Question : Petrol Pumps by New Entities

(a) whether the Ministry has issued Gazette Notification dated 08.11.2019,
S.No.355, for setting up of petrol pumps by new private entities in the field of
marketing of transportation fuels and if so, the details of private parties to which
the authorisation has been granted in respect of the above notification along with
their regions of sale;
(b) the details of source of supply for newly authorised private entities and the
manner in which Ministry has planned to supply and the price at which the same
is to be done;
(c) whether PSU oil companies have given consent to new private entities for
supply of gasoline and diesel at their cost price and if not, the reasons therefor;
and
(d) the quantum of change in country-wide auto fuel supply as a result of new
entrants?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL
GAS
(SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)
(a)to(c) : Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) vide Resolution dated
08.11.2019 has revised the guidelines for authorization to market
transportation fuels which have been published in the Gazette of
India. The revised guidelines would promote ease of doing business
and boost private players to invest in retail sector.
MoPNG has granted marketing authorisation to the following entities
under the said resolution :-
(i) M/s RIL
(ii) M/s. IMC Limited
(iii) Onsite Energy Pvt. Ltd.
(iv) Assam Gas Company Ltd.
(v) M/s M K Agrotech Private Limited
(vi) M/s RBML Solutions India Ltd. (RSIL)
(vii) M/s Manas Agro Industries and Infrastructure Limited.
Further, the entities while applying for marketing authorization have
to, inter alia, provide details about their marketing plan including
details of source of supply. Such entities are free to source their
supplies from different sources including PSU OMCs in their best
commercial wisdom.
(d) At present, it may not be possible to gauge the quantum of change in
country-wide auto fuel supply as the new entities have been granted marketing
authorization fairly recently.
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