(a) the monthly quota of kerosene allotted to each State especially to Jharkhand;
(b) the criteria adopted for allocation of kerosene to States;
(c) whether the above quota is sufficient for the States; and
(d) if not, the steps taken to increase the above quota?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS ( SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR )
(a) : The details of monthly kerosene allocation made by Government to various States/Union Territories, including Jharkhand, for distribution under Public Distribution System during the first quarter of 2003-2004 are given in the annexure.
(b) : As there is no justification for subsidising the same customer for both LPG and kerosene, kerosene allocation to various States/Union Territories for the year 2003-2004 has been reduced taking into account the number of LPG connections released during December, 2001 to November, 2002 in each of the State/Union Territory.
(c) & (d) : States are required to rationalise kerosene allocation to the ration-card holders having LPG connections and meet the requirements within the allocation made by the Government.
ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4867 BY SHRI NAGMANI TO BE ANSWERED ON 24TH APRIL, 2003 REGARDING KEROSENE QUOTA TO STATES.
STATE/UNION TERRITORY-WISE MONTHLY SKO ALLOCATION DURING FIRST QUARTER OF 2003-2004
STATE/UT SKO Allocation per month for the Ist Quarter i.e. April, May & June, 2003 (MTs)
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 492 Andhra Pradesh 44320 Arunachal Pradesh 787 Assam 21177 Bihar 53102 Chandigarh 1102 Chattishgarh 12087 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 238 Daman & Diu 183 Delhi 14896 Goa 1706 Gujarat 63378 Haryana 12238 Himachal Pradesh 4428 Jammu & Kashmir 5301 Jharkhand 17783 Karnataka 40013 Kerala 18687 Lakshadweep 73 Madhya Pradesh 40551 Maharashtra 108398 Manipur 1686 Meghalaya 1716 Mizoram 538 Nagaland 1074 Orissa 25930 Pondicherry 1071 Punjab 20860 Rajasthan 33846 Sikkim 490 Tamil Nadu 46805 Tripura 2551 Uttar Pradesh 102719 Uttaranchal 7779 West Bengal 63644 ALL INDIA (TOTAL) 771649