(a): whether Dealer`s Selection Boards have made certain selections who have submitted fake documents to meet the norms;
(b): if so, the number of such cases occurred during the last two years; and
(c): the number of persons involved in such frauds against whom the Government have taken action to award penalty?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)
(a) to (c): Complaints received about selection of dealers/distributors of petroleum products of the oil marketing companies, made by the Dealer Selection Boards, on the basis of fake documents submitted by the candidates, are got inquired into through the prescribed mechanism. Wherever the complaints are substantiated, action is taken against the selected candidates, who had submitted false documents. The action taken inter-alia includes non-issue of Letters of Intent (LOIs) to them, withdrawal of LOIs already issued, cancellation of the selection, etc.