Petrol pump staff: minimum wages, PMSBY, PMJJBY and uniform rules

Short answer

Marketing Discipline Guidelines 2024 (MDG 2024) requires the dealer to meet every statutory duty owed to staff at the outlet, minimum wages first, along with benefits such as PMSBY and PMJJBY MDG 1.5(x) MDG 5.1.18. It gives no rupee figure. Driveway salesmen must wear uniform and badges MDG 5.1.17; a lapse is a minor irregularity MDG 8.4(iii)(e), with minimum amounts that the oil company may exceed MDG 8.5.1.

The Marketing Discipline Guidelines 2024 (MDG 2024) are the oil companies' rules for their dealers, and bind dealers through the dealership agreement. This page is a plain-language explanation by MDG Services (a brand of VRUOOM Private Limited). It is not the official text and is not connected with or approved by IndianOil, BPCL, HPCL or any government body, so please check the current guidelines and circulars on the oil companies' own websites and with your oil company officer before you act.

Checked against the Marketing Discipline Guidelines 2024 (Ver. 1, effective 24.10.2024) on 15 October 2026. Published by MDG Services on 31 October 2026.

What MDG 2024 requires about staff

Duty	What MDG says	Clause	If it fails
Wages and benefits	Meet every statutory duty owed to employees at the outlet, including minimum wages and benefits such as PMSBY and PMJJBY	MDG 1.5(x) MDG 5.1.18	No separate line in 8.2 to 8.4
Uniform and badges	Driveway salesmen in uniform and wearing badges	MDG 5.1.17	Minor MDG 8.4(iii)(e)

Courtesy MDG 1.6(iii), manned pumps and a marshalled queue are customer-service points Circular 20.03.2025: see what a petrol pump must provide.

Wages and benefits

MDG states no amount and no formula. It names the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) and the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) among the benefits, with no premium, enrolment steps or rule on who pays: use the schemes' official sources. For the minimum wage, ask your State labour authority or a labour-law adviser.

MDG 2024 has no wage penalty line, and does not say what the oil company does about unpaid wages. The wage note sits under 5.1.18, and the text does not say whether that clause's minor-penalty line covers it MDG 5.1.18; for matters MDG does not name, the oil company acts after an enquiry MDG 8.5.4. Ask your oil company, and take legal advice on your own case.

Uniform and badges

Driveway salesmen at the outlet must be in uniform and wear badges MDG 5.1.17. A lapse is a minor irregularity: a warning-cum-guidance letter the first time, Rs 10,000 per irregularity the second time, and Rs 25,000 per irregularity from the third time MDG 8.4(iii)(e) MDG 8.4.

MDG does not describe the uniform or the badge. Ask your oil company if it has a standard. See penalties.

How MDG 2012 differed

MDG 2012 (Ver. 7, 30.11.2022) is an older guideline, replaced on 24.10.2024; it is not the rule today.

	MDG 2012 (replaced)	MDG 2024 (current)
Minimum wage	Higher of the oil company's notified wage and the State's minimum wage MDG 2012 1.5(x)	No formula given
PMSBY and PMJJBY	All employees to be covered MDG 2012 5.1.18	Named among the benefits
Wage penalty	Major: 20% of monthly dealer margin (average of the last 3 months) first time, 30% second time, 40% plus 15 days' suspension third time onwards MDG 2012 8.3(ix)	No wage line in 8.2, 8.3 or 8.4

MDG 2024 does not repeat the 2012 lines on e-payment of salaries and wage records MDG 2012 5.1.18.

Note: the wage penalty ladder is gone from the MDG 2024 lists. The duty is not MDG 1.5(x) MDG 5.1.18.

Questions dealers ask

01What is the minimum salary for petrol pump staff?

MDG 2024 gives no figure. It requires the dealer to pay minimum wages as a statutory duty MDG 1.5(x). Check your State's figure with the labour authority or an adviser.

02Are PMSBY and PMJJBY compulsory for petrol pump staff?

MDG 2024 names them among the benefits the dealer provides to employees working at the outlet MDG 1.5(x) MDG 5.1.18. It gives no premium or enrolment details, so check the schemes' official sources.

03Must petrol pump staff wear a uniform?

Driveway salesmen must be in uniform and wear badges MDG 5.1.17. Failing this is a minor irregularity MDG 8.4(iii)(e). MDG does not describe the uniform or the badge.

04What is the penalty if a dealer does not pay minimum wages?

MDG 2024 has no separate penalty line for unpaid wages MDG 8.2 MDG 8.3 MDG 8.4 and does not say what the oil company does about them, but the duty to pay stays MDG 1.5(x). The replaced MDG 2012 had one MDG 2012 8.3(ix). Ask a labour-law adviser or your oil company about your case.

Read the official text: Marketing Discipline Guidelines 2024 (PDF on Bharat Petroleum's website) (also published on iocl.com).

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