Lok Sabha Question No. 2584 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: MS and HSD
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Margani Bharat, Arvind Kumar Sharma

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2584 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 th  MARCH, 2023

## MS and HSD

## 2584.   SHRI MARGANI BHARAT: DR. ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

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

- (a) whether Motor Spirit (MS) and High Speed Diesel (HSD) requirement of newly authorized entities for transportation fuel marketing under marketing resolution no. P12029(11)/2/2018-OMC-PNG dated 08.11.2019 is considered domestic demand or not;
- (b)       the reasons for non-supply of MS and HSD to new entities by Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs);
- (c)          whether  the  supplies  are  made/proposed  to  such  entities  on  selective  basis  and  if  so,  the criteria fixed for such selective supplies to some entities and not to others; and
- (d) the details of export and Refinery Transport Price (RTP) of MS and HSD during the last two years, month-wise?

## ANSWER

## पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंालय म रायमंी

( ी रामे वर तेली )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a)          Vide  Resolution  dated  08.11.2019,  Government  has  issued  guidelines  for  grant  of authorization  to  market  transportation  fuels  viz,  MS  and  HSD  to  the  new  entrants including private sector for Retail and Bulk business.
- (b)         Authorization to market transportation fuels under the said Resolution does not create any obligation/commitment  on  Public  Sector  Oil  Marketing  Companies  (PSU  OMCs)  to sell/supply transportation fuels to newly authorized entities. Further,  vide  DGFT notification dated 30.06.2022, oil companies including PSU OMCs are only obligated to supply 50% of MS and 30% of HSD mentioned in the respective Shipping Bills in the domestic market during the current financial year.
- (c)         Does not arise in view of (b) above.
- (d)        Refinery Transfer Price (RTP) is the price paid by oil marketing companies to refiners for purchase of petroleum products. RTP is worked out for each port and every inland refinery and varies from port to port mainly on account of ocean freight to respective port and for inland refineries on freight from nearest port to location of the refinery.

Along with deregulation of retail prices of Petrol and Diesel, refinery gate price was also deregulated with effect from 26 th June 2010 and 19 th October 2014 respectively.

- .            The details of export of MS and HSD during the last two years, month-wise is attached as Annexure-I.

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Annexure referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (d)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  unstarred  question  No.  2584 asked  by  Shri  Margani  Bharat  and  Dr.  Arvind  Kumar  Sharma for  answer on  16.03.2023 regarding MS and HSD

Details of Exports of MS and HSD of oil companies including private and PSU for last two years

In Thousand Metric Ton

|           | MS-export   | MS-export   | HSD-export   | HSD-export   |
|-----------|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
| Month     | FY 2020-21  | FY 2021-22  | FY 2020-21   | FY 2021-22   |
| April     | 932         | 934         | 3404         | 1880         |
| May       | 1108        | 1334        | 2786         | 2945         |
| June      | 985         | 1146        | 2094         | 2834         |
| July      | 1012        | 1002        | 2058         | 2259         |
| August    | 874         | 903         | 2790         | 2603         |
| September | 984         | 851         | 2673         | 2795         |
| October   | 797         | 1005        | 2373         | 2897         |
| November  | 895         | 1035        | 2244         | 2781         |
| December  | 954         | 1374        | 2653         | 3057         |
| January   | 890         | 1082        | 2324         | 2578         |
| February  | 884         | 1217        | 2109         | 2415         |
| March     | 1290        | 1600        | 3069         | 3365         |
| Total     | 11605       | 13483       | 30577        | 32409        |

Source: Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell (PPAC)