(a) the number of LPG agencies in the country, during the last two years and the
current years, State-wise and Oil Marketing Company-wise ;
(b) whether the demand of consumers for LPG including refills are met fully
and if so, the details thereof ;
(c) the number of LPG agencies likely to be opened in different States
including Bhavnagar District of Gujarat during the years 2012-13 and 2013-14 ; and
(d) the other steps taken to meet the demand of LPG especially in rural areas ?
MINISTER OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI S. JAIPAL REDDY)
(a) to (d) : A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED
QUESTION NO. 230 BY SHRI RAJENDRASINH RANA TO BE ANSWERED ON 29TH MARCH,
2012 REGARDING LPG AGENCIES.
(a) : The Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) namely, Indian Oil
Corporation Limited (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) have commissioned 1926 distributorship
in the country during the last two years and the period April, 2011 to January, 2012.
The State-wise and OMC-wise detail are at Annex.
(b) : At present, the indigenous production of LPG is insufficient to meet domestic
requirements and the shortfall is met through imports. LPG supplies to distributors
are being made by the OMCs in accordance with the genuine demand of customers
registered with the LPG distributors.
However, due to factors such as product supply constraints, strikes, road breaches,
floods, strikes by Southern Region Bulk LPG Transporters, unplanned shutdown,
natural calamities alongwith huge growth of demand, there is a backlog of a few days
in LPG supplies in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala,
Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
Government has advised OMCs to liquidate the backlog in the States by operating the
bottling plants on Sundays and holidays & also during extended hours.
(c) : OMCs have planned to set up 453 regular LPG distributorships and 1317 RGGLV
distributorship in the country, including 2 regular distributorships and 2 RGGLV
distributorships in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat, during the years 2012-13 and 2013-14,
which are at various stages of commissioning.
(d) : For rural and under-covered areas, “Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Vitaran Yojanaâ€
(RGGLVY) for establishing small-size LPG distribution agencies was launched on 16.10.2009.
Advertisements inviting applications for distributorships under the scheme have been
released by OMCs in 29 States/UTs namely, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,
Bihar, Chhatisgarh, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand,
Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland,
Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West
Bengal, Puducherry and Andaman & Nicobar covering 4786 locations.Letters of Intent (LoI)
have been issued for 1752 locations out of which 1001 distributors have been commissioned.