Lok Sabha Question No. 3134 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-05
Subject: Beneficiaries under Direct Subsidy Scheme
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: R.P. MARUTHARAJAA

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3134 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH  DECEMBER 2016

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER DIRECT SUBSIDY SCHEME

3134.  SHRI R.P. MARUTHARAJAA:

## पेट्रोल ियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any survey to ascertain the number of beneficiaries under new direct subsidy scheme;
- (b) if so, the details and the findings thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the criteria adopted for selection of beneficiaries under direct subsidy scheme;
- (d) whether the Government has any database in respect of kerosene users as in the case of LPG consumers;
- (e) if so, the details thereof;
- (f) if not, the manner in which the Government recognises/proposes to recognise the targeted families under direct subsidy scheme; and
- (g)  the  number  of  BPL  families  in  the  country  which  have  LPG  connections, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

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

- (a) to (c) In order to provide clean fuel to every poor household in the country, the Government  has  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala  Yojana(PMUY).  Under  the Scheme, 5 crore new LPG connections will be released to the women belonging to the  Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL)  families  over  a  period  of  three  years  starting  from Financial Year 2016-17.

Eligible  families  are  identified  through  the  Socio-Economic  Caste  Census(SECC) 2011 data. The LPG connection is released in the name of an adult woman of the BPL family, subject to the condition that no LPG connection should exist in the name of  any  family  member  of  the  household.  As  on  30.11.2016,  Public  Sector  Oil new LPG connections to

Marketing Companies (OMCs) have released 1,16,39,223 women of BPL families under PMUY Scheme.

(d) to (f) Data in respect of beneficiaries in respect of Kerosene are maintained by respective  State/UT  Governments.  Eligible  beneficiaries  of  PDS  Kerosene  are identified by the respective States/UTs.

(g)  State/UT-wise  details  of  number  of  LPG  connections  released  to  BPL  families through  CSR  funds  of  Oil  Public  Sector  Undertakings  and  under  Pradhan  Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) are at Annexure .

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| PQ-3134                                                |                                                        |                                                             | Annexure                                                       | Annexure                                               |
|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| State/UT-wise LPG connections released to BPL families | State/UT-wise LPG connections released to BPL families | State/UT-wise LPG connections released to BPL families      | State/UT-wise LPG connections released to BPL families         | State/UT-wise LPG connections released to BPL families |
| Sr. No.                                                | State/ UTs                                             | LPG connections released under PMUY Scheme as on 25.11.2016 | LPG connectons released under CSR fund scheme as on 01.10.2016 | Total                                                  |
| 1                                                      | Andaman And Nicobar Islands                            | 192                                                         | 0                                                              | 192                                                    |
| 2                                                      | Andhra Pradesh                                         | 11,030                                                      | 6,02,640                                                       | 6,13,670                                               |
| 3                                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                                      | 0                                                           | 741                                                            | 741                                                    |
| 4                                                      | Assam                                                  | 2                                                           | 1,10,661                                                       | 1,10,663                                               |
| 5                                                      | Bihar                                                  | 11,74,505                                                   | 2,14,830                                                       | 13,89,335                                              |
| 6                                                      | Chandigarh                                             | 0                                                           | 1,749                                                          | 1,749                                                  |
| 7                                                      | Chhattisgarh                                           | 3,84,842                                                    | 3,32,740                                                       | 7,17,582                                               |
| 8                                                      | Dadra And Nagar Haveli                                 | 821                                                         | 187                                                            | 1,008                                                  |
| 9                                                      | Daman And Diu                                          | 38                                                          | 0                                                              | 38                                                     |
| 10                                                     | Delhi                                                  | 265                                                         | 1,82,468                                                       | 1,82,733                                               |
| 11                                                     | Goa                                                    | 829                                                         | 416                                                            | 1,245                                                  |
| 12                                                     | Gujarat                                                | 5,49,226                                                    | 1,14,001                                                       | 6,63,227                                               |
| 13                                                     | Haryana                                                | 2,16,088                                                    | 1,84,591                                                       | 4,00,679                                               |
| 14                                                     | Himachal Pradesh                                       | 1,328                                                       | 18,016                                                         | 19,344                                                 |
| 15                                                     | Jammu And Kashmir                                      | 1,28,641                                                    | 66,978                                                         | 1,95,619                                               |
| 16                                                     | Jharkhand                                              | 84,685                                                      | 1,27,911                                                       | 2,12,596                                               |
| 17                                                     | Karnataka                                              | 15,818                                                      | 6,54,652                                                       | 6,70,470                                               |
| 18                                                     | Kerala                                                 | 5,311                                                       | 27,279                                                         | 32,590                                                 |
| 19                                                     | Madhya Pradesh                                         | 15,23,517                                                   | 5,60,769                                                       | 20,84,286                                              |
| 20                                                     | Maharashtra                                            | 3,38,467                                                    | 3,23,325                                                       | 6,61,792                                               |
| 21                                                     | Manipur                                                | 22                                                          | 341                                                            | 363                                                    |
| 22                                                     | Meghalaya                                              | 0                                                           | 494                                                            | 494                                                    |
| 23                                                     | Mizoram                                                | 0                                                           | 1,091                                                          | 1,091                                                  |
| 24                                                     | Nagaland                                               | 0                                                           | 0                                                              | 0                                                      |
| 25                                                     | Odisha                                                 | 5,57,906                                                    | 6,11,405                                                       | 11,69,311                                              |
| 26                                                     | Puducherry                                             | 375                                                         | 3,576                                                          | 3,951                                                  |
| 27                                                     | Punjab                                                 | 54,366                                                      | 42,693                                                         | 97,059                                                 |
| 28                                                     | Rajasthan                                              | 13,45,694                                                   | 3,84,944                                                       | 17,30,638                                              |
| 29                                                     | Sikkim                                                 | 0                                                           | 325                                                            | 325                                                    |
| 30                                                     | Tamil Nadu                                             | 1,61,549                                                    | 5,68,671                                                       | 7,30,220                                               |
| 31                                                     | Telangana                                              | 15                                                          | 7,93,083                                                       | 7,93,098                                               |
| 32                                                     | Tripura                                                | 0                                                           | 2,407                                                          | 2,407                                                  |
| 33                                                     | Uttar Pradesh                                          | 37,43,192                                                   | 8,96,463                                                       | 46,39,655                                              |
| 34                                                     | Uttarakhand                                            | 63,387                                                      | 9,655                                                          | 73,042                                                 |
| 35                                                     | West Bengal                                            | 9,16,819                                                    | 1,58,962                                                       | 10,75,781                                              |
|                                                        | Total                                                  | 112,78,930                                                  | 69,98,064                                                      | 182,76,994                                             |