Lok Sabha Question No. 199 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-18
Subject: Allotment of Retail Outlets
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Jasbir Singh Gill, Pratima Mondal

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 199

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH  NOVEMBER, 2019

## Allotment of Retail Outlets

## 199. SHRI JASBIR SINGH GILL: SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL:

## पेट्रोल ियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a) the total allotments of retail outlets in the past three years and the current year;
- (b)  the  outlets  allotted  to  scheduled  castes  and  scheduled  tribes  in  the  past  three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to include MPs/MLAs, who died in the hands of  terrorists/maoists  in  Government  Personnel  (GP)  category  for  allotment  of  LPG distributorships and RO dealership; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोल ियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री ( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान )

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

- (a) Public  Sector  Oil  Marketing  Companies  (OMCs)  have  informed  that they  have  allotted  19,670  Retail  Outlets  (ROs)  during  the  last  three years and current year (April-Sept 2019).
- (b) Details of State-wise number of ROs allotted (Letter of Intents issued) to Scheduled castes and Scheduled tribes during the last three years and current year (April-Sept 2019) are given in Annexure .
- (c) & (d) As per  existing  Dealer  selection  guidelines  for  retail  outlets  and  LPG distributorships  reservation  for  Government  (including  Para  Military Personnel)  and  Public  Sector  Personnel  category  is  provided  to  the personnel serving in different Departments of Central/State Governments and Public Sector undertakings of Central/State Government who are incapacitated or disabled while performing their duties. In case  of death, while performing duties, their  widows/ dependents will be eligible under this category. Presently, there is no proposal under consideration for the inclusion of MPs/MLAs who died
- in the hands of terrorist / maoists, for inclusion under this category for allotment of ROs and LPG distributorships.
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## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.199 for answer on 18.11.2019 asked by Shri Jasbir Singh Gill and Shrimati Pratima Mondal, Hon`ble MPs regarding Allotment of Retail Outlets.

| State-wise number of LOIs issued by Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) durng the last three years and current year   | State-wise number of LOIs issued by Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) durng the last three years and current year   | State-wise number of LOIs issued by Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) durng the last three years and current year   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                                                                | OMCs                                                                                                                           | OMCs                                                                                                                           |
| STATE                                                                                                                          | SC                                                                                                                             | ST                                                                                                                             |
| Andaman & Nicobar                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                              |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                 | 148                                                                                                                            | 61                                                                                                                             |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                              | 50                                                                                                                             | 57                                                                                                                             |
| Assam                                                                                                                          | 21                                                                                                                             | 54                                                                                                                             |
| Bihar                                                                                                                          | 252                                                                                                                            | 19                                                                                                                             |
| Chandigarh                                                                                                                     | 23                                                                                                                             | 5                                                                                                                              |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                   | 17                                                                                                                             | 69                                                                                                                             |
| Dadar & Nagar Haveli                                                                                                           | 7                                                                                                                              | 22                                                                                                                             |
| Daman & Diu                                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                                              | 3                                                                                                                              |
| Delhi                                                                                                                          | 5                                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                              |
| Goa                                                                                                                            | 3                                                                                                                              | 1                                                                                                                              |
| Gujarat                                                                                                                        | 101                                                                                                                            | 204                                                                                                                            |
| Haryana                                                                                                                        | 243                                                                                                                            | 78                                                                                                                             |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                               | 70                                                                                                                             | 10                                                                                                                             |
| Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                                | 25                                                                                                                             | 10                                                                                                                             |
| Jharkand                                                                                                                       | 19                                                                                                                             | 40                                                                                                                             |
| Karnataka                                                                                                                      | 180                                                                                                                            | 92                                                                                                                             |
| Kerala                                                                                                                         | 168                                                                                                                            | 43                                                                                                                             |
| Lakshdweep                                                                                                                     | 26                                                                                                                             | 3                                                                                                                              |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                 | 143                                                                                                                            | 121                                                                                                                            |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                                    | 321                                                                                                                            | 181                                                                                                                            |
| Manipur                                                                                                                        | 58                                                                                                                             | 56                                                                                                                             |
| Meghalaya                                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                                              | 26                                                                                                                             |
| Mizoram                                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                                              | 35                                                                                                                             |
| Nagaland                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                              | 29                                                                                                                             |
| Odisha                                                                                                                         | 52                                                                                                                             | 51                                                                                                                             |
| Pondicherry                                                                                                                    | 5                                                                                                                              | 7                                                                                                                              |
| Punjab                                                                                                                         | 92                                                                                                                             | 1                                                                                                                              |
| Rajasthan                                                                                                                      | 276                                                                                                                            | 141                                                                                                                            |
| Sikkim                                                                                                                         | 46                                                                                                                             | 32                                                                                                                             |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                     | 165                                                                                                                            | 7                                                                                                                              |
| Telangana                                                                                                                      | 239                                                                                                                            | 126                                                                                                                            |

| Tripura       |    2 |    2 |
|---------------|------|------|
| Uttar Pradesh |  648 |    6 |
| Uttrakhand    |   30 |   12 |
| West Bengal   |  106 |   13 |
| Grand Total   | 3541 | 1617 |