Lok Sabha Question No. 87 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-18
Subject: Gas Agencies under Oil Companies
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 87 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH  JULY 2016

## GAS AGENCIES UNDER OIL COMPANIES

†87. SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

पेट्रोल ियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a)  the  number of LPG gas agencies of various Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) functioning in the country including Uttar Pradesh, State/UT/Oil Marketing Company (OMC)-wise;
- (b)  the  number  of  gas  agencies  closed  along  with  the  number  of  functional  gas agencies transferred to others for smooth functioning during the last three years and the current year, State/UT/OMC-wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to restore ownership of earlier gas agencies owners by ignoring/pardoning their trivial lapses; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the time by which the said agencies are likely to be restored?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोल ियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक 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) As on 01.07.2016, total number of LPG distributorships functioning in the country is  18,033.  State/UT/OMCs-wise  details  of  LPG  distributorships  in  the  county,

- including Uttar Pradesh is at Annexure-I.

(b)Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have reported that a total of 86 LPG distributorships have been terminated during the last three years and current year (April- June 2016). State/UT/OMCs-wise details is at Annexure-II .

- (c) & (d) There is no such proposal under consideration of Government.

## STATEWISE  NUMBER OF DISTRIBUTORS AS ON 01.07.2016

|                             |   IOC |   BPC |   HPC |   (FIG IN Nos) OMCs |
|-----------------------------|-------|-------|-------|---------------------|
| CHANDIGARH                  |    18 |     4 |     5 |                  27 |
| DELHI                       |   195 |    77 |    49 |                 321 |
| HARYANA                     |   216 |   125 |    78 |                 419 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH            |   125 |    16 |    18 |                 159 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR             |   119 |    30 |    84 |                 233 |
| PUNJAB                      |   397 |   182 |   154 |                 733 |
| RAJASTHAN                   |   493 |   260 |   278 |                1031 |
| UTTAR PRADESH               |  1544 |   750 |   535 |                2829 |
| UTTRANCHAL                  |   174 |    49 |    22 |                 245 |
| SUB TOTAL NORTH             |  3281 |  1493 |  1223 |                5997 |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR           |     5 |     0 |     0 |                   5 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH           |    57 |     1 |     0 |                  58 |
| ASSAM                       |   351 |    53 |    25 |                 429 |
| BIHAR                       |   547 |   263 |   246 |                1056 |
| JHARKHAND                   |   225 |    77 |    88 |                 390 |
| MANIPUR                     |    78 |     0 |     0 |                  78 |
| MEGHALAYA                   |    45 |     4 |     0 |                  49 |
| MIZORAM                     |    54 |     0 |     0 |                  54 |
| NAGALAND                    |    52 |     5 |     1 |                  58 |
| ORISSA                      |   248 |   127 |   191 |                 566 |
| SIKKIM                      |    15 |     0 |     0 |                  15 |
| TRIPURA                     |    58 |     0 |     0 |                  58 |
| WEST BENGAL                 |   579 |   165 |   189 |                 933 |
| SUB TOTAL EAST              |  2314 |   695 |   740 |                3749 |
| CHATTISGARH                 |   179 |    72 |   113 |                 364 |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI        |     0 |     0 |     2 |                   2 |
| DAMAN & DIU                 |     0 |     1 |     2 |                   3 |
| GOA                         |     5 |    17 |    29 |                  51 |
| GUJARAT                     |   408 |   167 |   172 |                 747 |
| MADHYA PRADESH              |   618 |   291 |   305 |                1214 |
| MAHARASHTRA                 |   406 |   676 |   624 |                1706 |
| SUB TOTAL WEST              |  1616 |  1224 |  1247 |                4087 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH              |   344 |   215 |   287 |                 846 |
| KARNATAKA                   |   422 |   239 |   284 |                 945 |
| KERALA                      |   293 |   165 |   118 |                 576 |
| LAKSHADWEEP                 |     1 |     0 |     0 |                   1 |
| PONDICHERRY(INCLUDING MAHE) |    10 |     6 |     7 |                  23 |
| TAMILNADU                   |   621 |   303 |   217 |                1141 |

PQ No. 87  of LS for 18.07.2016

| TELANGANA       |   302 |   183 |   183 |   668 |
|-----------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
| SUB TOTAL SOUTH |  1993 |  1111 |  1096 |  4200 |
| ALL INDIA       |  9204 |  4523 |  4306 | 18033 |

Annexure II

STATE/UT -wise total no. of Marketing Plan distributorships terminated (Regular+RGGLV) of OMCs during last three years and current year i.e. 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 & Aprl-Jun'16

| STATE/UT             |   IOCL |   HPCL |   BPCL |   TOTAL |
|----------------------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
| CHANDIGARH           |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| DELHI                |      0 |      1 |      1 |       2 |
| HARYANA              |      0 |      1 |      0 |       1 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH     |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR      |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| PUNJAB               |      2 |      1 |      1 |       4 |
| RAJASTHAN            |      4 |      0 |      0 |       4 |
| UTTAR PRADESH        |      4 |      4 |      7 |      15 |
| UTTRANCHAL           |      1 |      0 |      0 |       1 |
| SUB TOTAL NORTH      |     11 |      7 |      9 |      27 |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH    |      1 |      0 |      0 |       1 |
| ASSAM                |      1 |      0 |      0 |       1 |
| BIHAR                |      4 |      1 |      0 |       5 |
| JHARKHAND            |      2 |      0 |      0 |       2 |
| MANIPUR              |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| MEGHALAYA            |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| MIZORAM              |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| NAGALAND             |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| ORISSA               |      0 |      1 |      0 |       1 |
| SIKKIM               |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| TRIPURA              |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| WEST BENGAL          |      2 |      0 |      1 |       3 |
| SUB TOTAL EAST       |     10 |      2 |      1 |      13 |
| CHATTISGARH          |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| DAMAN & DIU          |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| GOA                  |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| GUJARAT              |      8 |      1 |      1 |      10 |
| MADHYA PRADESH       |      2 |      0 |      0 |       2 |
| MAHARASHTRA          |      1 |      6 |      6 |      13 |
| SUB TOTAL WEST       |     11 |      7 |      7 |      25 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH       |      0 |      0 |      1 |       1 |
| KARNATAKA            |      2 |      1 |      2 |       5 |
| KERALA               |      6 |      0 |      0 |       6 |

| LAKSHADWEEP     |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|-----------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| PONDICHERRY     |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| TAMILNADU       |   5 |   1 |   2 |   8 |
| TELANGANA       |   0 |   0 |   1 |   1 |
| SUB TOTAL SOUTH |  13 |   2 |   6 |  21 |
| ALL INDIA TOTAL |  45 |  18 |  23 |  86 |