              |
| TAMIL NADU                                                                                     | 758                                                                                            |
| TELANGANA                                                                                      | 513                                                                                            |
| TRIPURA                                                                                        | 21                                                                                             |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                  | 1925                                                                                           |
| UTTARAKHAND                                                                                    | 59                                                                                             |
| WEST BENGAL                                                                                    | 455                                                                                            |

| Annexure referred to in reply to part (c ) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.223 for 14.9.2020 asked by Shri Upendra Singh Rawat, Hon`ble MP regardng Setting up of Petrol and Diesel Pumps.   | Annexure referred to in reply to part (c ) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.223 for 14.9.2020 asked by Shri Upendra Singh Rawat, Hon`ble MP regardng Setting up of Petrol and Diesel Pumps.   |
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| NUMBER OF RURAL RETAIL OUTLETS COMMISSIONED DURING LAST 3 YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR APR-JUNE' 20.                                                                                                  | PSU OMCs                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Andaman & Nicobar                                                                                                                                                                               | 1                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                  | 151                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                               | 7                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Assam                                                                                                                                                                                           | 55                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Bihar                                                                                                                                                                                           | 232                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Chattisgarh                                                                                                                                                                                     | 110                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Gujarat                                                                                                                                                                                         | 64                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Goa                                                                                                                                                                                             | 1                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Haryana                                                                                                                                                                                         | 169                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                | 57                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                                                                                                 | 24                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                                                       | 108                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                                       | 165                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Kerala                                                                                                                                                                                          | 82                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                  | 286                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                                                     | 107                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Manipur                                                                                                                                                                                         | 15                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                                                       | 4                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Mizoram                                                                                                                                                                                         | 1                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Nagaland                                                                                                                                                                                        | 7                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Orissa                                                                                                                                                                                          | 130                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Puducherry                                                                                                                                                                                      | 1                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Punjab                                                                                                                                                                                          | 96                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                                                       | 171                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Sikkim                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                                                      | 140                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Telangana                                                                                                                                                                                       | 259                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Tripura                                                                                                                                                                                         | 4                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                   | 854                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Uttrakhand                                                                                                                                                                                      | 23                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| West Bengal                                                                                                                                                                                     | 134                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Grand Total                                                                                                                                                                                     | 3459                                                                                                                                                                                            |