MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)
(a) : Public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs), viz., Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPC) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPC) have reported that they have received 15810 complaints in respect of working of Retail Outlets of the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) during each of the last three years and the current year (April-May ,2014) OMC-wise are given below:
Year IOC BPC HPC
2011-12 1508 1799 1156 2012-13 1877 1486 1253 2013-14 1823 2338 1587 2014-15 310 451 322 (April-May) Total 5518 5974 4318
(b) 94 number of irregularities/ malpractices established by OMCs during above said period and action has been taken as per provision of marketing discipline guidelines. The case wise details are available with Director (Marketing) of OMCs.
(c) OMCs have reported that as on date 5 cases are pending on which action has not been taken so far. 2 cases are pending in the Courts and other 3 cases the matter are at investigation stage.
(d) The corrective steps taken / being taken by the Government to check irregularities/ malpractices at the retail outlets of various OMCs are as follows:
i) Inspection by the concerned oil company officials.
ii) Inspection by Mobile Labs.
iii) Inspections by Government Authority.
iv) Monitoring of movement of MS/HSD tank truck through Global Positioning System (GPS).
v) Automation of ROs selling more than 200 KL per month.
vi) Third Party Certification of ROs selling more than 100 KL per month.Download PDF Files
