Question : DIGITAL METERS AT PETROL PUMPS

(a) whether the Government has installed digital meter reading machines at petrol pumps in all the States of the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether those petrol pumps have been identified where the new digital meters have not been installed;

(d) if so, the details thereof and whether the Government has constituted any task force in this regard; and

(e) the steps being taken by the Government to get the digital meter reading machines installed at all the petrol pumps in the country?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SMT. PANABAAKA LAKSHMI)

(a) to (e): The Public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs.), viz., Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPC) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPC) are currently installing dispensing units at their Retail Outlets (ROs) with digital meters. While all ROs of BPCL are digital, only one RO of HPCL is mechanical. IOC has reported around 3000 mechanical dispensing units which will be replaced in a phased manner.