Lok Sabha Question No. 1125 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Company Owned Company Operated Pumps
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Kirti Vardhan Singh

## Company Owned Company Operated Pumps

## 1125. SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH:

## पेोलयम एवं ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

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

- (a)  the  total  number  of  Petrol  and  CNG  pumps  being  operated  under  the  Company  owned Company Operated (COCO) Pumps scheme in the country, State -wise;
- (b) whether the operations of pumps under COCO scheme incurs huge financial losses to the various state owned companies and if so, the losses incurred to the various companies in the last three financial years; and
- (c)  the  reasons  for  continuing  with  this  scheme  although  these  pumps  could  be  allotted permanently to vendors through lottery?

## ANSWER

पेोलयम एवं ाक ृ तक गैस मंी ( ी धम धान )

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

- (a) Public  Sector  Oil  Marketing  Companies  (OMCs)  have  informed  that  there  are  669 Retail Outlets (ROs) for MS/HSD as on 01.01.2021 in the country which are being operated on permanent Company Owned Company Operated (COCO) basis. State/UT-wise number of these COCOs is given in Annexure.

Further, there are 398 CNG stations (COCO Model) as on 3.2.2021 in the country.

- (b)&(c)    Public  Sector  OMCs  operate  their  flagship  ROs  as  permanent  COCOs  considering various factors like strategic location, creating brand image, training of dealers/ staff, piloting out new retail initiatives, etc. The day to day operation of such ROs is under the supervision of a company  officer.  ROs  for  operation  as  permanent  COCOs  are  identified  based  on  various criteria like, Sales potential of MS/HSD, Investment, ownership of site by Corporation etc.

Investment made by OMCs in these permanent COCOs depends on factors like market type (urban/highway), plot dimensions, Allied Customer amenities, sales potential of the site, facilities/equipment planned etc. The investments made in the permanent COCOs are based on  the  benchmark  IRR  norms  and  as  per  market  requirement.  Public  Sector  OMC's permanent COCO's are for strategic reasons, as explained above, cannot be earmarked for divestment.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1125 for 8.2.2021 asked by Shri Kirti Vardhan Singh, MP regarding Company Owned Company Operated Pumps .

OMCs Permanent COCOs as on 01.01.2021

| No.   | State/UT                       |   No of Permanent COCOs |
|-------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1     | Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT |                       0 |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh                 |                      67 |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh              |                       0 |
| 4     | Assam                          |                       1 |
| 5     | Bihar                          |                       9 |
| 6     | Chandigarh union territory     |                       2 |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh                   |                      10 |
| 8     | Dadra and Nagar Haveli UT      |                       0 |
| 9     | Daman and Diu union territory  |                       0 |
| 10    | Delhi                          |                      17 |
| 11    | Goa                            |                       0 |
| 12    | Gujarat                        |                      55 |
| 13    | Haryana                        |                      23 |
| 14    | Himachal Pradesh               |                       1 |
| 15    | Jammu and Kashmir              |                       1 |
| 16    | Jharkhand                      |                       6 |
| 17    | Karnataka                      |                      56 |
| 18    | Kerala                         |                      25 |
| 19    | Ladakh                         |                       0 |
| 20    | Lakshadweep union territory    |                       0 |
| 21    | Madhya Pradesh                 |                      18 |
| 22    | Maharashtra                    |                      74 |
| 23    | Manipur                        |                       0 |
| 24    | Meghalaya                      |                       0 |
| 25    | Mizoram                        |                       0 |
| 26    | Nagaland                       |                       0 |
| 27    | Odisha                         |                      16 |
| 28    | Puducherry                     |                       3 |
| 29    | Punjab                         |                      22 |
| 30    | Rajasthan                      |                      45 |
| 31    | Sikkim                         |                       0 |
| 32    | Tamil Nadu                     |                      78 |
| 33    | Telangana                      |                      40 |
| 34    | Tripura                        |                       0 |
| 35    | Uttar Pradesh                  |                      62 |
| 36    | Uttarakhand                    |                       1 |
| 37    | West Bengal                    |                      37 |
|       | Total                          |                     669 |