Lok Sabha Question No. 914 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-24
Subject: Dealership of Kerosene
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Dr. Faggan Singh Kulaste

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 914

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH JULY, 2025

## Dealership of Kerosene

## 914. Dr. Faggan Singh Kulaste:

## पेůोिलयम और ÿाक ृ ितक गैस मंýी

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

- (a) the number of individuals who have been awarded kerosene dealership by the Government across the country till date, State-wise;
- (b) whether the supply of kerosene to those who were granted dealership has been discontinued and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether  any  provision  exists  to  continue  operations  for  such  discontinued  dealerships  and if so, the time by which the Government plans to implement the same?

## ANSWER

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## ( ®ी सुरेश गोपी )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI SURESH GOPI)

- (a) As on 01.07.2025, there are 6395 Public Distribution Superior Kerosene Oil (PDS SKO) agencies across the country. The State wise details is given as annexure.
- (b) and (c) Government  makes  allocation  of  Public  Distribution  System  (PDS)  Kerosene  to  States/UTs  on quarterly basis. PDS Kerosene allocation to States/UTs has been rationalized since 2010-11, with 21 States/UTs currently PDS SKO Free.

Government has formulated the Public Distribution Superior Kerosene Oil (PDS SKO) Allocation Policy under which Government makes allocation of Public Distribution System (PDS) Kerosene to States/UTs  on  quarterly  basis  for  cooking  &  lighting  and  for  special  needs  (fisheries,  mela, exhibitions,  pandemic,  calamity  etc.).  Further  distribution  of  PDS  Kerosene  within  the  State/UT under PDS network is carried out by the concerned State/UT. Scale and criteria of the distribution is accordingly, also decided by the respective State/UT.

In  order  to  rehabilitate  unviable  PDS  Kerosene  dealers,  domestic  LPG  distributor  selection guidelines/retail  outlet  dealership  selection  guidelines  have  been  amended  by  Oil  Marketing Companies (OMCs) relaxing certain eligibility criteria to enable them to participate in the selection process.

OMCs  have  also  implemented  policy  on  award  of  Non-Domestic  (ND)  LPG/  Free  Trade  LPG (FTL)  distributorship  on  nomination  basis  in  order  to  rehabilitate  PDS  Kerosene  dealers  in Kerosene freeStates/UT and unviable SKO dealers.

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Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) of the Lok Sabha unstarred question No. 914 asked by Dr. Faggan Singh Kulaste, for answer on 24.07.2025 regarding 'Dealership of Kerosene'

| State                              |   Number of PDS SKO Agency as on 01.07.2025 |
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands          |                                           2 |
| Andhra Pradesh                     |                                         328 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  |                                          30 |
| Assam                              |                                         227 |
| Bihar                              |                                         349 |
| Chandigarh                         |                                          11 |
| Chhattisgarh                       |                                         105 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu |                                           7 |
| Delhi                              |                                         112 |
| Goa                                |                                          19 |
| Gujarat                            |                                         466 |
| Haryana                            |                                         150 |
| Himachal Pradesh                   |                                          25 |
| Jammu and Kashmir                  |                                          50 |
| Jharkhand                          |                                         109 |
| Karnataka                          |                                         376 |
| Kerala                             |                                         196 |
| Ladakh                             |                                           2 |
| Lakshadweep                        |                                           1 |
| Madhya Pradesh                     |                                         279 |
| Maharashtra                        |                                         786 |
| Manipur                            |                                          40 |
| Meghalaya                          |                                          31 |
| Mizoram                            |                                          27 |
| Nagaland                           |                                          19 |
| Odisha                             |                                         172 |
| Puducherry                         |                                           6 |
| Punjab                             |                                         232 |
| Rajasthan                          |                                         285 |
| Sikkim                             |                                           7 |
| Tamil Nadu                         |                                         392 |
| Telangana                          |                                         205 |
| Tripura                            |                                          48 |
| Uttar Pradesh                      |                                         758 |
| Uttarakhand                        |                                          73 |
| West Bengal                        |                                         470 |
| Total                              |                                        6395 |