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70% of Diesel, 99
70% of Diesel, 99
6 % of Petrol consumed by Transport Sector
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Government of India
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
28January2014 16:01 IST
70% of Diesel, 99.6 % of Petrol consumed by Transport Sector
M/s Nielsen submits All India Study Report to PPAC on sale of Diesel and Petrol
13.15% of Diesel Consumed by private cars and UVs, 8.94% by commercial cars & UVs and 6.39% by 3wheelers;
Trucks account for 28.25%, Buses 9.55% and Railways about 3.24%
Agriculture Sector uses 13% of Diesel; industry consumes 9.02% including industry gensets with 4.06% and Mobile
Towers 1.54%
Twowheelers top Petrol consumption with 61.42% followed by cars with 34.33% and 3wheelers with 2.34%
An All India Study conducted by M/s Nielsen (India) Pvt Ltd for Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of
Petroleum Ministry has thrown up interesting data about use of diesel and petrol sold across various states. As per the All
India study report submitted to PPAC, 70% of diesel and 99.6% petrol is consumed in the transport sector alone. Of the
total diesel sale, the highest consumption of 28.48 is by cars, utility vehicles (UVs) and 3wheelers. It was also revealed that
private cars & UVs account for 13.15%, commercial cars & UVs 8.94% and 3wheelers 6.39% of the diesel sold in the
country.
In case of Petrol, 99.6% is consumed in the transport sector. Of this majority consumption of 61.42% is accounted
for by TwoWheelers while cars use 34.33% followed by 3wheelers at 2.34%. It was also revealed that in the States of
Odisha, Bihar and Rajasthan, petrol consumption by twowheelers exceeds 70%.
Results of the Survey
The summarized aggregated results (including both retail and direct) sales for Diesel and Petrol are given below:
Diesel
Transport sector is the major consumer of diesel accounting for 70% of the total Diesel sales.
The share of Diesel consumption by cars, utility vehicles and 3wheeler sector is highest at 28.48%. Out of this, Private
cars and UVs accounted for 13.15%, Commercial cars and UVs
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8.94% and 3wheelers 6.39% of the total Diesel consumption. Trucks (HCV/LCV) account for only 28.25% of the Diesel
consumption. Buses consume about 9.55% and railways about 3.24%.
The agriculture sector is a major consumer of Diesel with about 13% of the total consumption accounted for by it.
Within agriculture, the consumption is as follows: tractors (7.4%), pumpsets (2.9%) and agriculture implements (2.7%).
Tractors have a higher consumption presumably because they are also used for nonagricultural purposes like
transportation of construction material such as bricks, stones, mined sand, etc. and for transporting people in rural areas.
Diesel consumption by other segments is 17 per cent. This comprises of industry 9.02% (of which industry genesets is
4.06 % and others for industrial purposes is 4.96%), mobile towers (1.54%) and others (6.45%) comprising of gensets
for nonindustrial purposes, civil construction, etc.
Petrol
Petrol is almost entirely (99.6%) consumed by the transport sector.
Twowheelers account for 61.42% of total Petrol sales while that by Cars is 34.33%. 3wheelers account for only 2.34%.
In states like Odisha (82.3%), Bihar (75.2%) and Rajasthan (72.9%), consumption of Petrol by twowheelers exceeds
70%.
The consumption by threewheelers is very low in states like Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat and Odisha, where consumers have
shifted to CNG or Diesel.
While pricing of Petrol was deregulated, Diesel prices are still being regulated, with under recoveries running at Rs. 8.47
per litre currently. The total under recovery on Diesel during 201213 was Rs. 92,061 crores, constituting 57.2% per
cent of the total under recoveries/subsidies on all petroleum products. The question as to where the Diesel is getting
consumed is very relevant in this context.
Based on the above sectorwise consumption pattern of Diesel, it would mean that of the total under recovery of Rs.
92,061 crores on account of Diesel during 201213, about Rs. 12,100 crores went to owners of private cars and utility
vehicles (UV), about Rs. 8,200 crores to commercial cars and UV, about Rs. 26,000 crores to HCV/LCV, about Rs.
8,800 crores to Buses, about Rs. 12,000 crores to agriculture sector and about Rs. 15,600 crores to other sector.
The detailed segmentwise consumption for Diesel is given in AnnexureI and for Petrol in AnnexureII.
The detailed zonewise/ segmentwise consumption for Diesel (Retail sales only available) is given in AnnexureIII and for
Petrol (Retail sales only) in AnnexureIV.
The Survey
The Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell (PPAC), an attached office of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
(www.ppac.org.in), in association with the Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), commissioned an “All India
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Study on Sectoral Demand of Diesel & Petrol” through M/s Nielsen (India) Private Limited to estimate the shares of various
sectors/ segments in Diesel and Petrol sold through Retail Outlets (ROs) on State level and on all India basis.
The breakup of sectors/ categories is based on enduse of the fuels as mentioned below:
A. Diesel:
i. Transport with subcategories such as Buses, HCVs, LCVs, Taxies & Utility Vehicles/ Cars (Personal/ Commercial
Vehicles)
ii. Agriculture with subcategories such as Tractors, Pumping Sets, Tillers/ Harvesters/ Thrashers
iii. Power Generation (Gensets)
iv. Industrial Applications other than for power generation
v. ‘Others’ for what is not included in any of the above categories.
A. Petrol
i. Cars ; 2wheelers /3wheelers; SUVs ; Others
The survey was carried out in four rounds of three months each and the geographic spread of the study included 150
districts in 16 States, which covered more than 91% of the total retail sales of Diesel in the country.
A sample of over 2,000 ROs chosen systematically from among above 16 States and 150 districts in each round of the
study.
Background
The total Diesel sold in the country during 201213 was 69,080 TMT and Petrol was 15,744 TMT. While Diesel
constitutes 44% of total consumption of petroleum products in India, Petrol accounts for 10%.
Out of the total Petrol and Diesel sales in the country, more than 99% of the Petrol and 90% of the Diesel is sold
through retail outlets (petrol pumps), for which there is no system of capturing the consumption data of the sectors and
categories based on their enduse. However, the sectorwise consumption of Diesel sold directly by the Oil Marketing
Companies (OMCs) is available. The data related to sectoral consumption of these products is an important input for any
policy formulation.
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AnnexureI
Results of the Survey
DIESEL (Retail + Direct)
Aggregated results for Diesel based on survey conducted by
Nielson (India) Pvt. Ltd. for Retail sales and data on Direct sales by Oil Companies
Sector Enduse segment % Share
Cars/UVs (Passenger Vehicles) Private 13.15
Commercial 8.94
3Wheelers 6.39
Commercial Vehicles Trucks: HCV/LCV 28.25
Buses/ State Transport Undertakings 9.55
Other Transport Aviation/ Shipping 0.48
Railways Railways 3.24
Sub Total Transport 70.00
Agriculture Tractors / Agricultural Implements 13.00
Agricultural Pump sets
Sub Total Agriculture 13.00
Industry Genset Gensets 4.06
Industry – Other Purpose Industry 4.96
Mobile Towers Mobile Towers 1.54
Others Crushers/ Construction/ Boring / Drilling/ 6.45
Private Imports
SubTotal 17.00
Grand Total 100.00
AnnexureII
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Results of the Survey
As around 99.2% of all Petrol sales are from retail outlets, the segmentwise consumption for retail sales is considered for
total consumption also.
PETROL (Retail)
Consolidated results for Petrol based on survey conducted by
Nielson (India) Pvt. Ltd. for Retail sales
Sector Enduse Segment % Share
3Wheelers 2.35
Sub Total 2/3 Wheelers
63.77
Utility Vehicles (includes SUVs etc.) 1.51
SubTotal Others
35.84
Grand Total 100.00
AnnexureIII
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Results of the Retail Survey – Zonewise
DIESEL (Only Retail)
Aggregated results for Diesel based on survey conducted by
Nielson (India) Pvt. Ltd. for Retail sales
End Use Segment North East West South All India
PASSENGER VEHICLES
Cars & UVs Private 13.73 17.79 14.40 17.13 15.13
Cars & UVs Commercial 10.02 9.37 11.17 9.96 10.29
3 Wheelers 3.83 8.47 10.48 7.65 7.36
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
HCV/LCV and Buses 35.72 37.50 47.35 41.60 40.80
AGRICULTURE
Tractors 12.32 7.04 4.27 5.03 7.65
Agri Implements 5.09 2.28 1.88 2.26 3.13
Agri Pumpset 4.55 4.33 2.26 1.98 3.33
OTHERS
Industry Genset 6.42 2.82 2.18 5.58 4.34
Industry Other Purpose 3.17 1.72 0.98 2.44 2.11
Mobile Tower 1.82 2.57 1.45 1.60 1.77
Others (Genset for non 3.35 6.11 3.59 4.77 4.08
industry purposes) & Others
AnnexureIV
Results of the Retail Survey – Zonewise
PETROL (Only Retail)
Aggregated results for Petrol based on survey conducted by
Nielson (India) Pvt. Ltd. for Retail sales
End Use Segment North East West South All India
Cars 40.17 27.39 34.72 27.71 34.33
UVs 2.94 2.79 0.43 3.77 1.51
2Wheelers 54.72 61.66 63.70 60.76 61.42
3Wheelers 1.84 6.48 1.10 6.53 2.34
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