(a) the number of LPG bottling plants of various Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) operating in the country, OMC/ location/State/UT-wise; and
(b) whether the OMCs propose to set up LPG bottling plants in various parts of the country including at Bokaro by Indian Oil Corporation Limited and if so, the details, locations and the status thereof, State/UT/OMC-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)
(a) & (b) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 275 BY SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE AND SHRI NIHAL CHAND TO BE ANSWERED ON 5TH DECEMBER 2016 REGARDING “LPG BOTTLING PLANTS”
(a) As on 01.10.2016, 188 LPG bottling plants of various Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) are operating in the country. OMCs/locations/States/UTs-wise details of LPG bottling plants in the country are at Annexure-I.
(b) IOC is already having a bottling plant at Bokaro, which has been augmented from 30 TMTPA to 60 TMTPA during 2015-16. State/UTs-wise details of LPG bottling plants being set up by OMCs, are at Annexure-II.