Lok Sabha Question No. 3476 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Kerosene Oil Quota
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3476 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 st   DECEMBER,  2015

## KEROSENE OIL QUOTA

## 3476. SHRI PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA:

## पैट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a)     whether the Superior Kerosene Oil Quota is not maintained by dealers in Delhi region and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (b)     whether the Government has received any representation from Delhi Scheduled Castes/  Scheduled Tribes  dealers  for  providing  any  alternate  oil  business  schemes like CNG pump/retail outlet and petrol pumps;
- (c)      if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  fresh  guidelines  issued  by  the Government for the benefit of all dealers; and
- (d)      the time by which the said scheme is likely to be implemented?

## A N S W E R

पैट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज  ् य मंत्री ( स ् विंत्र प्रभार )

( श्री धमेन ् द्र प्रधान )

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

- (a) :  In the Budget Speech 2012-13 the then Chief Minister of Delhi had  announced to  make  Delhi  the  first  kerosene  free  city  of  the  country.  In  order  to  make  Delhi kerosene  free  State,    Government  of  N.C.T.  of  Delhi  had  launched  a  Scheme  for providing free LPG connection along with two burner chullah and other accessories to its Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY)/Below Poverty Line(BPL)/Above Poverty Line(APL) and Jhuggi Ration Card Holders (JRC) kerosene user card holders in collaboration with  Government  of  India  under  Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR)  initiative  of Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs). Thereafter Government of N.C.T. of Delhi, Department of Food Supply & Consumer Affair had informed  this Ministry in September, 2013 that most of the eligible households  have already applied for free gas connection under the Scheme and  requested not to allocate kerosene to Delhi under PDS in future.  Accordingly, allocation of PDS kerosene to N.C.T. of Delhi was reduced to 'Zero' with effect from 1 st October, 2013.
- (b) to (d) : This Ministry has received various representations from Delhi Scheduled Castes/Scheduled  Tribes    Kerosene  Dealers  Association  for  providing  alternate  oil business schemes like LPG Distributorship, Retail Outlet, CNG pump etc. Accordingly, based on the recommendations of Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), the Government has made provisions in the selection guidelines for LPG distributorship

under which unviable Kerosene Dealers can apply for LPG distributorships with the following relaxed eligibility conditions:

- (i) SKO dealers of OMCs are treated as unviable if the average allocation of SKO  is  less  than  75  KL  per  month  during  the  immediate  preceding  12 months prior to the month of Advertisement for LPG distributorship.
- (ii) Maximum upper age limit has been relaxed to 60 years from 45 years.
- (iii) Minimum  educational  qualification  to  Xth  Standard  or  equivalent  from Graduation.
- (iv)        Multiple  Dealership/Distributorship  norm  shall  not  be  applicable.  However, selected applicant will  have  to  surrender  the  Kerosene  dealership  prior  to issuance of letter of appointment for LPG distributorship.
- (iii) SKO dealer should not have been penalized     for violation of Marketing Discipline Guidelines within last 5 years preceding the date of advertisement or there should not be any proceedings pending against the dealership  under  Marketing  Discipline  Guidelines/  Dealership  Agreement, Kerosene Control Order or ESMA.

In addition, another  initiative has  also  been  taken  for  rehabilitation of Kerosene Dealers of Delhi  by offering of NDNE (Non- Domestic Non-Exempted) LPG Retailing of 5 Kg FTL (Free Trade LPG)  cylinders & other non-domestic packed LPG on  nomination  basis.  After  consultation/meeting    in  December,  2014  the  issue  of rehabilitation  of    unviable  kerosene  dealers,    Indian  Oil  Corporation  Limited  (IOCL) has introduced a scheme for appointment of NDNE (Non- Domestic Non-Exempted) LPG  Retailers.        IOCL  has  reported  that  they  had  issued  letters  to  the  kerosene Dealers of Delhi along with format of application form for appointment of NDNE LPG retailers/5 KG FTL cylinder wholesaler/stockiest for Kerosene Dealers on nomination basis. The responses received from the Kerosene Dealers have been scrutinized and shortcomings found therein have been referred back for rectification/inputs from the applicant Kerosene Dealer.

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