Lok Sabha Question No. 3622 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-10
Subject: Petrol Pumps in Rural and Backward Areas
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar, Hemant Tukaram Godse, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3622 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 AUGUST, 2023

## Petrol Pumps in Rural and Backward Areas

## †3622. SHRIMATI DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI:

SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

पेोलयम एवं ाक ृतक गैस मंी

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

- (a)  whether  the  Oil  Marketing  Companies  propose  to  set  up  petrol/diesel  pumps  in rural  and  backward  areas  of  Dadra  and  Nagar  Haveli  and  Daman  and  Diu  and Maharashtra;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the norms and guidelines thereof;
- (c) the number of petrol/diesel pumps set up in the other States including Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu and Maharashtra during the last three years and the current year, state/year-wise;
- (d)  the  impact  of  newly  installed  and  previously  existing  petrol  pumps  on  the availability  and  consumption of petrol and diesel in rural areas of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu and Maharashtra; and
- (e) the details of plans to set up additional petrol/ diesel pumps keeping in view of the future demand and consumption of petrol and diesel?

## 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  rural  and backward areas of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu and Maharashtra. 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 athttps://www.petrolpumpdealerchayan.in/petrol-2023/.

The newly set up petrol pumps along with the existing petrol pumps in rural areas of the country including Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu and Maharashtra, ensure the availability of petrol and diesel nearer to the consumption centers.

State/year-  wise  number  of  petrol  and  diesel  pumps  set  up  in  the  country including  Dadra  and  Nagar  Haveli  and  Daman  and  Diu  and  Maharashtra  by  Public Sector OMCs during the last three years and current year are given at Annexure .

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3622 for 10.08.2023 asked by Shrimati Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai, Shri Hemant Tukaram Godse and Shri Gajanan Kirtikar, Hon`ble MPs regarding "Petrol Pumps in Rural and Backward Areas".

Public Sector OMCs: State/Year-wise number of Retail outlets set up (commissioned) in the country during 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 & April to June, 2023

|   S.No. | STATE/UT                                    |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   Apr-June, 2023 |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh                              |       291 |       160 |       133 |               14 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh                           |        34 |        28 |        18 |                2 |
|       3 | Assam                                       |       112 |        99 |        86 |                6 |
|       4 | Bihar                                       |       195 |       183 |       199 |               10 |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh                                |       351 |       161 |       102 |               10 |
|       6 | Delhi                                       |         2 |         0 |         2 |                0 |
|       7 | Goa                                         |         4 |         5 |         8 |                0 |
|       8 | Gujarat                                     |       490 |       266 |       157 |               10 |
|       9 | Haryana                                     |       351 |       242 |       115 |               16 |
|      10 | Himachal Pradesh                            |        68 |        31 |        38 |                2 |
|      11 | Jharkhand                                   |       182 |        97 |        51 |                3 |
|      12 | Karnataka                                   |       587 |       331 |       225 |               12 |
|      13 | Kerala                                      |       132 |       137 |       106 |                7 |
|      14 | Madhya Pradesh                              |       726 |       563 |       341 |                8 |
|      15 | Maharashtra                                 |       528 |       528 |       394 |               23 |
|      16 | Manipur                                     |        24 |        18 |        17 |                0 |
|      17 | Meghalaya                                   |        13 |        26 |        14 |                2 |
|      18 | Mizoram                                     |        10 |        17 |        24 |                0 |
|      19 | Nagaland                                    |        26 |        30 |        18 |                4 |
|      20 | Odisha                                      |       184 |       174 |       101 |                9 |
|      21 | Punjab                                      |       222 |       144 |        87 |               10 |
|      22 | Rajasthan                                   |       581 |       393 |       348 |               29 |
|      23 | Sikkim                                      |         2 |         6 |         2 |                2 |
|      24 | Tamil Nadu                                  |       518 |       347 |       302 |               26 |
|      25 | Telangana                                   |       499 |       225 |       216 |               19 |
|      26 | Tripura                                     |        16 |        13 |         7 |                3 |
|      27 | Uttar Pradesh                               |      1124 |       863 |       593 |              108 |
|      28 | Uttarakhand                                 |        57 |        55 |        31 |                1 |
|      29 | West Bengal                                 |       227 |       144 |       115 |                7 |
|      30 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT              |         0 |         3 |         0 |                0 |
|      31 | Chandigarh union territory                  |         5 |         0 |         1 |                0 |
|      32 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu UT |         0 |         3 |         2 |                0 |

| 33   | Jammu and Kashmir UT        |   22 |   40 |   62 |   3 |
|------|-----------------------------|------|------|------|-----|
| 34   | Ladakh UT                   |    9 |    4 |    5 |   0 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep union territory |    0 |    1 |    3 |   0 |
| 36   | Puducherry UT               |   10 |    5 |    8 |   1 |
|      | ALL INDIA                   | 7602 | 5342 | 3931 | 347 |

SOURCE - PSU OMCS