MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS
(SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)
(a) to (c): The cost of imports of crude oil and petroleum products varies from consignment to consignment. The details of import bill for crude oil and major petroleum products during the last three years is given in Annexure I. Since all the products are produced together in a refinery the production cost of individual product is not identifiable separately. The elements which get added to the refinery gate price of a product before the final sale inter-alia include freight, marketing cost, duties, taxes, dealers`/distributors` commission etc.
The retail selling prices of petrol, diesel, domestic LPG and PDS kerosene at Delhi on the dates of major price revisions during the last three years are given in Annexure-II.
The oil marketing companies have made profits during each of the last three years. The profit after tax made by the Indian Oil Corporation during the period 1999-2000 to 2001-02 has been as follows:
(Rs. In crore)
1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02
Profit After
tax 2443 2720 2885
(d) & (e): The country is presently deficit in LPG and is importing this product. As regards encouraging the use of non-conventional sources of energy, the Government is implementing wide ranging programmes to harness non-conventional resources such as solar, wind, small hydro and bio-mass for meeting the energy requirements of the people of the country.
ANNEXURE - I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 545 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.11.02 REGARDING IMPORT OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
STATEMENT SHOWING IMPORT BILL FOR CRUDE OIL & MAJOR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS DURING LAST 3 YEARS. UNIT 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02(PROV.)
CRUDE OIL
-QUANTITY TMT 57805 74097 78706
-VALUE RS./CRORE 40028 65932 60397
-RATE RS/MT 6925 8898 7674
LPG
-QUANTITY TMT 1587 853 659
-VALUE RS/CRORE 1801 1332 810
-RATE RS/MT 11348 15615 12291
SKO
-QUANTITY TMT 6312 1918 391
-VALUE RS/CRORE 5543 2386 388
-RATE RS/MT 8782 12440 9923
HSD
-QUANTITY TMT 5006 0 0
-VALUE RS/CRORE 3713 0 0
-RATE RS/MT 7417 0 0
ANNEXURE - II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 545 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.11.02 REGARDING IMPORT OF fsfPETROLEUM PRODUCTS
STATEMENT SHOWING MAJOR REVISIONS IN RETAIL SELLING PRICE AT DELHI (Rs./Liters/CYL)
MS HSD LPG SKO
As on 01-01-1999 23.94 9.87 136.00 2.56
w.e.f.
9.1.99 8.89
1.2.99 152.00
28.2.99 23.80 9.94 146.00
20.4.99 10.37
6.10.99 13.91
15.1.00 ! 25.94 14.04
23.3.2000 196.55 5.55
03.04.2000 26.07
30.9.2000 28.44 16.55 232.25 8.35
03.11.2000++ 28.75
22.11.2000 222.25 7.35
03.03.01 17.06
12.01.02 27.54 17.09
01.03.02 26.54 16.59 259.95 8.92
17.3.02 240.45
4.6.02 28.94 17.99
16.6.02 29.18 18.23
16.8.02 29.00 18.05
1.9.02 29.20 18.34
16.9.02 29.66 18.68
1.10.02 29.91 18.91
17.10.02 30.24 19.23
16.11.02 29.57 18.57
>From 1st April`02 onwards, MS and HSD prices are fixed by oil marketing companies.
! Sales tax revision.
+ MS with 0.05% sulphur introduced.
++ MS with 0.05% sulphur and 1% benzene introduced. HSD with 0.05% sulphur introduced in NCR.
