Lok Sabha Question No. 201 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-17
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, OM PRAKASH YADAV, George Baker, RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY, RAMA DEVI, RODMAL NAGAR, DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL, P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 201 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 th  JULY 2017

## PRADHAN MANTRI UJJWALA YOJANA

†201.  SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV:

SHRI GEORGE BAKER:

SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY:

SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

SHRIMATI P.K. SREEMATHI TEACHER:

पेट्रोल ियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state :

- (a) the salient features of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) along with targets fixed/achieved and the number of gas connections provided under the said scheme since its inception including funds allocated/utilised thereunder, State/UTwise including Gujarat;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  enlarge/enhance  the  target  of  coverage under PMUY and if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken/ proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard, State/UT-wise including Kerala;
- (c)  whether  the  Government proposes to  create  infrastructure/launch any  portal  to bring  transparency  in  the  distribution  of  gas  under  PMUY  and  if  so,  the  details thereof, State/UT-wise including Bihar; and
- (d) the number of complaints regarding distribution/delay in providing gas connection to  BPL  families  under  PMUY  received  by  the  Government  since  inception  of  the scheme  along with action taken against erring persons/distributors including constitution of any committee for redressal of such complaints to bring transparency in this regard, State/UT-wise including Bihar?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोल ियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्य मंत्री (स्विंत्र प्रभार) (श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान) OF

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  IN THE MINISTRY PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a)  &  (b)  With  a  view  to  provide  LPG  connections  to  poor  households,  Pradhan  Mantri Ujjwala Yojana(PMUY) was launched by the Government. Under PMUY, 5 crore new LPG connections to the women belonging to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families over a period of three years starting from Financial Year 2016-17 are being released.  The Salient features of the PMUY Scheme are as under :-

(i) LPG connection is released in the name of adult woman of the BPL family, subject to the condition that no LPG connection exists in the name of any family member of the household.

(ii) Eligible families are identified through the Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011.

(iii)  The  scheme  covers  the  cash  assistance  upto  Rs  1600/-  for  providing  new  LPG connection and this cash assistance is provided by the  Central Government.

(iv)  The  customer  bears  the cost  of  Hot  Plate  and    purchase  of  first  refill.  The  customers have option to take Hot Plate on purchase of first refill or both on loan basis from OMCs at zero interest and the same is recovered through EMIs.

Oil  Marketing  Companies  (OMCs)  have  released  more  than  1.98  crore  new  LPG connections against the target of 1.5 crore during the Financial Year 2016-17. As on 12.07.2017, OMCs have released 52.53 lakh new LPG connections against target of 1.5 crore for the Financial Year 2017-18. The Government has made provision of Rs. 2500 crore in the Financial year 2017-18 and so far Rs. 800 crore (approx) has been re-imbursed to OMCs in lieu of releasing LPG connection under Scheme. Further, Rs.  2500  crore  was  utilised  during  Financial  Year  2016-17.  States/UTs-wise connections released under PMUY is endorsed in Annexure.

(c)  OMCs  have  launched  a  website  namely  www.pmujjwalayojana.com  specially designated for PMUY Scheme. On which consumers can know about the Scheme, download  form,  know-how  to  apply  for  the  connection,  etc.  A  dedicated  toll-free number 18002666696 has been set up to take enquiries, complaints and suggestions related to PMUY. Customer can also register their grievances online by visiting websites of OMCs, Public Grievance Portal of Department of Administrative Reforms  and  Public  Grievances,  Social  Media  platforms,  Facebook,  Tweeter, MoPNG e-Seva of the Ministry.

(d) As and when complaints/grievances are received, same are forwarded to concerned Oil Marketing Companies(OMCs) for taking  necessary action.

OMC officials  carry  out  inspections  of  LPG  distributors  to  check  operations  of  the distributorship  in  line  with  guidelines.  In  all  established  cases  of  irregularities  by distributorships, action is taken against the concerned distributors as per Marketing Discipline Guidelines/Distributorship Agreement.

During Financial Year 2016-17, OMCs have taken actions against LPG distributorships in 50 established case of irregularities observed in PMUY releases.

| States/Uts- Wise LPG connections released on 12.07.2017   | States/Uts- Wise LPG connections released on 12.07.2017   | States/Uts- Wise LPG connections released on 12.07.2017   | States/Uts- Wise LPG connections released on 12.07.2017   | States/Uts- Wise LPG connections released on 12.07.2017   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No                                                      | State                                                     | Connections released                                      | Connections released                                      | Connections released                                      |
|                                                           |                                                           | 2016-17                                                   | 2017-18                                                   | Total                                                     |
| 1                                                         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                               | 1,189                                                     | 139                                                       | 1,328                                                     |
| 2                                                         | Andhra Pradesh                                            | 63,048                                                    | 14,041                                                    | 77,089                                                    |
| 3                                                         | Arunachal Pradesh                                         | -                                                         | 24                                                        | 24                                                        |
| 4                                                         | Assam                                                     | 2                                                         | 39,187                                                    | 39,189                                                    |
| 5                                                         | Bihar                                                     | 24,57,201                                                 | 10,31,083                                                 | 34,88,284                                                 |
| 6                                                         | Chhattisgarh                                              | 10,94,846                                                 | 2,68,036                                                  | 13,62,882                                                 |
| 7                                                         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                    | 3,211                                                     | 7,341                                                     | 10,552                                                    |
| 8                                                         | Daman and Diu                                             | 73                                                        | 123                                                       | 196                                                       |
| 9                                                         | Delhi                                                     | 516                                                       | 1                                                         | 517                                                       |
| 10                                                        | Goa                                                       | 954                                                       | 18                                                        | 972                                                       |
| 11                                                        | Gujarat                                                   | 7,49,442                                                  | 2,19,562                                                  | 9,69,004                                                  |
| 12                                                        | Haryana                                                   | 2,78,068                                                  | 23,868                                                    | 3,01,936                                                  |
| 13                                                        | Himachal Pradesh                                          | 1,601                                                     | 7,447                                                     | 9,048                                                     |
| 14                                                        | Jammu and Kashmir                                         | 2,64,652                                                  | 55,623                                                    | 3,20,275                                                  |
| 15                                                        | Jharkhand                                                 | 5,22,029                                                  | 1,76,699                                                  | 6,98,728                                                  |
| 16                                                        | Karnataka                                                 | 15,840                                                    | 1,18,757                                                  | 1,34,597                                                  |
| 17                                                        | Kerala                                                    | 11,100                                                    | 2,415                                                     | 13,515                                                    |
| 18                                                        | Madhya Pradesh                                            | 22,08,041                                                 | 3,07,842                                                  | 25,15,883                                                 |
| 19                                                        | Maharashtra                                               | 8,04,695                                                  | 4,22,388                                                  | 12,27,083                                                 |
| 20                                                        | Manipur                                                   | 25                                                        | 4,651                                                     | 4,676                                                     |
| 21                                                        | Meghalaya                                                 | -                                                         | 922                                                       | 922                                                       |
| 22                                                        | Nagaland                                                  | -                                                         | 988                                                       | 988                                                       |
| 23                                                        | Odisha                                                    | 10,06,396                                                 | 3,35,720                                                  | 13,42,116                                                 |
| 24                                                        | Puducherry                                                | 760                                                       | 188                                                       | 948                                                       |
| 25                                                        | Punjab                                                    | 2,44,705                                                  | 39,307                                                    | 2,84,012                                                  |

| 26   | Rajasthan     | 17,01,423   | 3,09,467   | 20,10,890   |
|------|---------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
| 27   | Tamil Nadu    | 2,69,971    | 1,37,260   | 4,07,231    |
| 28   | Telangana     | 41          | -          | 41          |
| 29   | Uttar Pradesh | 55,06,466   | 3,24,630   | 58,31,096   |
| 30   | Uttarakhand   | 1,12,145    | 12,428     | 1,24,573    |
| 31   | West Bengal   | 25,08,284   | 13,93,557  | 39,01,841   |
|      | Total         | 198,26,724  | 52,53,712  | 250,80,436  |