Lok Sabha Question No. 2753 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-22
Subject: Petrol Pumps in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: DNV Senthilkumar. S.

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2753 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd  DECEMBER, 2022

## Petrol Pumps in Tamil Nadu

## 2753.    DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR S.:

पेोलयम एवं ाक ृतक गैस मंी

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

- (a) whether the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) proposes to set up petrol and diesel pumps in the rural areas of Tamil Nadu;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the norms/ guidelines for the purpose;
- (c)  the  number of petrol and diesel pumps set up in Tamil Nadu during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the impact of the newly set up as well as the existing petrol pumps on availability and consumption of petrol and diesel in the rural areas of Tamil Nadu; and
- (e) the details of the plans for setting up additional petrol/diesel pumps in the coming years keeping in view the demand and consumption of petrol and diesel in future?

## 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)to(e)    Expansion of Retail Outlet (RO) network (in urban/rural) by Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) is a continuous process to ensure adequate availability of motor fuels such as petrol & diesel throughout the country including in rural areas of Tamil Nadu. ROs are set up by Public Sector OMCs at identified locations based on field  survey and feasibility studies. Locations having sufficient potential and which are economically viable are rostered in the Marketing Plans for setting up ROs. Procedure/Norms/Criteria for allotment of RO dealerships in the country are available at www.petrolpumpdealerchayan.in.

The newly set up as well as the existing petrol pumps in rural areas of the country including Tamil Nadu state will facilitate the availability of petrol and diesel nearer to the consuming centers.

State-wise  number  of  petrol  and  diesel  pumps  set  up  in  the  country  including Tamil Nadu by Public Sector OMCs during the last three years and current year are given at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstared Question No.2753 for 22.12.2022 regarding Petrol Pumps in Tamil Nadu.

Public Sector OMCs: Number of Retail outlets set up (commissioned) in the country during 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 & April  to Sept 2022

|   S.No. | STATE/UT          |   Retail Outlets of Public Sector OMCs |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                                    752 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                     92 |
|       3 | Assam             |                                    329 |
|       4 | Bihar             |                                    581 |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh      |                                    732 |
|       6 | Delhi             |                                      2 |
|       7 | Goa               |                                      9 |
|       8 | Gujarat           |                                   1144 |
|       9 | Haryana           |                                    770 |
|      10 | Himachal Pradesh  |                                    164 |
|      11 | Jharkhand         |                                    457 |
|      12 | Karnataka         |                                   1333 |
|      13 | Kerala            |                                    385 |
|      14 | Madhya Pradesh    |                                   1780 |
|      15 | Maharashtra       |                                   1444 |
|      16 | Manipur           |                                     78 |
|      17 | Meghalaya         |                                     58 |
|      18 | Mizoram           |                                     35 |
|      19 | Nagaland          |                                     75 |

| 20   | Odisha                         |   584 |
|------|--------------------------------|-------|
| 21   | Punjab                         |   505 |
| 22   | Rajasthan                      |  1343 |
| 23   | Sikkim                         |    13 |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu                     |  1104 |
| 25   | Telangana                      |  1079 |
| 26   | Tripura                        |    38 |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh                  |  2649 |
| 28   | Uttarakhand                    |   145 |
| 29   | West Bengal                    |   591 |
| 30   | Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT |     5 |
| 31   | Chandigarh union territory     |     6 |
| 32   | Dadra and Nagar Haveli UT      |     2 |
| 33   | Daman and Diu union territory  |     2 |
| 34   | Jammu and Kashmir UT           |   118 |
| 35   | Ladakh UT                      |    17 |
| 36   | Lakshadweep union territory    |     2 |
| 37   | Puducherry UT                  |    17 |
|      | ALL INDIA                      | 18440 |

SOURCE - PSU OMCS