Lok Sabha Question No. 3054 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-07
Subject: Retail Outlets Operated by Women Workforce
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Smt. Sandhya Ray, Ms Kangna Ranaut

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 3054

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH AUGUST, 2025

## Retail Outlets Operated by Women Workforce

## † 3054. Smt. Sandhya Ray:

## Ms Kangna Ranaut:

## पेůोिलयम और ÿाक ृ ितक गैस मंýी

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

- (a) whether there are any retail outlets (petrol pumps) or LPG distribution agencies in thecountry that are being operated exclusively by a female workforce and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  any  action  plan  has  been  prepared  to  increase  the  number  of  fully  women-operated retailoutlets and LPG distribution agencies during the next five years and if so, thedetails thereof; and
- (c)  whether the Government is implementing any skill development programmes to empowerwomen and if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER पेůोिलयम और ÿाक ृ ितक गैस मंýालय म¤ राºयमंýी ( ®ी सुरेश गोपी )

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

- (a) and (b):   Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (PSU OMCs) have informed that sales personnel- men and women at the Retail Outlets (RO) and LPG Distributorship are employees of RO dealers/LPG distributors and are appointed by such dealers/distributors. OMCs also encourage dealers/distributors for appointing women employees at retail outlets/distributorships.  As on date approximately 27,340 and 31,300 number of women employees are part of work force at ROs and LPG Distributorships respectively.

There are 19 Retail outlets which are exclusively operated by women. The details are attached at annexure.

There is no LPG Distributorship exclusively operated by women in the country.

Appointment of women employees at ROs and LPG distributorships is a continuous process.

- (c)   OMCs conduct training programmes including skill development programme for RO dealership and LPG distributorship staff including women work force from time to time.

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Annexure referred to in reply to  part  (a)  and  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  3054 asked bySmt. Sandhya Ray and Ms. Kangna Ranaut for answer on 07.08.2025 regarding 'Retail Outlets Operated by Women Workforce'

| Retail Outlets exclusively operated by women across the country   | Retail Outlets exclusively operated by women across the country   | Retail Outlets exclusively operated by women across the country   | Retail Outlets exclusively operated by women across the country   | Retail Outlets exclusively operated by women across the country   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                            | Name of the Retail Outlet                                         | Location                                                          | District                                                          | State                                                             |
| 1                                                                 | Freedom Filling Station Unit II                                   | Puzhal                                                            | Tiruvallur                                                        | Tamil Nadu                                                        |
| 2                                                                 | Drda Sanga Reddy Sanga Reddy                                      | Sanga Reddy                                                       | Sanga Reddy                                                       | Telangana                                                         |
| 3                                                                 | COCO Saligramapuram                                               | Saligramapuram                                                    | Visakhapatnam                                                     | Andhra Pradesh                                                    |
| 4                                                                 | Superintendent Special Prison for Women                           | Chanchalguda                                                      | Ranga Reddy(Hyderabad)                                            | Telangana                                                         |
| 5                                                                 | Swaraj Petroleum                                                  | Padubidri                                                         | Dakshin Kannada                                                   | Karnataka                                                         |
| 6                                                                 | Jharsuguda Service Station                                        | Jharsuguda                                                        | Jharsuguda                                                        | Odisha                                                            |
| 7                                                                 | Shree Sai Service Station                                         | North 24- Parganas                                                | North 24-Parganas                                                 | West Bengal                                                       |
| 8                                                                 | BP-Shantipath                                                     | New Delhi                                                         | New Delhi                                                         | Delhi                                                             |
| 9                                                                 | BP-Keshawapur                                                     | Dharwad                                                           | Dharwad                                                           | Karnataka                                                         |
| 10                                                                | BP-Iyer Bangalow                                                  | Madurai                                                           | Madurai                                                           | Tamil Nadu                                                        |
| 11                                                                | DRDA ZMS Filling Station                                          | Narayanpet                                                        | Narayanpet                                                        | Telangana                                                         |
| 12                                                                | Aaradhya Petroleum                                                | Ahmednagar                                                        | Ahmednagar                                                        | Maharashtra                                                       |
| 13                                                                | Dande Petroleum                                                   | Nagpur                                                            | Nagpur                                                            | Maharashtra                                                       |
| 14                                                                | Bp-Udaipur 1                                                      | Udaipur                                                           | udaipur                                                           | Rajasthan                                                         |
| 15                                                                | bp-nayanohra                                                      | kota                                                              | kota                                                              | Rajasthan                                                         |
| 16                                                                | R D Filling Station                                               | Ratanpur                                                          | Ambedkarnagar                                                     | Uttar Pradesh                                                     |
| 17                                                                | Triumph Fuel Station                                              | Gorakhpur                                                         | Gorakhpur                                                         | Uttar Pradesh                                                     |
| 18                                                                | Shah Mehta& Co.                                                   | Khokhra                                                           | Ahmedabad                                                         | Gujarat                                                           |
| 19                                                                | G S Service Station                                               | Jheel Khureji Khas                                                | East Delhi                                                        | Delhi                                                             |