Lok Sabha Question No. 118 (STARRED), answered on 2016-07-25
Subject: LPG Bottling Plants
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: A.T. (NANA) PATIL

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 118 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 th  JULY 2016 LPG BOTTLING PLANTS

†*118. SHRI A.T. NANA PATIL:

पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state : (a) the number of LPG bottling plants of various Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) operating in the country, OMC/ location/State/UT-wise; (b) whether the OMCs propose to set up LPG bottling plants in various parts of the country and if so, the details and the locations thereof; and (c)  the  concrete steps taken/proposed to be taken to ensure regular and timely supply of LPG cylinders to consumers in the country, State/UT-wise? ANSWER पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्य मंत्री ( स्विंत्र प्रभार ) ( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान ) MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN) (a) to (c) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  118  BY  SHRI  A.T.  NANA  PATIL  TO  BE ANSWERED ON 25TH  JULY 2016 REGARDING  'LPG BOTTLING PLANTS '

(a) OMC/State/UT-wise number of LPG bottling plants in the country as on 01.07.2016 is at Annexure .

(b)    &    (c)  In  order  to  ensure  timely  supply  of  LPG  cylinders  from  bottling  plants  to  LPG distributorships,  OMCs  are  ensuring  that  sufficient  bottling  capacities  are  available  at  the bottling plants. The same is done by augmenting the facilities at existing bottling plants and constructing new bottling plants close to the potential demand centres.

Further,  OMCs  endeavour  to  meet  the  domestic  demand  of  the  LPG  customers  within  7 working days from the date of booking.  However, delay in refill supplies may occur in the event  of  backlog  due  to  non-availability  of  filled  LPG  cylinders  with  the  distributors  for unavoidable reasons, road breaches, floods, strikes, incidents of bandhs, shortage of bulk LPG, non-availability of trucks, etc. and in such situations bottling plants work on extended hours as well as on holidays to clear the backlog.

ANNEXURE

## Annexure referred to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 118 asked by Shri A.T. Nana Patil regarding "LPG Bottling Plants" to be answered on 25.07.2016.

## BOTTLING PLANTS (STATE/UTs-WISE & COMPANY-WISE) as on 01.07.2016

| NAME OF THE STATE/UT   |   I O C NO.of Bottling Plants | H P C NO.of Bottling Plants   | B P C NO.of Bottling Plants   |   INDUSTRY TOTAL NO.of Bottling Plants |
|------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| UTTAR PRADESH          |                            13 | 3                             | 9                             |                                     25 |
| UTTRAKHAND             |                             2 |                               | 1                             |                                      3 |
| RAJASTHAN              |                             4 | 3                             | 4                             |                                     11 |
| DELHI                  |                             2 |                               |                               |                                      2 |
| HARYANA                |                             2 | 2                             | 2                             |                                      6 |
| PUNJAB                 |                             2 | 2                             | 2                             |                                      6 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH       |                             2 |                               |                               |                                      2 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR        |                             2 | 2                             |                               |                                      4 |
| WEST BENGAL            |                             5 | 1                             | 3                             |                                      9 |
| BIHAR                  |                             3 | 2                             | 1                             |                                      6 |
| JHARKHAND              |                             2 | 2                             |                               |                                      4 |
| ODISHA                 |                             2 | 1                             | 1                             |                                      4 |
| TRIPURA                |                             1 |                               |                               |                                      1 |
| SIKKIM                 |                             1 |                               |                               |                                      1 |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR      |                             1 |                               |                               |                                      1 |
| ASSAM                  |                             6 |                               | 1                             |                                      7 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH      |                             1 |                               |                               |                                      1 |
| NAGALAND               |                             1 |                               |                               |                                      1 |
| MIZORAM                |                             1 |                               |                               |                                      1 |
| MANIPUR                |                             1 |                               |                               |                                      1 |

| MAHARASHTRA    |   3 | 8   | 8   |   19 |
|----------------|-----|-----|-----|------|
| GUJARAT        |   6 | 2   | 3   |   11 |
| MADHYA PRADESH |   3 | 2   | 3   |    8 |
| CHHATTISGARH   |   1 | 1   |     |    2 |
| GOA            |   0 | 1   | 1   |    2 |
| TAMILNADU      |  11 | 2   | 4   |   17 |
| TELANGANA      |   2 | 1   | 1   |    4 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH |   3 | 4   | 2   |    9 |
| KARNATAKA      |   4 | 5   | 3   |   12 |
| KERALA         |   3 | 2   | 2   |    7 |
| PUDUCHERY      |   1 |     |     |    1 |
| GRAND TOTAL    |  91 | 46  | 51  |  188 |