Lok Sabha Question No. 4489 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-19
Subject: Allotment of Petrol Pumps by OMCs
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Shri Laxmikant Pappu Nishad

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4489 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 th  MARCH, 2026

## ALLOTMENT OF PETROL PUMPS BY OMCs

4489. SHRI LAXMIKANT PAPPU NISHAD:

पेट Ō ोिलयम और Ůाक ृ ितक गैस मंũी

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

(a)  the  total  number  of  retail  outlets  allotted  to  applicants  belonging  to  Scheduled  Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Defence and Widow  categories by Oil Marketing Companies(OMCs) in Delhi NCR and other Metro Cities since the year 2005, year-wise;

(b) the details of the number of outlets originally allotted to SC/ST/Defence/Widow category applicants  that  were  subsequently  reconstituted  with  the  induction  of  applicants  from  the GeneralCategory during the last ten years, year-wise and outlet-wise;

(c)  whether  the  number  of  petrol  pumps  originally  allotted  to  SC/ST  category  applicants arebeing  operated  by  minority  partners  without  the  major  shareholder  (benami  operations) anddetected  by  OMC  officials  and  if  so,  the  details  of  such  cases  and  the  action  taken thereon;

(d)  the  details  of  the  number  of  retail  outlets  allotted  to  General  Category  applicants  in Delhi/NCR, Gurgaon and  other  major  cities  after  2005  where  the  allottee  was  required  to arrangeland on their own as per the guidelines of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and

(e) the number of retail outlets allotted on HUDA land to applicants since 2011 to till date

## ANSWER

## पेट Ō ोिलयम और Ůाक ृ ितक गैस मंũालय मŐ राǛमंũी ( ŵी सुरे श गोपी )

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

(a)       The  Dealer  Selection Guidelines, 2023  for Retail  Outlets (ROs) of Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), inter alia, have a provision of 22.5% reservation for SCs/STs and  27%  reservation  for  OBCs  in  allotment  of  retail  outlet  dealershipsexcept  Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Mizoram where reservation for ST category is 70%, 80%, 80% and 90% respectively. Within SC/ST, OBC & Open categories, there is reservation for Defence personnel along with Para Military Personnel/Central/State Govt. and Central/State PSU  employeesunder  Combined  Category-1  (CC-1).However,  there  is  no  reservation  for widow category in allotment  of  RO. Year-wise total  number of  ROs allotted to  applicants belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Defence Personnel (under CC-1) by Public Sector OMCs in Delhi NCR and other Metro Cities since the year 2005 are given in Annexure-1 .

- (b)     Year-wise details of ROs originally allotted to SC/ST/Defence Personnel (under CC-1) by Public Sector OMCs that were subsequently reconstituted with the induction of applicants from the General Category, during the last ten years from 2015-16 to 2025-26 (till February, 2026) are given in Annexure-2.
- (c)    One RO of Public Sector OMCs in Trichy, Tamil Nadu was terminated on account of benami operation.
- (d)    Public Sector OMCs have allotted 3250 ROs to General Category applicants through Dealership  Selection  Guidelines  in  Delhi/NCR,  Gurgaon  and  other  major  cities  (Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune, Surat and Jaipur) after 2005 on the land arranged by the applicants.
- (e)        Public Sector OMCs have allotted 22 ROs on HUDA land in Haryana since 2011 to till date.

## ANNEXURE - 1

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.4489 dated 19.03.2026 asked by Shri Laxmikant Pappu Nishad, MP regarding Allotment of Petrol Pumps by OMCs.

Year-wise  number  of  ROs  allotted  (commissioned)  by  PSU  OMCs  to  SC/ST/Defence  Personnel (under CC-1) since 2005.

| Year                     | Delhi NCR   | Delhi NCR   | Delhi NCR   | Mumbai   | Mumbai   | Mumbai   | Kolkata   | Kolkata   | Kolkata   | Chennai   | Chennai   | Chennai   |
|--------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|----------|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Year                     | SC          | ST          | DEF         | SC       | ST       | DEF      | SC        | ST        | DEF       | SC        | ST        | DEF       |
| 2005-06                  | 13          | 3           | 4           | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 6         | 0         | 0         |
| 2006-07                  | 10          | 1           | 2           | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 2         | 0         | 0         |
| 2007-08                  | 17          | 1           | 1           | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 2         | 0         | 0         |
| 2008-09                  | 18          | 0           | 3           | 2        | 0        | 1        | 1         | 0         | 0         | 5         | 0         | 0         |
| 2009-10                  | 18          | 0           | 5           | 0        | 0        | 1        | 2         | 0         | 0         | 1         | 0         | 0         |
| 2010-11                  | 10          | 0           | 1           | 0        | 0        | 0        | 3         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 2011-12                  | 11          | 0           | 2           | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 2012-13                  | 7           | 0           | 2           | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 2013-14                  | 5           | 0           | 2           | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 2014-15                  | 1           | 0           | 0           | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 2015-16                  | 7           | 0           | 1           | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 2016-17                  | 13          | 0           | 1           | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 1         | 0         | 0         |
| 2017-18                  | 35          | 2           | 4           | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 3         | 1         | 0         |
| 2018-19                  | 22          | 3           | 0           | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 1         | 1         | 0         |
| 2019-20                  | 17          | 0           | 0           | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 3         | 0         | 0         |
| 2020-21                  | 71          | 2           | 2           | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 3         | 1         | 0         |
| 2021-22                  | 40          | 2           | 0           | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 1         | 1         | 0         |
| 2022-23                  | 29          | 3           | 1           | 0        | 0        | 0        | 1         | 0         | 0         | 1         | 0         | 0         |
| 2023-24                  | 28          | 3           | 1           | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 2         | 0         | 0         |
| 2024-25                  | 44          | 4           | 2           | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 1         | 0         | 0         |
| 2025-26 (Till Feb, 2026) | 36          | 3           | 2           | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |

Source - Public Sector OMCs

Annexure -2

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.  4489  for  19.03.2026  asked  by  Shri  Laxmikant  Pappu  Nishad,  MP regarding Allotment of Petrol Pumps by OMCs.

Year-wisenumber  of  ROs  originally  allotted  to  SC/ST/Defence  Personnel (under  CC-1  category)  by  Public  Sector  OMCs  that  were  subsequently reconstituted  with  induction  of  applicants  from  General  Category  during last 10 years.

| Year of Reconstitution   |   Defence (under CC-1 category) |   SC |   ST |
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|------|------|
| 2015-16                  |                               2 |    6 |    1 |
| 2016-17                  |                               3 |   17 |    4 |
| 2017-18                  |                               4 |   21 |    2 |
| 2018-19                  |                               7 |   25 |   10 |
| 2019-20                  |                               5 |   47 |   13 |
| 2020-21                  |                              10 |   62 |   24 |
| 2021-22                  |                               6 |  116 |   32 |
| 2022-23                  |                               6 |  134 |   44 |
| 2023-24                  |                               8 |  138 |   50 |
| 2024-25                  |                              15 |  171 |   62 |
| 2025-26                  |                               2 |   30 |   15 |
| 2025-26 (Till Feb, 26)   |                               6 |   80 |   50 |

Source - Public Sector OMCs