Lok Sabha Question No. 2492 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-01
Subject: Adulteration of Petroleum Products
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV, CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE, LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2492 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 st  AUGUST, 2016

## ADULTERATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

2492.    SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV : SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE : SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV :

## पैट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a)      whether  the  incidents  of  under  measurement  and  adulteration  of  petrol/diesel  by various petrol pumps in the country including Delhi and NCR have been noticed by the Government during the last three years and the current year;
- (b)    if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  number  of  complaints  against  the  petrol pumps/persons  involved  received  by  the  Oil  Marketing  Companies  (OMCs)  and  the punitive  action  including  cancellation  of  their  licenses,  taken  against  them,  OMC/ State/UT-wise including Maharashtra;
- (c)    whether the Government has set up monitoring committee to check the adulteration of petrol, diesel and other petroleum products in the country and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d)     the steps taken by the Government to conduct regular drives/surprise checks and evolve a mechanism at national level to curb such malpractices and the action taken by the Government against the erring persons/dealers found involved therein, State/UT-wise?

## A N S W E R

पैट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज् य मंत्री ( स् विंत्र प्राार )  ( री ेमध श्र प्रेान )

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a)& (b) :   OMC/State/UT-wise  details of cases (including Maharashtra) detected by Oil Marketing  Companies  (OMCs)  namely,  Indian  Oil  Corporation  Limited  (IOCL),  Bharat Petroleum  Corporation  Limited  (BPCL)  and        Hindustan        Petroleum        Corporation Limited    (HPCL) related to under-measurement and adulteration at retail outlets (ROs) and RO dealers  terminated on account of these irregularities during the last three years and current year  (April-June, 2016) are  annexed as Annexure.

In proven cases of under-measurement and adulteration,  there is a provision to cancel  the license in the Marketing Discipline Guidelines (MDG)/Dealership Agreement. OMCs have terminated 159 retail outlets for such irregularities.

- (c) :   A Quality Control Cell is functional in each of the Public Sector OMCs which carries out surprise inspections at ROs for checking various irregularities including adulteration.

(d) :      Public  Sector OMCs undertake regular and surprise inspection of Retail Outlets and take action under the provisions of  MDG and Dealership Agreements against the outlets found indulging in irregularities/malpractices.  OMCs have carried out  5,61,796 number of inspections at  their retail outlets in the country during the last three years and current year up to June 2016.  The MDG provides for termination of outlets in the first instance for serious malpractices and graded penalties for other malpractices/ irregularities.  The Motor Spirit and High Speed Diesel (Regulation of Supply, Distribution and Prevention of Malpractices) Order, 2005 issued by the Central Government under Essential Commodities Act, 1955 also provides for punitive action against malpractices such as adulteration.  Several  initiatives to prevent irregularities in Retail Outlets have been taken that include Automation of Retail Outlets, Third Party Certification of Retail outlets and  Monitoring of movement of tank trucks through Global Positioning System (GPS).  State/OMC-wise  detail  of  cases  of  under-measurement  and  adulteration  and retail  outlets  terminated  on  account  of  these  irregularities  during  last  three  years  and current year up to June, 2016 is annexed as Annexure.

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| Annexure                                       | Annexure                                      | Annexure                     | Annexure                                      | Annexure                    | Annexure                                      | Annexure                                                                  | Annexure                    |
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| State/OMC-wise detail of terminated on account | BPCL                                          | BPCL                         | HPCL                                          | HPCL                        | IOCL                                          | IOCL                                                                      | Total                       |
| States/UTs                                     | Cases of Under- Measure- ment & Adulteratio n | Retail Outlet s Termi- nated | Cases of Under- Measure- ment & Adulteratio n | Retail Outlets Termi- nated | Cases of Under- Measure- ment & Adulteratio n | Retail Outlets Termi- nated Cases of Under- Measure- ment & Adulteratio n | Retail Outlets Termi- nated |
| A&N Islands                                    | 0                                             | 0                            | 0                                             | 0                           | 0 0                                           | 0                                                                         | 0                           |
| Andhra Pradesh                                 | 9                                             | 3                            | 72                                            | 3                           | 67 5                                          | 148                                                                       | 11                          |
| Arunachal                                      | 0                                             | 0                            | 7                                             | 0                           | 0 0                                           | 7                                                                         | 0                           |
| Pradesh Assam                                  | 6                                             | 0                            | 18                                            | 0                           | 30 4                                          | 54                                                                        | 4                           |
| Bihar                                          | 11                                            | 0                            | 28                                            | 0                           | 81 6                                          | 120                                                                       | 6                           |
| Chandigarh                                     | 0                                             | 0                            | 19                                            | 0                           | 1 0                                           | 20                                                                        | 0                           |
| Chattishgarh                                   | 22                                            | 2                            | 109                                           | 1                           | 41 0                                          | 172                                                                       | 3                           |
| D & N Haveli                                   | 0                                             | 0                            | 0                                             | 0                           | 2 0                                           | 2                                                                         | 0                           |
| Daman and Diu                                  | 5                                             | 0                            | 0                                             | 0                           | 4 0                                           | 9                                                                         | 0                           |
| Delhi                                          | 2                                             | 0                            | 9                                             | 0                           | 20 2                                          | 31                                                                        | 2                           |
| Goa                                            | 7                                             | 0                            | 7                                             | 0                           | 7 0                                           | 21                                                                        | 0                           |
| Gujarat                                        | 28                                            | 5                            | 8                                             | 0                           | 153 8                                         | 189                                                                       | 13                          |
| Haryana                                        | 67                                            | 5                            | 34                                            | 0                           | 119 0                                         | 220                                                                       | 5                           |
| Himachal Pradesh                               | 5                                             | 0                            | 3                                             | 0                           | 3 0                                           | 11                                                                        | 0                           |
| Jammu and Kashmir                              | 2                                             | 1                            | 12                                            | 0                           | 5 0                                           | 19                                                                        | 1                           |
| Jharkhand                                      | 17                                            | 1                            | 40                                            | 0                           | 19 2                                          | 76                                                                        | 3                           |
| Karnataka                                      | 5                                             | 0                            | 13                                            | 0                           | 49 2                                          | 67                                                                        | 2                           |
| Kerala                                         | 6                                             | 0                            | 11                                            | 1                           | 20 0                                          | 37                                                                        |                             |
| Lakshadweep                                    | 0                                             | 0                            | 0                                             | 0                           | 0 0                                           | 0                                                                         | 1 0                         |
| Madhya Pradesh                                 | 95                                            | 3                            | 179                                           | 6                           | 90 10                                         | 364                                                                       | 19                          |
| Maharashtra                                    | 76                                            | 3                            | 195                                           | 7                           | 65 5                                          | 336                                                                       | 15                          |
| Manipur                                        | 2                                             | 0                            | 0                                             | 0                           | 0 0                                           | 2                                                                         | 0                           |
| Meghalaya                                      | 0                                             | 0                            | 13                                            | 0                           | 8 0                                           | 21                                                                        | 0                           |
| Mizoram                                        | 0                                             | 0                            | 0                                             | 0                           | 0 0                                           | 0                                                                         | 0                           |
| Nagaland                                       | 0                                             | 0                            | 0                                             | 0                           | 0 0                                           | 0                                                                         | 0                           |
| Odisha                                         | 38                                            | 2 0                          | 72                                            | 0 1                         | 82 1                                          | 192                                                                       | 3                           |
| Puducherry                                     | 0                                             |                              | 7                                             | 2                           | 2 0 111 6                                     | 9 226                                                                     | 1                           |
| Rajasthan                                      | 48                                            | 4                            | 81                                            | 2                           | 159 7                                         | 288                                                                       | 13                          |
| Punjab                                         | 19                                            | 3                            | 96                                            |                             |                                               |                                                                           | 11                          |
|                                                |                                               |                              |                                               | 0                           | 0                                             |                                                                           |                             |
| Sikkim                                         | 2                                             | 0                            | 0                                             |                             | 0                                             | 2                                                                         | 0                           |
| Tamil Nadu                                     | 46                                            | 4                            | 37                                            | 0                           | 125 3                                         | 208                                                                       | 7                           |
| Telangana                                      | 5                                             | 0                            | 21 0                                          | 0 0                         | 28 1 0 342                                    | 54 0                                                                      | 1 0                         |
| Tripura                                        | 0 120                                         | 0                            | 210                                           | 1                           | 0                                             | 672                                                                       | 2                           |
| Uttar Pradesh                                  |                                               | 14                           | 18                                            | 0                           | 11 19 2                                       | 53                                                                        | 26                          |
| Uttarakhand Total                              | 16 704                                        | 0 52                         | 1397                                          | 24                          | 1700 83                                       | 3801                                                                      | 159                         |
| West Bengal                                    | 45                                            | 2                            | 78                                            | 0                           | 48 8                                          | 171                                                                       | 10                          |