Lok Sabha Question No. 2587 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-22
Subject: Gas/Petroleum Outlets for SCs/STs
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Dulal Chandra Goswami

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2587 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd  DECEMBER, 2022

## Gas/Petroleum Outlets for SCs/STs

## 2587.   SHRI DULAL CHANDRA GOSWAMI:

## पेोलयम एवं ाक ृतक गैस मंी

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

- (a) the details of Retail Outlets (ROs), Gas Agencies and CNG Pumps reserved for SCs/STs in each division of Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) in the country including Bihar, State/UTwise;
- (b)  the  details  of  responses  received,  rejected  and  not  received  from  SCs/STs  against advertisements of OMCs at each reserved location, State/UT-wise;
- (c)  the  location-wise  list  of  ROs,  Gas  Agencies  and  CNG  Pumps  commissioned  and operational under the category of 'Company Owned and Company Operated' (COCO); and
- (d) the list of COCO, ROs, Gas Agencies and CNG Pumps contracted/sub-letted to SCs/STs and others as on date?

## 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)&(b) Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have implemented new 'Dealership Selection  Guidelines'  for  Retail  Outlets  w.e.f.  24.11.2018  and  'Unified  Guidelines  for Selection of LPG Distributorships' w.e.f. 23.6.2016. Both these guidelines inter alia, have a provision of 22.5% reservation for SCs/STs and 27% reservation for OBCs in allotment of retail  outlet  dealerships  and  LPG  Distributorships.  Within  SC/ST,  OBC  &  Open  categories, there is reservation also for Defence personnel, Para Military Personnel/Central/State Govt. and  Central/State  PSU  employees,  Physically  Handicapped  Persons,  Outstanding  Sports Persons and Freedom Fighters.

State/UT wise details of locations advertised, response received, nil response (not received) and rejected (not found suitable) from SCs/STs against advertisement released by PSU OMCs for  retail  outlets  (petrol  pumps)  in  2018  and  LPG  distributorships  in  2016  are given in Annexure-1 & Annexure-2 respectively.

Establishment of CNG stations is part of development of City Gas Distribution (CGD) Network and the same is carried out by the entities authorized by Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB), which do not reserve allocation by category.

(c)&(d) Company Owned Company Operated Outlets (COCOs) are Retail Outlets (ROs) owned & operated by PSU OMCs and are identified considering factors such as  strategic location,  brand  image  creation,  potential  training  centers  for  dealers  and  dealership  staff, piloting of new retail initiatives, etc. The day-to-day operation of such ROs is under the regular supervision of the PSU OMC itself. PSU OMCs appoint Service Provider to provide manpower and  service  for  fuel  dispensing  and  other  related  activities  and  maintenance  of  the  COCO ROs for fixed period. As the COCO ROs are owned and operated by PSU OMCs themselves, these COCO ROs are not sub-let to others.

The  State/UT  wise  details  of  permanent  COCO  retail  outlets  being  operated  by PSU OMCs as on 01.10.2022 are given in Annexure-3 and geographical area-wise details of CNG stations established under COCO  category are given in Annexure-4.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a)&(b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2587 for 22.12.2022 asked by Shri Dulal Chandra Goswami, MP regarding "Gas/Petroleum Outlets for SCs/STs"

PSU OMCs : State/UT wise details for SCs/STs category on Number of locations advertised,  Response received, Nil response (response not received) and No suitable candidate found eligible (rejected) for locations agasint 2018 Advertisement as on 01.10.2022

|   S.No | State/UT               |   Total Number of Locations advertised for SCs/STs |   Total Number of locations responses received for SC/ST |   Total Number of locations NIL responses received for SC/ST |   Total Number of locations where no suitable candidate found eligible (rejected) for SC/ST |
|--------|------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR    |                                                  5 |                                                        5 |                                                            0 |                                                                                           2 |
|      2 | ANDHRA PRADESH         |                                                747 |                                                      739 |                                                            8 |                                                                                         204 |
|      3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH      |                                                 99 |                                                       99 |                                                            0 |                                                                                           9 |
|      4 | ASSAM                  |                                                229 |                                                      229 |                                                            0 |                                                                                          38 |
|      5 | BIHAR                  |                                                856 |                                                      848 |                                                            8 |                                                                                         250 |
|      6 | CHANDIGARH             |                                                  0 |                                                        0 |                                                            0 |                                                                                           0 |
|      7 | CHHATTISGARH           |                                                826 |                                                      801 |                                                           25 |                                                                                         316 |
|      8 | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI |                                                 12 |                                                       12 |                                                            0 |                                                                                           7 |
|      9 | DAMAN AND DIU          |                                                  9 |                                                        9 |                                                            0 |                                                                                           4 |
|     10 | DELHI                  |                                                 55 |                                                       55 |                                                            0 |                                                                                          31 |
|     11 | GOA                    |                                                 41 |                                                       38 |                                                            3 |                                                                                          28 |
|     12 | GUJARAT                |                                               1118 |                                                     1057 |                                                           61 |                                                                                         385 |
|     13 | HARYANA                |                                                966 |                                                      964 |                                                            2 |                                                                                         272 |
|     14 | HIMACHAL PRADESH       |                                                133 |                                                      133 |                                                            0 |                                                                                          21 |
|     15 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR      |                                                156 |                                                      155 |                                                            1 |                                                                                          20 |
|     16 | JHARKHAND              |                                                494 |                                                      481 |                                                           13 |                                                                                         217 |
|     17 | KARNATAKA              |                                               1318 |                                                     1296 |                                                           22 |                                                                                         222 |
|     18 | KERALA                 |                                                438 |                                                      381 |                                                           57 |                                                                                         152 |
|     19 | LADHKAH                |                                                 19 |                                                       19 |                                                            0 |                                                                                           1 |
|     20 | LAKSHADWEEP            |                                                  0 |                                                        0 |                                                            0 |                                                                                           0 |
|     21 | MADHYA PRADESH         |                                               1853 |                                                     1805 |                                                           48 |                                                                                         693 |
|     22 | MAHARASHTRA            |                                               1826 |                                                     1744 |                                                           82 |                                                                                         544 |
|     23 | MANIPUR                |                                                 39 |                                                       39 |                                                            0 |                                                                                           3 |
|     24 | MEGHALAYA              |                                                188 |                                                      188 |                                                            0 |                                                                                          26 |
|     25 | MIZORAM                |                                                118 |                                                      118 |                                                            0 |                                                                                           6 |
|     26 | NAGALAND               |                                                 88 |                                                       88 |                                                            0 |                                                                                          10 |
|     27 | ODISHA                 |                                                637 |                                                      555 |                                                           82 |                                                                                         242 |

| 28        | PUDUCHERRY    |    37 |    37 |   0 |   15 |
|-----------|---------------|-------|-------|-----|------|
| 29        | PUNJAB        |   746 |   717 |  29 |  320 |
| 30        | RAJASTHAN     |  2355 |  2349 |   6 |  789 |
| 31        | SIKKIM        |    16 |    14 |   2 |    3 |
| 32        | TAMIL NADU    |  1374 |  1319 |  55 |  590 |
| 33        | TELANGANA     |   861 |   861 |   0 |  179 |
| 34        | TRIPURA       |    36 |    36 |   0 |    8 |
| 35        | UTTAR PRADESH |  2446 |  2428 |  18 |  364 |
| 36        | UTTARAKHAND   |   227 |   224 |   3 |   99 |
| 37        | WEST BENGAL   |   553 |   516 |  37 |  201 |
| All India | All India     | 20921 | 20359 | 562 | 6271 |

Source - PSU OMCs

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A)&(B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2587 FOR 22.12.2022 ASKED BY SHRI DULAL CHANDRA GOSWAMI, MP REGARDING GAS/PETROLEUM OUTLETS FOR SCs/STs

## PSU OMCs - DETAILS OF NO OF LOCATIONS ADVERTISED FOR LPG DISTRIBUTORSHIPS, ONLINE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, LOCATIONS WITH NIL RESPONSE AND LOCATION WHERE NO SUITABLE CANDIDATE FOUND UNDER USG AS ON 01.10.2022

|       |                   | PSU OMCs                                       | PSU OMCs                                     | PSU OMCs                                                    | PSU OMCs                                                                       |
|-------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr no | State             | Total number of Locations advertised for SC/ST | Total number of location responses for SC/ST | Total no of locations where nil response received for SC/ST | Total no of locations where no suitable candidate found (rejected) under SC/ST |
| 1     | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 50                                             | 50                                           | 0                                                           | 3                                                                              |
| 2     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 11                                             | 11                                           | 0                                                           | 0                                                                              |
| 3     | ASSAM             | 38                                             | 38                                           | 0                                                           | 0                                                                              |
| 4     | BIHAR             | 225                                            | 225                                          | 0                                                           | 9                                                                              |
| 5     | CHHATTISGARH      | 16                                             | 16                                           | 0                                                           | 0                                                                              |
| 6     | GOA               | 0                                              | 0                                            | 0                                                           | 0                                                                              |
| 7     | GUJARAT           | 60                                             | 60                                           | 0                                                           | 2                                                                              |
| 8     | HARYANA           | 12                                             | 12                                           | 0                                                           | 0                                                                              |
| 9     | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 10                                             | 10                                           | 0                                                           | 0                                                                              |
| 10    | JHARKHAND         | 59                                             | 58                                           | 1                                                           | 20                                                                             |
| 11    | KARNATAKA         | 52                                             | 52                                           | 0                                                           | 1                                                                              |
| 12    | KERALA            | 20                                             | 20                                           | 0                                                           | 0                                                                              |
| 13    | MADHYA PRADESH    | 62                                             | 62                                           | 0                                                           | 7                                                                              |
| 14    | MAHARASHTRA       | 93                                             | 93                                           | 0                                                           | 0                                                                              |
| 15    | MANIPUR           | 5                                              | 5                                            | 0                                                           | 0                                                                              |
| 16    | MEGHALAYA         | 14                                             | 14                                           | 0                                                           | 1                                                                              |
| 17    | MIZORAM           | 2                                              | 2                                            | 0                                                           | 0                                                                              |
| 18    | NAGALAND          | 18                                             | 18                                           | 0                                                           | 0                                                                              |
| 19    | ODISHA            | 100                                            | 100                                          | 0                                                           | 8                                                                              |
| 20    | PUNJAB            | 7                                              | 7                                            | 0                                                           | 0                                                                              |
| 21    | RAJASTHAN         | 76                                             | 76                                           | 0                                                           | 6                                                                              |
| 22    | SIKKIM            | 4                                              | 4                                            | 0                                                           | 0                                                                              |
| 23    | TAMIL NADU        | 69                                             | 69                                           | 0                                                           | 2                                                                              |
| 24    | TELANGANA         | 26                                             | 26                                           | 0                                                           | 1                                                                              |
| 25    | TRIPURA           | 6                                              | 6                                            | 0                                                           | 0                                                                              |
| 26    | UTTAR PRADESH     | 236                                            | 236                                          | 0                                                           | 0                                                                              |

| 27   | UTTARAKHAND                     | 11   | 10   | 1   | 2   |
|------|---------------------------------|------|------|-----|-----|
| 28   | WEST BENGAL                     | 136  | 136  | 0   | 7   |
|      | UNION TERRITORIES               |      |      |     |     |
| 1    | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS       | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   |
| 2    | CHANDIGARH                      | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   |
| 3    | DADRA& NAGAR HAVELI &DAMAN& DIU | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   |
| 4    | DELHI                           | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   |
| 5    | JAMMU& KASHMIR                  | 9    | 9    | 0   | 1   |
| 6    | LADAKH                          | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   |
| 7    | LAKSHADWEEP                     | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   |
| 8    | PUDUCHERRY                      | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0   |
|      | All India                       | 1427 | 1425 | 2   | 70  |

SOURCE - PSU OMCs

## ANNEXURE - 3

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (c)&(d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2587 for 22.12.2022 asked by Shri Dulal Chandra Goswami, MP regarding "Gas/Petroleum Outlets for SCs/STs"

## State/UT-wise number of permanent COCO ROs being operated by PSU OMCs as on 01.10.2022

|   S.No | State/UT             |   Number of permanent COCOs |
|--------|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|      1 | Andaman & Nicobar    |                           0 |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh       |                          67 |
|      3 | Arunachal Pradesh    |                           0 |
|      4 | Assam                |                           2 |
|      5 | Bihar                |                           9 |
|      6 | Chandigarh           |                           3 |
|      7 | Chhattisgarh         |                          10 |
|      8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                           0 |
|      9 | Daman & Diu          |                           0 |
|     10 | Delhi                |                          18 |
|     11 | Goa                  |                           0 |
|     12 | Gujarat              |                          60 |
|     13 | Haryana              |                          28 |
|     14 | Himachal Pradesh     |                           1 |
|     15 | Jammu & Kashmir      |                           1 |
|     16 | Jharkhand            |                           7 |
|     17 | Karnataka            |                          59 |
|     18 | Kerala               |                          28 |
|     19 | Ladakh               |                           0 |
|     20 | Lakshadweep          |                           0 |
|     21 | Madhya Pradesh       |                          18 |
|     22 | Maharashtra          |                          81 |
|     23 | Manipur              |                           0 |
|     24 | Meghalaya            |                           0 |
|     25 | Mizoram              |                           0 |
|     26 | Nagaland             |                           0 |
|     27 | Odisha               |                          16 |
|     28 | Puducherry           |                           3 |
|     29 | Punjab               |                          22 |
|     30 | Rajasthan            |                          47 |
|     31 | Sikkim               |                           0 |

| 32   | Tamil Nadu    |   83 |
|------|---------------|------|
| 33   | Telangana     |   44 |
| 34   | Tripura       |    0 |
| 35   | Uttar Pradesh |   80 |
| 36   | Uttarakhand   |    2 |
| 37   | West Bengal   |   39 |
|      | ALL INDIA     |  728 |

Source - PSU OMCs

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (c )&(d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2587 for 22.12.2022 asked by Shri Dulal Chandra Goswami, MP regarding "Gas/Petroleum Outlets for SCs/STs"

## Geographical area wise number of CNG Stations established under COCO category

|   Sr.No. | Geopraphical Area                                                 |   Number of CNG Stations under COCO category |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Agartala                                                          |                                            3 |
|        2 | Agra                                                              |                                            3 |
|        3 | Ahmedabad City (Only CNG)                                         |                                            4 |
|        4 | Ahmedabad District (EAAA)                                         |                                            2 |
|        5 | Ahmednagar &Aurangabad Districts                                  |                                            1 |
|        6 | Ajmer, Pali and Rajsamand Districts                               |                                            2 |
|        7 | Alappuzha, Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram Districts                |                                            2 |
|        8 | Ambala and Kurukshetra Districts                                  |                                            5 |
|        9 | Amreli District                                                   |                                            2 |
|       10 | Amritsar District                                                 |                                            1 |
|       11 | Anand area including Kanjari &Vadtal Villages (in Kheda District) |                                            4 |
|       12 | Anand District (EAAA)                                             |                                            1 |
|       13 | Anantapur and YSR (Kadapa) Districts                              |                                            2 |
|       14 | Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat &Etawah Districts                           |                                            2 |
|       15 | Bagalkot, Koppal and Raichur Districts                            |                                            1 |
|       16 | Banaskantha District                                              |                                            1 |
|       17 | Bareilly                                                          |                                            3 |
|       18 | Bargarh, Debagarh &Sambalpur Districts                            |                                            3 |
|       19 | Barmer, Jaisalmer &Jodhpur Districts                              |                                            1 |
|       20 | Begusarai District                                                |                                            1 |
|       21 | Bengaluru Rural and Urban Districts                               |                                           13 |
|       22 | Bhatinda District                                                 |                                            1 |
|       23 | Bhavnagar                                                         |                                            4 |
|       24 | Bhiwadi (in Alwar District)                                       |                                            1 |
|       25 | Bhopal &Rajgarh Districts                                         |                                            6 |
|       26 | Bulandshahr (part) District                                       |                                            1 |
|       27 | Burdwan District                                                  |                                            1 |
|       28 | Chandigarh                                                        |                                            2 |
|       29 | Chatra and Palamu Districts                                       |                                            2 |
|       30 | Chitradurga &Davanagere Districts                                 |                                            1 |
|       31 | Chittoor, Kolar and Vellore Districts                             |                                            1 |
|       32 | Cuttack District                                                  |                                            1 |
|       33 | Dahej Vagra Taluka                                                |                                            1 |
|       34 | Dahod District                                                    |                                            1 |
|       35 | Dakshina Kannada District                                         |                                            1 |

|   36 | Dewas                                                          |   1 |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
|   37 | Dhar District                                                  |   1 |
|   38 | Diu &Gir Somnath Districts                                     |   1 |
|   39 | East Godavari District (EAAA)                                  |   1 |
|   40 | East Singhbhum District                                        |   1 |
|   41 | Ernakulam District                                             |   1 |
|   42 | Faridabad District                                             |   1 |
|   43 | Fatehgarh Sahib District                                       |   1 |
|   44 | Ferozepur, Faridkot and Sri Muktsar Sahib Districts            |   1 |
|   45 | Firozabad (Taj Trapezium Zone)                                 |   4 |
|   46 | Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Sabarkantha                              |   7 |
|   47 | Gandinagar (Part) District                                     |   3 |
|   48 | Gautam Budh Nagar District                                     |  17 |
|   49 | Ghaziabad and Hapud District                                   |  11 |
|   50 | Gomati District                                                |   1 |
|   51 | Gorakhpur, Sant Kabir Nagar &Kushinagar Districts              |   1 |
|   52 | Gurugram (Part) District                                       |   1 |
|   53 | Gwalior                                                        |   2 |
|   54 | Haridwar District                                              |   1 |
|   55 | Hazira                                                         |   1 |
|   56 | Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur Districts                             |   1 |
|   57 | Howrah (EAAA) District and Hooghly (EAAA) District             |   1 |
|   58 | Hyderabad                                                      |   7 |
|   59 | Indore (including Ujjain City)                                 |   4 |
|   60 | Jalandhar District (EAAA), Kapurthala &SBS Nagar Districts     |   1 |
|   61 | Jalore and Sirohi Districts                                    |   2 |
|   62 | Jamnagar                                                       |   4 |
|   63 | Jaunpur and Ghazipur Districts                                 |   1 |
|   64 | Jhansi                                                         |   1 |
|   65 | Junagadh District                                              |   2 |
|   66 | Kakinada                                                       |   8 |
|   67 | Kanchipuram District                                           |   1 |
|   68 | Kanpur                                                         |   5 |
|   69 | Karnal District                                                |   1 |
|   70 | Kolhapur District                                              |   1 |
|   71 | Kolkata Municipal Corporation and Parts of adjoining Districts |   1 |
|   72 | Kota                                                           |   2 |
|   73 | Krishna District (EAAA)                                        |   5 |
|   74 | Kutch West                                                     |   1 |
|   75 | Latur &Osmanabad Districts                                     |   2 |
|   76 | Lucknow                                                        |   8 |
|   77 | Ludhiana District (EAAA), Barnala &Moga Districts              |   1 |
|   78 | Medchal-Malkajgiri, Ranga Reddy &Vikarabad Districts           |   1 |
|   79 | Meerut                                                         |   4 |
|   80 | Meerut District (EAAA), Muzaffarnagar &Shamli Districts        |   3 |

| 81   | Moradabad                                                                                    |   1 |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
| 82   | Mumbai &Greater Mumbai                                                                       |   3 |
| 83   | Mysuru, Mandya and Chamarajanagar Districts                                                  |   2 |
| 84   | Nadiad                                                                                       |   4 |
| 85   | Nalgonda Suryapet &Yadadri Bhuvanagiri Districts                                             |   2 |
| 86   | Narmada (Rajpipla) District                                                                  |   3 |
| 87   | Navsari                                                                                      |   1 |
| 88   | NCT of Delhi                                                                                 | 183 |
| 89   | NOC(onlyCNG Stations)                                                                        |   2 |
| 90   | Palakkad &Thrissur Districts                                                                 |   1 |
| 91   | Palghar District and Thane Rural                                                             |   2 |
| 92   | Panchmahal District                                                                          |   4 |
| 93   | Panipat District                                                                             |   1 |
| 94   | Patan District                                                                               |   3 |
| 95   | Patna District                                                                               |   1 |
| 96   | Pune City including Pimpri-Chiechwad& adjoining contiguous areas Hinjewadi, Chakan, Talegaon |   1 |
| 97   | Pune District (EAAA)                                                                         |   2 |
| 98   | Raisen, Shajapur and Sehore Districts                                                        |   1 |
| 99   | Rajkot                                                                                       |   3 |
| 100  | Ranchi District                                                                              |   1 |
| 101  | Ratnagiri District                                                                           |   5 |
| 102  | Rupnagar District                                                                            |   2 |
| 103  | Saharanpur District                                                                          |   1 |
| 104  | Shivpuri District                                                                            |   2 |
| 105  | Solapur District                                                                             |   1 |
| 106  | Sonipat                                                                                      |   1 |
| 107  | Sonipat District (EAAA) &Jind District                                                       |   1 |
| 108  | Surat, Bharuch, Ankleshwar                                                                   |   9 |
| 109  | Surendranagar                                                                                |   5 |
| 110  | Thane Urban and adjoining municipalities                                                     |   1 |
| 111  | Upper Assam                                                                                  |   1 |
| 112  | Vadodara                                                                                     |   4 |
| 113  | Valsad                                                                                       |   3 |
| 114  | Valsad (EAAA), Dhule &Nashik Districts                                                       |   3 |
| 115  | Varanasi District                                                                            |   3 |
| 116  | Vijaywada                                                                                    |   5 |
| 117  | West Godavari District                                                                       |   4 |
| 118  | West Tripura (EAAA) District                                                                 |   2 |
|      | Grand Total                                                                                  | 481 |

SOURCE - PNGRB