Lok Sabha Question No. 3 (STARRED), answered on 2019-02-04
Subject: Land Taken on Lease
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 3

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 th  FEBRUARY, 2019

## Land Taken on Lease

## †*3.    SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a) the details of the land taken on lease by the three petroleum companies such  as  the  Hindustan  Petroleum  Corporation  Limited,  Bharat  Petroleum Corporation Limited and Indian Oil Corporation Limited from the year 2001, State/region-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  land  for  which  the  lease  period  has  expired  has  been returned  to  the  land  owners  by  the  petroleum  companies  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (c) if not,  the  reasons  therefor  along  with  the  action  taken  by  the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether the land owners have registered any complaints in this regard; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government to return the land back to their owners?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री (श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान)

## MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS

## (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (e) A statement is laid on the table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 3  ASKED  BY  SHRI  KRUPAL  BALAJI  TUMANE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  4.2.2019 REGARDING LAND TAKEN ON LEASE.

- (a) Expansion of Retail Outlets (ROs) network by Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) in the country is a continuous process. ROs are set  up  by  OMCs  at  identified  locations  based  on  field  survey  and feasibility studies. Locations found to be having sufficient potential as well  as  economically  viable  are  rostered  in  the  Marketing  Plans  for setting up ROs and advertised. OMCs have been leasing / de-leasing RO  sites  on  an  ongoing  basis  as  a  part  of  their  normal  business process,  considering  the  commercial  angle  and  taking  into  account the legal position available for the RO site.

OMCs  take  land  on  lease  for  developing  the  Retail  outlets  on Corporation owned basis. OMCs have 32418 Corporation owned ROs as  on  01.10.2018.  State-wise/UT-wise  number  of  these  ROs  as  on 01.10.2018 is given in Annexure .

Further, out of the above, OMCs have taken 25873 sites on lease for developing ROs from the year 2001 (IOCL : 7589; BPCL : 7359 and HPCL : 10925).

- (b)  to  (e)    OMCs  receive  representations  from  land  owners  for  release  of  land either after expiry of lease period or during the lease period itself citing various reasons.

Land  for  setting  up  ROs  is  taken  on  lease  from  land  owners  after negotiations  at  mutually  agreed  rentals  and  terms  &  conditions. Normally, the lease of the RO land is renewed by mutual agreement between  OMCs  and  the  landlords  upon  expiry  of  the  lease  period. However, in some cases, due to various reasons such as exorbitant rates  demanded  by  the  landlords  beyond  economical  viability  and delay in finalization of rentals, demand for de-leasing of the site, land sold  by  the  original  landlord  without  informing  the  concerned  OMC, dispute among the family members, court cases, etc. OMCs may not be in a position to renew the lease in such cases.

Broad de-leasing guidelines have been approved by the Ministry. The said broad de-leasing guidelines cover the aspects of periodic identification  of  Strategic/Non-strategic  sites  by  the  OMCs  and  the approach to be adopted  where lease is valid  /  expired  and  renewal option  is  available  /  not  available.  Accordingly,  OMCs  deal  with  the representations/complaints received for de-leasing of the land.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.3 for answer on 4.2.2019 asked by Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane, Hon`ble MP regarding Land Taken on Lease.

| OMC - State/UT-wise number of sites taken on lease for developing Retail outlets from the year 2001   | OMC - State/UT-wise number of sites taken on lease for developing Retail outlets from the year 2001   | OMC - State/UT-wise number of sites taken on lease for developing Retail outlets from the year 2001   | OMC - State/UT-wise number of sites taken on lease for developing Retail outlets from the year 2001   | OMC - State/UT-wise number of sites taken on lease for developing Retail outlets from the year 2001   | OMC - State/UT-wise number of sites taken on lease for developing Retail outlets from the year 2001   | OMC - State/UT-wise number of sites taken on lease for developing Retail outlets from the year 2001   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State                                                                                                 | IOC                                                                                                   | IOC                                                                                                   | BPC                                                                                                   | BPC                                                                                                   | HPC                                                                                                   | HPC                                                                                                   |
| State                                                                                                 | Number of 'A' site ROs                                                                                | Number of ROs taken on lease since 2001                                                               | Number of 'A' site ROs                                                                                | Number of ROs taken on lease since 2001                                                               | Number of 'A' site ROs                                                                                | Number of ROs taken on lease since 2001                                                               |
| Andaman &Nicobar                                                                                      | 5                                                                                                     | 1                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                        | 615                                                                                                   | 515                                                                                                   | 551                                                                                                   | 454                                                                                                   | 927                                                                                                   | 824                                                                                                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                     | 18                                                                                                    | 8                                                                                                     | 9                                                                                                     | 9                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     |
| Assam                                                                                                 | 131                                                                                                   | 70                                                                                                    | 98                                                                                                    | 82                                                                                                    | 94                                                                                                    | 66                                                                                                    |
| Bihar                                                                                                 | 224                                                                                                   | 182                                                                                                   | 245                                                                                                   | 182                                                                                                   | 433                                                                                                   | 366                                                                                                   |
| Chandigarh                                                                                            | 21                                                                                                    | 20                                                                                                    | 9                                                                                                     | 3                                                                                                     | 11                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                     |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                          | 118                                                                                                   | 89                                                                                                    | 169                                                                                                   | 153                                                                                                   | 299                                                                                                   | 265                                                                                                   |
| Dadar& Nagar Haveli                                                                                   | 7                                                                                                     | 6                                                                                                     | 3                                                                                                     | 2                                                                                                     | 10                                                                                                    | 10                                                                                                    |
| Daman& Diu                                                                                            | 9                                                                                                     | 6                                                                                                     | 5                                                                                                     | 5                                                                                                     | 11                                                                                                    | 11                                                                                                    |
| Delhi                                                                                                 | 171                                                                                                   | 53                                                                                                    | 108                                                                                                   | 34                                                                                                    | 95                                                                                                    | 14                                                                                                    |
| Goa                                                                                                   | 16                                                                                                    | 12                                                                                                    | 44                                                                                                    | 27                                                                                                    | 33                                                                                                    | 8                                                                                                     |
| Gujarat                                                                                               | 479                                                                                                   | 338                                                                                                   | 556                                                                                                   | 448                                                                                                   | 690                                                                                                   | 613                                                                                                   |
| Haryana                                                                                               | 430                                                                                                   | 351                                                                                                   | 307                                                                                                   | 261                                                                                                   | 672                                                                                                   | 603                                                                                                   |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                      | 79                                                                                                    | 46                                                                                                    | 60                                                                                                    | 44                                                                                                    | 112                                                                                                   | 105                                                                                                   |
| Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                       | 87                                                                                                    | 72                                                                                                    | 98                                                                                                    | 80                                                                                                    | 122                                                                                                   | 109                                                                                                   |
| Jharkand                                                                                              | 159                                                                                                   | 103                                                                                                   | 127                                                                                                   | 75                                                                                                    | 224                                                                                                   | 155                                                                                                   |
| Karnataka                                                                                             | 854                                                                                                   | 730                                                                                                   | 699                                                                                                   | 573                                                                                                   | 868                                                                                                   | 689                                                                                                   |
| Kerala                                                                                                | 439                                                                                                   | 391                                                                                                   | 394                                                                                                   | 306                                                                                                   | 530                                                                                                   | 420                                                                                                   |
| Lakshdweep                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                     |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                        | 381                                                                                                   | 276                                                                                                   | 466                                                                                                   | 384                                                                                                   | 793                                                                                                   | 739                                                                                                   |

| Maharashtra   |   669 |   475 |   1219 |   949 |   1549 |   1252 |
|---------------|-------|-------|--------|-------|--------|--------|
| Manipur       |    14 |     8 |      8 |     8 |      0 |      0 |
| Meghalaya     |    51 |    39 |     34 |    26 |     24 |     18 |
| Mizoram       |    12 |     8 |      5 |     5 |      3 |      3 |
| Nagaland      |    21 |    10 |      8 |     7 |      3 |      3 |
| Odisha        |   235 |   207 |    232 |   192 |    257 |    230 |
| Pondicherry   |    44 |    35 |     33 |    31 |     39 |     36 |
| Punjab        |   468 |   441 |    421 |   315 |    834 |    757 |
| Rajasthan     |   669 |   597 |    583 |   479 |    937 |    829 |
| Sikkim        |     8 |     6 |      3 |     3 |      5 |      5 |
| Tamil Nadu    |  1123 |   983 |   1027 |   808 |   1153 |    777 |
| Telangana     |   642 |   507 |    485 |   427 |    685 |    674 |
| Tripura       |    14 |     9 |      2 |     2 |      0 |      0 |
| Uttar Pradesh |   971 |   636 |    976 |   718 |   1304 |   1017 |
| Uttrakhand    |    67 |    39 |     86 |    54 |    149 |    118 |
| West Bengal   |   462 |   320 |    369 |   213 |    400 |    209 |
| Grand Total   |  9713 |  7589 |   9439 |  7359 |  13266 |  10925 |