(a) the year-wise details of quota of Kerosene oil allotted to Uttar Pradesh during the last three years;
(b) whether the Union Government has received any proposal from the State Government to increase the State quota of Kerosene oil; and
(c) if so, the details thereof alongwith the action taken thereon?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION ( DR. AKHILESH PRASAD SINGH )
(a): The allocation of Kerosene to Uttar Pradesh under PDS during the years 2001-02, 2002-03 and 2003-04 was 12,88,674 MTs, 12,61,121 MTs and 12,32,633 MTs respectively.
(b)&(c): Yes, Sir. In 2002, Government took a policy decision on reduction of allocation of SKO to the States/UTs based on LPG connections released in each of the State/UT. Accordingly, Government has been reducing the Kerosene allocation to various States/UTs including Uttar Pradesh taking into account the number of LPG connections released in each of the State/UT. Therefore, the request of State Government of Uttar Pradesh was not agreed to. However, additional allocation of 3,891 MTs & 5,837 MTs of Kerosene have been released to the State of Uttar Pradesh to meet the situation arising out of Flood & drought respectively during the current fiscal year.