Lok Sabha Question No. 506 (STARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: LPG Subsidy
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 506 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th  APRIL 2017

## LPG SUBSIDY

*506. SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

पेट्रोल ियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a) whether the Government has given an option to the consumers who have given up  their  LPG  subsidy  to  switch  back  to  the  subsidised  cylinders  after  one  year  of doing so; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the total number of consumers who have utilised the said option so far, 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)  &  (b) A statement is laid on the Table of the House

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  506  BY  SHRI  DUSHYANT  CHAUTALA  TO  BE ANSWERED ON 10 th  APRIL 2017 REGARDING 'LPG SUBSIDY '. (a) & (b) Yes, Madam. The LPG consumers who give up their LPG subsidy have an option  to  switch  back  to  avail  the  subsidised  cylinders  after  one  year  of  giving  up their subsidy. State/UT-wise details of LPG consumers as on 01.04.2017, who have utilised the option of switch back to the subsidised cylinders are at Annexure .

| PQ NO. 506 Annexure                                                                                            | PQ NO. 506 Annexure                                                                                            | PQ NO. 506 Annexure                                                                                            |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State/UT-wise detailes of GiveItUp customers who have opted in for LPG subsidy after 365 days as on 01.04.2017 | State/UT-wise detailes of GiveItUp customers who have opted in for LPG subsidy after 365 days as on 01.04.2017 | State/UT-wise detailes of GiveItUp customers who have opted in for LPG subsidy after 365 days as on 01.04.2017 |
| S.No.                                                                                                          | State /UT                                                                                                      | Numbers                                                                                                        |
| 1                                                                                                              | Andaman and Nicobar Island                                                                                     | 6                                                                                                              |
| 2                                                                                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                 | 4302                                                                                                           |
| 3                                                                                                              | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                              | 5                                                                                                              |
| 4                                                                                                              | Assam                                                                                                          | 444                                                                                                            |
| 5                                                                                                              | Bihar                                                                                                          | 5646                                                                                                           |
| 6                                                                                                              | Chandigarh                                                                                                     | 107                                                                                                            |
| 7                                                                                                              | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                   | 1260                                                                                                           |
| 8                                                                                                              | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                                                                         | 31                                                                                                             |
| 9                                                                                                              | Daman and Diu                                                                                                  | 21                                                                                                             |
| 10                                                                                                             | Delhi                                                                                                          | 2548                                                                                                           |
| 11                                                                                                             | Goa                                                                                                            | 147                                                                                                            |
| 12                                                                                                             | Gujarat                                                                                                        | 4701                                                                                                           |
| 13                                                                                                             | Haryana                                                                                                        | 4004                                                                                                           |
| 14                                                                                                             | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                               | 196                                                                                                            |
| 15                                                                                                             | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                              | 444                                                                                                            |
| 16                                                                                                             | Jharkhand                                                                                                      | 764                                                                                                            |
| 17                                                                                                             | Karnataka                                                                                                      | 9256                                                                                                           |
| 18                                                                                                             | Kerala                                                                                                         | 3928                                                                                                           |
| 19                                                                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                 | 5027                                                                                                           |
| 20                                                                                                             | Maharashtra                                                                                                    | 22984                                                                                                          |
| 21                                                                                                             | Manipur                                                                                                        | 48                                                                                                             |
| 22                                                                                                             | Meghalaya                                                                                                      | 1                                                                                                              |
| 23                                                                                                             | Mizoram                                                                                                        | 63                                                                                                             |
| 24                                                                                                             | Odisha                                                                                                         | 1075                                                                                                           |
| 25                                                                                                             | Puducherry                                                                                                     | 105                                                                                                            |
| 26                                                                                                             | Punjab                                                                                                         | 4914                                                                                                           |
| 27                                                                                                             | Rajasthan                                                                                                      | 9955                                                                                                           |
| 28                                                                                                             | Sikkim                                                                                                         | 21                                                                                                             |
| 29                                                                                                             | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                     | 7681                                                                                                           |
| 30                                                                                                             | Telangana                                                                                                      | 3953                                                                                                           |
| 31                                                                                                             | Tripura                                                                                                        | 30                                                                                                             |
| 32                                                                                                             | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                  | 13552                                                                                                          |
| 33                                                                                                             | Uttarakhand                                                                                                    | 835                                                                                                            |
| 34                                                                                                             | West Bengal                                                                                                    | 4601                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                                | Total                                                                                                          | 112655                                                                                                         |