Launch of Paperless Licensing for Petroleum Service Stations

To benefit more than 70,000 Petroleum Pump Owners; ease of doing business to Petroleum Pumps Owners

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry has launched paperless licensing process through Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) for petroleum service stations (retail outlets storing and dispensing petrol/diesel for motor conveyances) under the Petroleum Rules, 2002.

Paperless application and grant of license process for road tankers for transportation of petroleum under the Petroleum Rules has been launched on 7^th January, 2020. After the launch of paperless process, more than 300 licences have been issued.
Taken together, licences for petroleum service stations and road tankers for transportation of petroleum account for more than 85% of total licences under the Petroleum Rules, 2002.

This initiative for petroleum pump licensing is directly going to benefit more than 70,000 petroleum pump owners and oil marketing companies under the Petroleum Rules, 2002. An added advantage of this move is that the authenticity of the license may be verified on PESO’s website https://peso.gov.in/index.aspx. This automation will greatly benefit the petroleum and gas industry.

This initiative is in line with the vision of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s Digital India and Ease of Doing Business towards paperless and green India that will provide simpler mechanism, ease of living and business to the petroleum road tanker owners. The process will include filing the applications online, online payment of fees which will go directly to the concerned officer’s ID without any manual interface. Applicants, at each stage of processing of the application, will be intimated via SMS and email, in case of discrepancy or grant of license or approval. These details will also be reflected in the applicant’s profile. The entire process will not require any printing and physical dispatch of license. The license will be dispatched electronically.

 

Paperless licensing for petroleum service stations enables electronic application, payment and licence issuance under Petroleum Rules, streamlining regulatory compliance. Launch of paperless licensing implements an electronic application, online fee payment routed to the responsible officer's electronic ID, and electronic issuance and verification of licences under the Petroleum Rules, 2002 for petroleum service stations and road tankers. The process replaces physical printing and dispatch, provides SMS and email intimations at each processing stage, and records status and discrepancies in applicant profiles on PESO's portal.