Lok Sabha Question No. 4338 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-07
Subject: Land of Petrol Pump Dealers
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4338

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH  JANUARY, 2019

## Land of Petrol Pump Dealers

## †4338. SHRI BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA:

पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a) the number of petrol pump dealers in the country at present, State/UT-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  cases  of  taking  two  plots  of  lands  from  the  dealers  by  the petroleum companies on account of providing one petrol pump have come to the notice of the Government;
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  provision  made  to  deal  with  such cases;
- (d) whether there is any provision to return the unutilized land to the dealer by the company and if so, the details thereof along with the number of dealers to whom the land has been returned so far, State/ UT-wise; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री (श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान)

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

- (a) The State/UT/OMC-wise numbers of petrol pump in the country as on 1.1.2019 are given in Annexure.
- (b) to (e) Oil  Marketing  Companies  (OMCs)  while  advertising  for  award  of retail  outlet  dealerships  specify  the  details  of  the  land  required including the dimensions of the plot. If an applicant offers more than one land in his application form, then a confirmation in writing is to be obtained by Land Evaluation Committee from the applicant with regard to the plot of land to be considered in selection.

OMCs  accept  the  minimum  plot  dimensions  as  specified  in  the advertisement. However, while the advertisement specifies minimum plot dimensions, bigger plots can also be offered by candidates as per their choice. In case the plot size (for single plot offered or plot sizes in case of contiguous plots, as offered by the candidate), is/are of a larger dimension, then it is up to the candidate to either offer the entire plot or offer a part thereof which is equal to or more than the minimum  dimension  specified,  as  felt  necessary  by  the  applicant. However,  as  far  as  OMCs  are  concerned,  the  plot  dimension meeting the minimum requirement as advertised, is accepted.

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## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabah Unstarred Question No.4338 asked by Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, MP regarding Land of Petrol Pump Dealers

## STATE/UT/OMC WISE NUMBER OF EXISTING RETAIL OUTLETS AS ON 01.1.2019

| STATES/UTs         |   IOC |   BPC |   HPC |   OMC |
|--------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
| Andaman & Nicobar  |    14 |     0 |     0 |    14 |
| Andhra Pradesh     |  1271 |   752 |  1005 |  3028 |
| Arunachal Pradesh  |    58 |    15 |     0 |    73 |
| Assam              |   533 |   154 |   104 |   791 |
| Bihar              |  1509 |   678 |   538 |  2725 |
| Chandigarh         |    21 |    10 |    11 |    42 |
| Chattisgarh        |   542 |   303 |   384 |  1229 |
| Dadra Nagar Haveli |    11 |     4 |    11 |    26 |
| Daman & Diu        |    11 |     7 |    11 |    29 |
| Delhi              |   189 |   107 |    98 |   394 |
| Goa                |    31 |    49 |    37 |   117 |
| Gujarat            |  1326 |   857 |   836 |  3019 |
| Haryana            |  1476 |   444 |   766 |  2686 |
| Himachal Pradesh   |   230 |    71 |   124 |   425 |
| Jammu & Kashmir    |   229 |   141 |   139 |   509 |
| Jharkhand          |   507 |   336 |   290 |  1133 |
| Karnataka          |  1930 |  1038 |   972 |  3940 |
| Kerala             |   903 |   488 |   607 |  1998 |
| Lakshdweep         |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |
| Madhya Pradesh     |  1470 |   997 |   924 |  3391 |
| Maharashtra        |  1998 |  1810 |  1724 |  5532 |
| Manipur            |    75 |    21 |     0 |    96 |
| Meghalaya          |   120 |    45 |    30 |   195 |
| Mizoram            |    32 |     5 |     3 |    40 |
| Nagaland           |    49 |    11 |     3 |    63 |
| Odisha             |   793 |   442 |   334 |  1569 |
| Puducherry         |    80 |    34 |    40 |   154 |
| Punjab             |  1723 |   623 |   902 |  3248 |
| Rajasthan          |  1821 |   899 |  1076 |  3796 |
| Sikkim             |    20 |    23 |     7 |    50 |
| Tamil Nadu         |  2199 |  1440 |  1277 |  4916 |

| Telangana     |   1037 |   646 |   754 |   2437 |
|---------------|--------|-------|-------|--------|
| Tripura       |     65 |     4 |     0 |     69 |
| Uttar Pradesh |   3773 |  1470 |  1674 |   6917 |
| Uttrakhand    |    265 |   121 |   177 |    563 |
| West Bengal   |   1148 |   608 |   499 |   2255 |
| ALL INDIA     |  27459 | 14653 | 15357 |  57469 |