Lok Sabha Question No. 1121 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Company Owned Company Operated Pumps
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Nihal Chand Chauhan

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1121 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 th  JULY, 2021

## Company Owned Company Operated Pumps

## †1121. SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

पेोलयम एवं ाक ृतक गैस मंी

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

- (a) the State/UT-wise number of Company Owned Company operated (COCO) pumps operational in the country at present including Rajasthan;
- (b) whether such pumps are also handed over to private institutions for operation and if so, the necessary guidelines in this regard;
- (c)  whether  the  Government has received any complaints or disputes related to such pumps in Rajasthan or other parts of the country and if so, the details thereof along with action taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (d)  whether  the  Union  Government  proposes  to  hand  over  more  COCO  pumps  to private institutions for operation in near future and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ( ी रामेवर तेल )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a)      State/UT-wise  number  of  Company  Owned  Company  operated  (COCO)  pumps operational in the country including Rajasthan is given in Annexure.
- (b)&(d)   As per extant policy, there is no provision for appointment of Private Institutions as Service Provider for COCO retail outlets.
- (c)      The details of selection related complaints received by Public Sector OMCs on all India basis and for the State of Rajasthan as on 30.6.2021 with regard to appointment of  service  providers  for  operation  of  COCO  Retail  Outlets  along  with  action  taken  is given below:

| Particulars                                    | All India (including Rajasthan)                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Rajasthan      |
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
| Total No. of Complaints Received               | 36                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 1              |
| No. of Complaints Established                  | 5                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 0              |
| No. of Complaints not established              | 19                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 1              |
| Investigation Pending                          | 12                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 0              |
| Details Action taken on established Complaints | BPCL (4 cases)  Interview result annulled for one selected candidate and fresh interviews being conducted.  Empanelment of three selected candidates cancelled and next eligible empanelled candidate given LOI in three cases. | Not applicable |
| Details Action taken on established Complaints | HPCL (1 case) - The empanelment of the selected candidates was cancelled as it was established that the selected candidate was an existing LOI holder of RO dealership and hence not eligible.                                    | Not applicable |

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## Annexure

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No.1121 for 26.7.2021 asked by Shri Nihal Chand, MP regarding Company Owned Company Operated Pumps.

| STATES/UTs           |   Number of Permanent COCOs |
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar    |                           0 |
| Andhra Pradesh       |                          68 |
| Arunachal Pradesh    |                           0 |
| Assam                |                           2 |
| Bihar                |                           9 |
| Chandigarh           |                           1 |
| Chhattisgarh         |                          10 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                           0 |
| Daman & Diu          |                           0 |
| Delhi                |                          18 |
| Goa                  |                           0 |
| Gujarat              |                          58 |
| Haryana              |                          23 |
| Himachal Pradesh     |                           1 |
| Jammu & Kashmir      |                           1 |
| Jharkhand            |                           6 |
| Karnataka            |                          60 |
| Kerala               |                          28 |
| Ladakh               |                           0 |
| Lakshadweep          |                           0 |
| Madhya Pradesh       |                          18 |
| Maharashtra          |                          78 |
| Manipur              |                           0 |
| Meghalaya            |                           0 |

| Mizoram       |   0 |
|---------------|-----|
| Nagaland      |   0 |
| Odisha        |  16 |
| Puducherry    |   3 |
| Punjab        |  23 |
| Rajasthan     |  47 |
| Sikkim        |   0 |
| Tamil Nadu    |  78 |
| Telangana     |  41 |
| Tripura       |   0 |
| Uttar Pradesh |  64 |
| Uttarakhand   |   1 |
| West Bengal   |  38 |
| ALL INDIA     | 692 |