Lok Sabha Question No. 1982 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-28
Subject: Process for Allotment of Petrol Pumps
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Vinod Chavda

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1982

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th JULY, 2022

## Process for Allotment of Petrol Pumps

## †1982.     SHRI VINOD L. CHAVDA:

## पेोलयम एवं ाक ृतक गैस मंी

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

- (a) whether the Government has simplified the application process for allotment of petrol pumps in the country;
- (b) if so, the details regarding application and allotment process of petrol pumps thereof; and
- (c) the details of petrol pumps set up in the country during the last three years and the current year, State and company-wise?

## 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  simplified  the  process  of application  and  allotment  of  Retail  Outlets  as  per  the  advertisement  issued  in November/December 2018.  The  salient  features  of  the  simplified  process  are  as below :-
- i. User friendly on-line application only and processing.
- ii. http://www.petrolpumpdealerchayan.in is a common platform for applying online to Public Sector OMCs.
- iii. Self-certification / declaration of the eligibility criteria by applicants and scrutiny only after selection.
- iv. All applicants meeting the eligibility criteria on  nationality,  age,  education and provision of suitable land will qualify for further selection process.
- v. Transparent process of selection through on line computerized draw of lot / bid opening.  Marks  based  evaluation  system  and  interview  are  not  part  of  the present selection process.
- vi. Candidate to produce the documents after selection.
- vii. Residence certificate for Rural ROs done away with.
- viii. Communication with applicants through SMS  / email registered by the applicants. All communication to the candidate online through emails.
- ix. Payment of application fee, initial security deposit for processing of application is through online payment mode only.
- x. All applicants can see the status of selection on the web portal.
- xi. A well-defined grievance redressal system in place.
- (c)     State/PSU OMC wise details of the petrol pumps set up in the country during the last three years and current year are given in Annexure .

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## ANNEXURE

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1982 for 28.7.2022 asked by Shri Vinod L. Chavda, MP regarding 'Process for Allotment of Petrol Pumps'.

## PSU OMC:- Number of Retail outlets commissioned during 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 & April-June` 22

| STATE/UT             |   BPCL |   IOCL |   HPCL |   TOTAL |
|----------------------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    |      0 |      5 |      0 |       5 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH       |    215 |    264 |    245 |     724 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH    |     29 |     45 |     11 |      85 |
| ASSAM                |     98 |    151 |     62 |     311 |
| BIHAR                |    151 |    268 |    108 |     527 |
| CHANDIGARH           |      0 |      4 |      1 |       5 |
| CHHATTISGARH         |    197 |    225 |    286 |     708 |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI |      0 |      0 |      1 |       1 |
| DAMAN & DIU          |      0 |      1 |      1 |       2 |
| DELHI                |      0 |      2 |      0 |       2 |
| GOA                  |      3 |      4 |      0 |       7 |
| GUJARAT              |    361 |    420 |    322 |    1103 |
| HARYANA              |    239 |    354 |    148 |     741 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH     |     40 |     78 |     37 |     155 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR      |     32 |     48 |     20 |     100 |
| JHARKHAND            |    125 |    194 |    123 |     442 |
| KARNATAKA            |    469 |    485 |    343 |    1297 |
| KERALA               |     85 |    174 |    102 |     361 |
| LAKSHADWEEP          |      1 |      2 |      0 |       3 |
| LADAAK               |      0 |      9 |      4 |      13 |
| MADHYA PRADESH       |    519 |    728 |    475 |    1722 |
| MAHARASHTRA          |    450 |    441 |    467 |    1358 |
| MANIPUR              |     17 |     51 |      7 |      75 |
| MEGHALAYA            |     14 |     26 |     16 |      56 |
| MIZORAM              |      2 |     21 |      6 |      29 |
| NAGALAND             |     11 |     45 |     15 |      71 |
| ODISHA               |    151 |    272 |    136 |     559 |
| PUDUCHERRY           |      4 |      8 |      3 |      15 |
| PUNJAB               |    114 |    272 |     98 |     484 |

| RAJASTHAN     |   317 |   492 |   457 |   1266 |
|---------------|-------|-------|-------|--------|
| SIKKIM        |     2 |     7 |     3 |     12 |
| TAMIL NADU    |   320 |   420 |   287 |   1027 |
| TELANGANA     |   361 |   345 |   340 |   1046 |
| TRIPURA       |     8 |    21 |     8 |     37 |
| UTTAR PRADESH |   941 |   950 |   626 |   2517 |
| UTTARAKHAND   |    41 |    64 |    38 |    143 |
| WEST BENGAL   |   165 |   293 |   105 |    563 |
| ALL-INDIA     |  5482 |  7189 |  4901 |  17572 |

Source -PSU Oil Marketing Companies