Lok Sabha Question No. 3492 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-08
Subject: Non-Renewal of Lease of RO
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.   3492

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 TH  AUGUST, 2016

## NON-RENEWAL OF LEASE OF RO

3492. KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE :

## पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a)  whether  several  Retail  Outlets  (ROs)  of  the  Oil  Marketing  Companies  (OMCs)  have been relocated due to expiry and non-renewal of lease by the lessor of land;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of ROs of the OMCs presently being operated on expired lease across the country during the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the number of outlets presently inoperative due to relocation arising out of non-renewal of lease; and
- (e) the details of expenditure incurred by the OMCs on relocation of each outlet due to expiry    of land lease during the said period, 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)    &  (b)      OMCs  have  informed  that  leasing/de-leasing  of  Retail  Outlet  sites  is  an ongoing process, considering the commercial angle and taking into account the legal status of the sites for Retail Outlets.

The number of Retail Outlets which have been resited/relocated due to non-renewal of lease during the last 3 years is as under :

-  Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) - 11
-  Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) - 17
-  Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)  - 2

(c)  -  The  State/UT-wise  number  of  Retail  Outlets  currently  operating  after  expiry  of Land Lease Agreement (LLA) during the last three years is given at Annexure.

(d) -  The number of Retail Outlets across the country which are currently inoperative due to non-renewal of lease and which have not been relocated / resited are as under :

-  BPCL - 31
-  HPCL - 84
-  IOCL -  38

(e) -OMCs  incur expenses on relocation/resitement of any retail outlet. The immovable/fixed assets which are available at the old site have to be demolished before handing over /surrendering the old site. The  expenses vary from site to site depending upon the category i.e.  Urban/Highway or Rural. The minimum amount would be in the range of 20 lakhs to 40 lakhs.

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ANNEURE Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred

## Question  No. 3492 asked by Kumari Shobha Karandlaje, Hon`ble MP regarding 'Non-Renewal of Lease of RO'.

## State/OMC-wise number of retail ouelts in operation after expiry of lease

|   S.NO. | State / UT               |   IOCL |   BPCL |   HPCL |
|---------|--------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh           |      6 |     29 |     28 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|       3 | Assam                    |     11 |      0 |      9 |
|       4 | Bihar                    |      4 |     22 |     14 |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh             |      4 |      1 |      8 |
|       6 | Delhi                    |      0 |      8 |      6 |
|       7 | Goa                      |      1 |     12 |      6 |
|       8 | Gujarat                  |     27 |     38 |     40 |
|       9 | Haryana                  |     13 |     23 |     14 |
|      10 | Himachal Pradesh         |      0 |     10 |      1 |
|      11 | Jammu & Kashmir          |      2 |      0 |      4 |
|      12 | Jharkhand                |     16 |     24 |     11 |
|      13 | Karnataka                |     16 |     34 |     30 |
|      14 | Kerala                   |     13 |     33 |     46 |
|      15 | Madhya Pradesh           |     26 |     47 |     13 |
|      16 | Maharashtra              |     42 |    200 |    101 |
|      17 | Manipur                  |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|      18 | Meghalaya                |      3 |      0 |      1 |
|      19 | Mizoram                  |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|      20 | Nagaland                 |      1 |      0 |      0 |
|      21 | Odisha                   |      1 |     11 |      5 |
|      22 | Punjab                   |      9 |     35 |     20 |
|      23 | Rajasthan                |     19 |     39 |     38 |
|      24 | Sikkim                   |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|      25 | Tamil Nadu               |     30 |     81 |     90 |
|      26 | Telangana                |      9 |     18 |     15 |
|      27 | Tripura                  |      1 |      0 |      0 |
|      28 | Uttar Pradesh            |     33 |     54 |     64 |
|      29 | Uttarakhand              |      1 |     12 |     11 |
|      30 | West Bengal              |     46 |     57 |     87 |
|      31 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|      32 | Chandigarh               |      8 |      0 |      2 |
|      33 | Dadra& Nagar Haveli      |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|      34 | Daman& Due               |      0 |      1 |      0 |
|      35 | Lakshadweep              |      0 |      0 |      0 |

| 36   | Puducherry   |   1 |   0 |   2 |
|------|--------------|-----|-----|-----|
|      | TOTAL        | 343 | 789 | 666 |