Lok Sabha Question No. 3511 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-16
Subject: Subsidy on Kerosene and Cooking Gas
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama, Kunhalikutty P.K.

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3511 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 th  March, 2020

## Subsidy on Kerosene and Cooking Gas

## 3511.  SRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA: SRI P.K. KUNHALIKUTTY:

## पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a) the  year-wise details of  countries from  where  India imported crude oil including the price from 2017 to 2020;
- (b) the details of  retail  price  of  petrol,  diesel  and  kerosene  from  2017  to  2020  along  with  the reason  for  increase  in  retail  fuel  price  despite  fall  in  international  crude  oil  price  in  this period;
- (c) the details of action or policy planned by the Government to curb fuel price;
- (d) whether it is a fact that the total amount of kerosene and cooking gas subsidy given each year is dependent upon global crude oil prices;
- (e) the  total  amount  spent  on  subsidies  for  kerosene  and  cooking  gas  during  the  last  three financial years as compared to budget estimates; and
- (f) the  State-wise  details  where  there  is  Direct  Benefit  Transfer  for  Kerosene  or  cooking  gas subsidy?

## ANSWER पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री (श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान)

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

- (a) The details and the price of crude oil imported during the last three years are as under:

| Years                                          |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-2020 (till 10 th March 2020) |
|------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------------------|
| Oil Imports (in Million Metric Tonne)          |    213.93 |    220.43 |    226.5  |                               188.4 |
| Aggregated Price of Crude Oil (US$ per barrel) |     47.56 |     56.43 |     69.88 |                                62.6 |

India  imported  crude  oil  from  many  countries  including  Iraq,  Saudi  Arabia,  Nigeria, United  Arab  Emirates,  USA,  Kuwait,  Mexico,  Qatar,  Angola,  Oman,  Russia,  Egypt, Columbia, Azerbaijan, Algeria, Norway, Gabon, Cameroon, Malaysia.

- (b) to (d) Prices of petrol and diesel have been made market-determined by the Government with effect  from  26.06.2010  and  19.10.2014  respectively.  Since  then,  the  Public  Sector  Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) take appropriate decision on pricing of petrol and diesel in line with international product prices, exchange rate, tax structure, inland freight and other cost elements.

The  prices  of  petroleum  products  in  the  country  are  linked  to  the  price  of  respective products in the international market and not to crude oil. The Government continues to modulate the effective price to consumer for Subsidized Domestic LPG and retail selling price of PDS Kerosene and the consumers get the products at subsidized rate.

The prices of petrol and diesel since 2017-18 are available at the website of Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) i.e. www.ppac.org.in and the prices of PDS Kerosene are available at the website of IOCL i.e. www.iocl.com.

- (e) The  actual  subsidies/under-recoveries  for  kerosene  and  cooking  gas  for  the  last  three financial years in comparison to budget estimates (revised estimates) is given below:-

| Particulars                          | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |
|--------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Budget Estimates (Revised estimates) | 26,704    | 24,070    | 24,066    |
| Actual Subsidy/under-recovery        | 26,803    | 28,249    | 43,129    |

(in ₹ crore)

- (f) The PAHAL (DBTL) scheme, 2014 has been implemented in the entire country effective from  1 st January  2015.    Government  of  Jharkhand  started  implementation  of  Direct Benefit Transfer in PDS Kerosene (DBTK) scheme with effect from 1.7.2017.

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