Lok Sabha Question No. 1589 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-15
Subject: Applications for New Petrol and CNG Pumps
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Vijay Kumar Dubey

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1589 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## Applications for New Petrol and CNG Pumps

## 1589.    SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

## पेोलयम एवं ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

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

- (a) the number of applications invited for new petrol/CNG pump during the Financial Year 202122 by the Government and the number of petrol/CNG pumps operational out of the applications received in Uttar Pradesh, district-wise; and
- (b) the number of petrol/CNG pumps to be allotted in future along with the timeline fixed for the same in Uttar Pradesh?

## 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  informed  that expansion of Retail Outlet (RO) network is a continuous process to ensure adequate availability of motoring fuels like petrol and diesel throughout the country.

PSU OMCs have informed that they have not released advertisement in Financial Year 2021-22  inviting  applications  for  setting  up  of  new  petrol  pumps.  However,  they  had issued  advertisement  in  November/December  2018  for  setting  up  of  petrol  pumps across  the  country  including  Uttar  Pradesh.  State/District-wise  details  of  locations advertised are available at https://www.petrolpumpdealerchayan.in. District-wise number  of  locations  advertised  (applications  invited  for  new  petrol  pumps)  by  PSU OMCs  in  Uttar  Pradesh  in  2018  and  number  of  petrol  pumps  operational  as  on 01.10.2022 out of the locations advertised are given in Annexure-1.

Establishment of CNG station is part of the development of City Gas Distribution (CGD) Network and the same is being carried out by the entities authorised by Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB). After completion of 11 A CGD bidding round, 295 Geographical Areas (GAs) covering about 98% of the population and 88% of total geographical  area  of  the  country  spread  over  around  630  districts  in  28  states/UTs including the state of Uttar Pradesh, have been covered under the CGD network. As on 31.3.2022,  total  688  CNG  stations  are  operational  in  the  state  of  Uttar  Pradesh. Geographical  area-wise  details  of  CNG  stations  commissioned  in  2021-22  in  Uttar Pradesh are given in Annexure-2.

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## ANNEXURE - 1

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a)&(b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1589 for 15.12.2022 asked by Shri Vijay Kumar Dubey, MP regarding Applications for New Petrol and CNG Pumps.

PSU OMCs district-wise number of petrol pumps advertised in Uttar Pradesh in 2018 and out of the locations advertised number of petrol pumps operational

|   S.No | District (UP State)   |   Number of Locations advertised in 2018 |   Number of petrol pumps operational as on 01.10.2022 from 2018 Advt. |
|--------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | AGRA                  |                                      260 |                                                                    30 |
|      2 | ALIGARH               |                                      138 |                                                                    26 |
|      3 | AMBEDKAR NAGAR        |                                      130 |                                                                    36 |
|      4 | AMETHI                |                                       99 |                                                                    29 |
|      5 | AMROHA                |                                       89 |                                                                    21 |
|      6 | AURAIYA               |                                       58 |                                                                    13 |
|      7 | AYODHYA               |                                      128 |                                                                    45 |
|      8 | AZAMGARH              |                                      150 |                                                                    43 |
|      9 | BAGHPAT               |                                       64 |                                                                    23 |
|     10 | BAHRAICH              |                                      115 |                                                                    26 |
|     11 | BALLIA                |                                       98 |                                                                    32 |
|     12 | BALRAMPUR             |                                       78 |                                                                    18 |
|     13 | BANDA                 |                                       77 |                                                                    17 |
|     14 | BARABANKI             |                                      146 |                                                                    41 |
|     15 | BAREILLY              |                                      215 |                                                                    45 |
|     16 | BASTI                 |                                      100 |                                                                    30 |
|     17 | BIJNOR                |                                      156 |                                                                    33 |
|     18 | BUDAUN                |                                      103 |                                                                    35 |
|     19 | BULANDSHAHR           |                                      120 |                                                                    27 |
|     20 | CHANDAULI             |                                       79 |                                                                    24 |
|     21 | CHITRAKOOT            |                                       49 |                                                                    18 |
|     22 | DEORIA                |                                      123 |                                                                    44 |
|     23 | ETAH                  |                                       80 |                                                                     9 |
|     24 | ETAWAH                |                                       90 |                                                                    17 |
|     25 | FARRUKHABAD           |                                       69 |                                                                    20 |
|     26 | FATEHPUR              |                                      132 |                                                                    22 |
|     27 | FIROZABAD             |                                       93 |                                                                     9 |
|     28 | GAUTAM BUDH NAGAR     |                                      136 |                                                                     4 |
|     29 | GHAZIABAD             |                                      123 |                                                                    11 |
|     30 | GHAZIPUR              |                                      114 |                                                                    20 |
|     31 | GONDA                 |                                      152 |                                                                    59 |
|     32 | GORAKHPUR             |                                      146 |                                                                    38 |
|     33 | HAMIRPUR              |                                       82 |                                                                    20 |

| 34    | HAPUR                       |   64 |   10 |
|-------|-----------------------------|------|------|
| 35    | HARDOI                      |  114 |   31 |
| 36    | HATHRAS                     |   81 |   10 |
| 37    | JALAUN                      |  172 |   51 |
| 38    | JAUNPUR                     |  162 |   43 |
| 39    | JHANSI                      |  189 |   31 |
| 40    | KANNAUJ                     |   65 |   13 |
| 41    | KANPUR DEHAT                |  153 |   35 |
| 42    | KANPUR NAGAR                |  251 |   45 |
| 43    | KASHGANJ (KANSHI RAM NAGAR) |   53 |   20 |
| 44    | KAUSHAMBI                   |   69 |   21 |
| 45    | KUSHINAGAR                  |  117 |   24 |
| 46    | LAKHIMPUR KHERI             |  148 |   62 |
| 47    | LALITPUR                    |   94 |   22 |
| 48    | LUCKNOW                     |  239 |   60 |
| 49    | MAHARAJGANJ                 |   79 |   26 |
| 50    | MAHOBA                      |   74 |   22 |
| 51    | MAINPURI                    |  107 |   17 |
| 52    | MATHURA                     |  178 |   25 |
| 53    | MAU                         |   72 |   15 |
| 54    | MEERUT                      |  170 |   17 |
| 55    | MIRZAPUR                    |  139 |   41 |
| 56    | MORADABAD                   |  126 |   35 |
| 57    | MUZAFFARNAGAR               |  110 |   17 |
| 58    | PILIBHIT                    |  104 |   18 |
| 59    | PRATAPGARH                  |  144 |   54 |
| 60    | PRAYAGRAJ                   |  351 |   94 |
| 61    | RAEBARELI                   |  128 |   23 |
| 62    | RAMPUR                      |  153 |   35 |
| 63    | SAHARANPUR                  |  140 |   44 |
| 64    | SAMBHAL                     |   65 |   17 |
| 65    | SANT KABIR NAGAR            |   48 |   12 |
| 66    | SANT RAVI DAS NAGAR         |   77 |   21 |
| 67    | SHAHJAHANPUR                |  125 |   41 |
| 68    | SHAMLI                      |   48 |   16 |
| 69    | SHRAVASTI                   |   40 |   16 |
| 70    | SIDDHARTH NAGAR             |   85 |   28 |
| 71    | SITAPUR                     |  113 |   24 |
| 72    | SONBHADRA                   |  113 |   33 |
| 73    | SULTANPUR                   |  130 |   34 |
| 74    | UNNAO                       |  131 |   27 |
| 75    | VARANASI                    |  179 |   31 |
| TOTAL |                             | 8992 | 2146 |

Source - PSU OMCs

## ANNEXURE - 2

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a)&(b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1589 for 15.12.2022 asked by Shri Vijay Kumar Dubey, MP regarding Applications for New Petrol and CNG Pumps.

## Geographical area-wise list of CNG Stations commissioned in 2021-22 in Uttar Pradesh

|   S.No | Geographical Area                                        |   As on 31.3.2022 total Number of CNG Stations commissioned |   New CNG Stations commissioned in 2021- 22 |
|--------|----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Mathura                                                  |                                                           9 |                                           0 |
|      2 | Meerut                                                   |                                                          19 |                                           2 |
|      3 | Allahabad                                                |                                                           7 |                                           1 |
|      4 | Jhansi                                                   |                                                           7 |                                           2 |
|      5 | Saharanpur District                                      |                                                          10 |                                           4 |
|      6 | Bulandshahr (part) District                              |                                                           9 |                                           4 |
|      7 | Bagpat District                                          |                                                           8 |                                           5 |
|      8 | Bulandshahr District (EAAA), Aligarh & Hathras Districts |                                                          16 |                                          10 |
|      9 | Allahabad District (EAAA), Bhadohi &Kaushambi Districts  |                                                          11 |                                           2 |
|     10 | Amethi, Pratapgarh &Raebareli Districts                  |                                                          14 |                                           8 |
|     11 | Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat &Etawah Districts                  |                                                          21 |                                           2 |
|     12 | Faizabad & Sultanpur Districts                           |                                                           6 |                                           4 |
|     13 | Gorakhpur, Sant Kabir Nagar &Kushinagar Districts        |                                                          21 |                                           5 |
|     14 | Meerut District (EAAA), Muzaffarnagar & Shamli Districts |                                                          18 |                                           8 |
|     15 | Moradabad (EAAA) District                                |                                                          17 |                                           2 |
|     16 | Unnao (EAAA) District                                    |                                                           2 |                                           1 |
|     17 | Varanasi District                                        |                                                          15 |                                           5 |
|     18 | Khurja                                                   |                                                           7 |                                           1 |
|     19 | Moradabad                                                |                                                           7 |                                           1 |
|     20 | Bareilly                                                 |                                                          18 |                                           2 |
|     21 | Kanpur                                                   |                                                          45 |                                           9 |
|     22 | Agra                                                     |                                                          28 |                                           3 |
|     23 | Lucknow                                                  |                                                          41 |                                           4 |
|     24 | Ghaziabad & Hapur Districts                              |                                                          62 |                                           6 |
|     25 | Azamgarh, Mau and Ballia Districts                       |                                                          21 |                                          12 |
|     26 | Bareilly (EAAA) District, Pilibhit and Rampur Districts  |                                                          24 |                                          17 |
|     27 | Basti and Ambedkarnagar Districts                        |                                                          13 |                                           2 |
|     28 | Farrukhabad, Etah and Hardoi Districts                   |                                                          20 |                                          12 |
|     29 | Gonda and Barabanki Districts                            |                                                          19 |                                           8 |

| 30   | Jaunpur and Ghazipur Districts                          |   6 |   3 |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------|-----|-----|
| 31   | Kanpur (EAAA) District, Fatehpur and Hamirpur Districts |  14 |   7 |
| 32   | Mainpuri and Kannauj Districts                          |  13 |   9 |
| 33   | Mirzapur, Chandauli and Sonbhadra Districts             |  15 |   8 |
| 34   | Shahjahanpur and Budaun Districts                       |  20 |  14 |
| 35   | Firozabad (Taj Trapezium Zone)                          |  36 |   9 |
| 36   | Bijnor and Nainital Districts                           |  16 |  10 |
| 37   | Gautam Budh Nagar District                              |  53 |   2 |
|      | TOTAL                                                   | 688 | 204 |

Source - PNGRB