(a) the number of LPG agencies functioning in different parts of the country as on June 30, 2005, State-wise ;
(b) whether the Government is considering to set up more LPG agencies in the country during the Tenth Five Year Plan ; and
(c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?
MINISTER OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS & PANCHAYATI RAJ ( SHRI MANI SHANKAR AIYAR )
(a) : As on 1.7.2005, Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) were operating 9104 LPG distributorships in the country. State-wise details are given in the Annex.
(b) & (c) : OMCs are free to set up LPG distributorships based on their commercial considerations. In view of this, no specific target has been fixed by Government for setting up of LPG distributorships. However, as a matter of policy, OMCs have been advised to concentrate their future expansion plans in semi-urban and rural areas.
ANNEX
THE DETAILS OF LPG DISTRIBUOTRSHIPS OF OMCs IN THE COUNTRY AS ON 1.7.2005.
States/UTs Number of LPG distributorships
Andhra Pradesh 814 Arunachal Pradesh 28 Assam 243 Bihar 291 Chhattisgarh 144 Delhi 308 Goa 52 Gujarat 539 Haryana 275 Himachal Pradesh 113 Jammu & Kashmir 150 Jharkhand 138 Karnataka 482 Kerala 370 Madhya Pradesh 550 Maharashtra 996 Manipur 30 Meghalaya 32 Mizoram 25 Nagaland 24 Orissa 176 Punjab 424 Rajasthan 433 Sikkim 4 Tamil Nadu 627 Tripura 28 Uttar Pradesh 1131 Uttaranchal 160 West Bengal 465 Andaman & Nicobar 4 Chandigarh 30 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 Daman Diu 2 Lakshadweep 1 Pondicherry 14
TOTAL 9104