new delhi indias new liberalised petrol pump licensing norms allow setting up of ev charging stations and cng outlets even before the start of petrol and diesel sales the government has statedthe ministry of petroleum and natural gas in a clarification to its november 8 2019 order that eased norms for setting up of petrol pumps by new entities said the order provides for petrol pumps selling one new generation alternate fuels like cng lng or electric vehicle charging points alongside retailing petrol and diesel but does not prescribe an order of them being set upwhile an authorised entity is required to set up its retail outlets for petrol and diesel the said entity is required to install facilities for at least one new generation alternate fuels like cng biofuels lng electric vehicle charging points etc at the proposed retail outlets the ministry said in an october 5 noticethe 2019 order however does not prescribe the order in which the dispensation of conventional fuels petrol and diesel and the new generation alternate fuels would be started ie dispensation of bio fuels and cng ev charging can be started before dispensing of petrol and diesel it saidthe new liberalised rule allows any entity with a minimum net worth of rs 250 crore to apply for authorisation to retail petrol and dieselunder the november 2019 policy petrol pump licence has so far been granted to reliance industries ltd imc ltd onsite energy pvt ltd assam gas company mk agrotech rbml solutions india ltd and manas agro industries and infrastructureril already had a fuel retailing licence under which it had set up over 1400 petrol pumps in the country but this licence was transferred to its subsidiary reliance bp mobility rbmland so billionaire mukesh ambanis firm applied and got another licencea separate joint venture of the firm with bp called rbml solutions india ltd too has got a licenceit isnt clear if ril and rbml solutions will set up separate competing petrol pumpsbesides doing away with the earlier requirement of investing rs 2000 crore in oil and gas sector to be eligible for a fuel retailing licence the new liberalised petrol pump norms require licensees to set up a minimum of 100 outlets with at least 5 per cent of them in remote areasthe licensee is required to install facilities for marketing at least one new generation alternate fuels like compressed natural gas cng biofuels liquefied natural gas electric vehicle charging points etc at their proposed retail outlets within three years of operationalisation of the said outletit fixes rs 250 crore as the minimum net worth for obtaining the licencestateowned oil marketing companies indian oil corp ioc bharat petroleum corp ltd bpcl and hindustan petroleum corp ltd hpcl currently own most of the 78751 petrol pumps in the countryrbml nayara energy formerly essar oil and royal dutch shell are the private players in the market but with limited presence rbml has 1427 outlets nayara 6250 while shell has just 285 pumpsbp