Lok Sabha Question No. 2129 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-08
Subject: Import of Oil
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Kotagiri Sridhar, Goddeti Madhavi, M V V Satyanarayana, Chinta Anuradha, Midhun Reddy, Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, Pocha Brahmananda Reddy

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2129 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 TH  MARCH, 2021

## Import of Oil

## 2129.  SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGIRI:

SHRIMATI GODDETI MADHAVI:

SHRI M.V.V. SATYANARAYANA:

SHRIMATI CHINTA ANURADHA:

SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY:

SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU:

SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY:

पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंी

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

- (a) the details of the total value of oil and oil products imported by the country during the last five years country/year-wise;
- (b) whether the Government is taking measures to reduce the total import bill, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the total savings in oil import value due to bio-ethanol blending in petrol, year-wise including the rate of bio-ethanol blending with petrol in 2020-21?

## A N S W E R

पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंी ( ी धमन् धान )

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

- (a) The details of the total value of oil and petroleum products for the last five years are as under:

| Particulars                                          | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |
|------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Import of Oil (in ₹ crore)                           | 4,16,579  | 4,70,159  | 5,66,450  | 7,83,183  | 7,17,001  |
| Import of Petroleum Products (in ₹ crore)            | 65,361    | 71,566    | 88,374    | 1,13,665  | 1,25,742  |
| Total Imports (Oil &Petroleum Products) (in ₹ crore) | 4,81,940  | 5,41,725  | 6,54,824  | 8,96,848  | 8,42,743  |

India imported crude oil & petroleum products from various geographical regions like MiddleEast, Africa, Europe, North America, South America and South-East Asia.

(b)      Government  has  taken  multiple  steps  to  reduce  imports  through  refinery  process improvements and various policies under Production Sharing Contract (PSC) regime, Discovered Small Field Policy, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy, Setting up of National Data Repository, etc.  Government has also provided functional freedom to National Oil Companies and  wider  private  sector  participation  by  streamlining  approval  processes  including  electronic single window mechanism.

Government  has  launched  National  Biofuel  Policy,  2018,  to  boost  availability  of  biofuels  in country  and  use  of  alternative  fuels  like  ethanol,  bio-diesel  and  bio  CNG  through  Ethanol Blending,  Bio-diesel  blending  and  Sustainable  Alternative  Towards  Affordable  Transportation (SATAT) initiative  respectively.

(c) Under the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme, Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have been directed to blend 10% bio-ethanol in petrol as per Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) Specifications. The total savings in oil import value due to bio-ethanol blending in petrol is as under:-

| Year                 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 (Provisional) |
|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
| Savings (in ₹ crore) |      5035 |      4071 |                    2264 |

The percentage of ethanol blending in petrol is as under :-

| Ethanol Supply (ESY)#   | 2018-19   |   2019-20 |    |   2020-21 (as on 01.03.2021) |
|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|----|------------------------------|
| Percentage              |           |         5 |  5 |                         6.94 |

#ESY starts from 1 st December of a year to 30 th November of the next year.

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