(a) whether the Government has simplified the process to apply for allotment of petrol pumps in the country;
(b) if so, the details regarding the process for applying and allotment of petrol pumps; and
(c) the State-wise and company-wise details of the petrol pumps set up in the country during the last three years?
MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
(SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)
(a) to (c) A statement is laid on the table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 152 ASKED BY SHRI PRATAPRAO PATIL CHIKHLIKAR, MP FOR ANSWER ON 2.3.2020 REGARDING ‘ALLOTMENT OF PETROL PUMPS’.
(a) & (b) Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have simplified the process of application and allotment of Retail Outlets as per the advertisement issued in November/December 2018. The salient features of the simplified process are as below :-
i. User friendly on-line application only and processing.
ii. http://www.petrolpumpdealerchayan.in is a common platform for applying online to Public Sector OMCs.
iii. Self-certification / declaration of the eligibility criteria by applicants and scrutiny only after selection.
iv. All applicants meeting the eligibility criteria on nationality, age, education and provision of suitable land will qualify for further selection process.
v. Transparent process of selection through on line computerized draw of lot / bid opening. Marks based evaluation system and interview are not part of the present selection process.
vi. Candidate to produce the documents after selection.
vii. Residence certificate for Rural ROs done away with.
viii. Communication with applicants through SMS / email registered by the applicants. All communication to the candidate online through emails.
ix. Payment of application fee, initial security deposit for processing of application is through online payment mode only.
x. All applicants can see the status of selection on the web portal.
xi. A well-defined grievance redressal system in place.
(c) State/PSU OMC wise details of the petrol pumps set up in the country during the last three years are given in Annexure.
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