Lok Sabha Question No. 1255 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-09
Subject: Operational Petrol Pumps
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Ramya  Haridas

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1255 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 th  FEBRUARY, 2023

## Operational Petrol Pumps

## 1255. MS. RAMYA HARIDAS:

पेोलयम एवं ाक ृतक गैस मंी

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

- (a) the total number of operational petrol pumps in the country as on date, State-wise;
- (b) the total expenditure incurred on the advertising of various schemes/policies of the Government on the petrol pumps;
- (c) the details of the basic facilities which are mandatory to be provided at petrol pumps; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to ensure that these basic facilities are provided at all the petrol pumps?

## 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)              The  State/UT  wise  total  number  of  Retail  Outlets  (Petrol  Pumps)  of  Oil Companies as on 01.01.2023 is given at Annexure.
- (b) Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have incurred an expenditure  of  Rs.  27.11  crore  on  advertisement  of  various  Central  Government`s Schemes/Policies on petrol pumps during April, 2021 to December, 2022.
- (c)to(d)     The Public Sector OMCs have mandated provision of basic facilities such as potable drinking water, public conveniences, facility of free air for vehicles etc. at their ROs.  Periodic  inspection  are  carried  out  by  PSU  OMCs  on  their  ROs  to  ensure  the availability of these basic facilities and action is taken against the dealer in case of nonavailability  of  basic  facilities  as  per  process  laid  down  in  the  Marketing  Discipline Guidelines (MDG).

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## Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1255 for 9.2.2023 asked by Ms. Ramya Haridas, Hon'ble MP regarding 'Operational Petrol Pumps'.

The number of Retail Outlets of Oil Companies (PSUs and Private) in India (State/UT wise) as on 01.01.2023:

|   Sr. No. | State/UT                             |   No. of Retail Outlets |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands            |                      19 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh                       |                    4307 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh                    |                     185 |
|         4 | Assam                                |                    1378 |
|         5 | Bihar                                |                    3461 |
|         6 | Chandigarh                           |                      48 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh                         |                    2031 |
|         8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |                      66 |
|         9 | Delhi                                |                     400 |
|        10 | Goa                                  |                     130 |
|        11 | Gujarat                              |                    5611 |
|        12 | Haryana                              |                    3736 |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh                     |                     687 |
|        14 | Jammu and Kashmir UT                 |                     628 |
|        15 | Jharkhand                            |                    1671 |
|        16 | Karnataka                            |                    6092 |
|        17 | Kerala                               |                    2658 |
|        18 | Ladakh                               |                      32 |
|        19 | Lakshadweep                          |                       2 |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh                       |                    5772 |
|        21 | Maharashtra                          |                    7913 |
|        22 | Manipur                              |                     185 |
|        23 | Meghalaya                            |                     275 |
|        24 | Mizoram                              |                      84 |
|        25 | Nagaland                             |                     155 |
|        26 | Odisha                               |                    2309 |
|        27 | Puducherry                           |                     184 |
|        28 | Punjab                               |                    3982 |
|        29 | Rajasthan                            |                    6256 |
|        30 | Sikkim                               |                      64 |
|        31 | Tamil Nadu                           |                    6948 |
|        32 | Telangana                            |                    3895 |

| 33   | Tripura       |   111 |
|------|---------------|-------|
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh | 10507 |
| 35   | Uttarakhand   |   783 |
| 36   | West Bengal   |  2964 |
|      | ALL INDIA     | 85529 |

Source : PPAC