Lok Sabha Question No. 2443 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-31
Subject: Irregularities in LPG Connections
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI, SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY, NISHIKANT  DUBEY, DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN, BALABHADRA MAJHI, RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY, SAVITRI THAKUR, MEENAKASHI LEKHI, LILADHARBHAI KHODAJI VAGHELA, RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA, BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2443 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 st   JULY 2017 IRREGULARITIES IN LPG CONNECTIONS

†2443. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

SHRI SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY: SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY: SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN: SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI: SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY: SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR: SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI: SHRI L.K. VAGHELA: SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA: SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA:

पेट्रोल ियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Government has received a number of complaints of irregularities in providing LPG connections on demand basis and if so, the details thereof along with the number of persons on waiting list for getting LPG connection and the number of consumers provided LPG connections against annual booking during the last three years and the current year in the country, State/UT-wise including Rajasthan;
- (b)  the  State/UT-wise  number  of  LPG  connections  in  urban  and  rural  areas separately and average consumption of LPG per household in rural areas along with the steps taken to provide LPG connections in rural/tribal areas in the country during the said period, State/UTwise including Bihar;
- (c)  the  number  of  LPG  consumers  who  have  surrendered  subsidy  during  the  said period along with the amount spent towards advertisement for creating awareness and motivation of consumers during the said period;

(d) the State/UT-wise details of subsidised/non-subsidised domestic LPG consumers in  the  country  and  per  cylinder  subsidy  being  provided  to  consumers  at  present along with any proposal to phase out the LPG subsidy in the country; and

(e) whether the Government proposes to open LPG agencies in rural areas to ease the  availability  of  LPG  in  rural  and  tribal  areas  of  the  country,  if  so,  the  details thereof, State/UT-wise along with special arrangements/facility made under the said scheme for the tribal area of Odisha?

## 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)  Release  of  LPG  connections  is  a  continuous  process.  LPG  distributors  are  under instruction  to  release  new  connections  on  demand  and,  as  and  when  waiting  list  arises, liquidate  the  same  within  seven  days  after  carrying  out  necessary  de-duplication  on submission of Know Your Customer (KYC) form along with documents in respect of valid Proof  of  Identity  and  valid  Proof  of  Address  by  the  prospective  consumer.  State/UT-wise details of waiting list of prospective consumers as on 01.07.2017 and State/UT-wise details of LPG connections released in the last three years (2014-15 to 2016-17 and from April 2017 to June 2017, including State of Rajasthan, are at Annexure-I.

(b)State/UT/wise details of Urban and Rural consumers, including in the State of Bihar, are at Annexure-II.  Estimated average consumption of LPG in rural areas was 5.4 cylinders per household of 14.2 kg. in the year 2016 -17.

In  order  to  provide  clean  cooking  fuel  to  every  poor  household  in  the  country,  the Government has launched PMUY to provide 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. Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have already released more than 2.5  crore  connections  under  the  Scheme  within  a  span  of  14  months  since  the  launch  of Scheme on 1 st May, 2016.

(c) So far, more than one crore LPG consumers have given up their LPG subsidy under the 'GiveItUp'  campaign.    OMCs  have  reported  an  expenditure  of  nearly  Rs.  66  crore  till 31.03.2017 on account of popularising GiveItUp campaign.

(d)  State/UT-wise  details  of  subsidised/non-subsidised  domestic  LPG  consumers  in  the country are at Annexure-III.

Price of LPG is revised on monthly basis. The subsidy on LPG varies from market to market  bases  on  Retail  Selling  Price  of  the  cylinder.  The  subsidy  amount  on  a  14.2  kg cylinder transferred to the account of a consumer in Delhi, for the month of July 2017, is Rs. 86.54.

Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) were authorized to increase price of Subsidized Domestic LPG cylinder by Rs. 2 per cylinder (14.2 kg) per month (excluding VAT as  applicable  in  different  State  /  Union  territories)  with  effect  from  1 st July  2016.  The Government vide its order dated 30 th May, 2017 has again authorized OMCs to continue to increase the effective price of subsidized domestic LPG by Rs. 4 per cylinder effective from 1 st June, 2017 per month (excluding VAT as applicable in different State/Union Territories) till the  reduction  of  Government  subsidy  to  'NIL',  or  till  March  2018,  or  till  further  orders, whichever is earliest. The price for the other subsidized cylinders (i.e. 5 kg etc.) would be increased proportionately by OMCs.

(e) Setting up of LPG distributorship is a continuous process. As on 01.07.2017, there are 18950 LPG distributorship in the country. OMCs have advertised 2843 locations including 400  locations  in  the  State  of  Odisha,  to  set  up  new  LPG  distributorships(mostly  in  rural areas). In Unified Guidelines for Selection LPG Distributorships, there is provision of LPG distributorship  for  durgam  and  difficult  areas  namely,  Durgam  Kshetriya  Vitrak  (DKV). Ministry  of  Petroleum  &  Natural  Gas  has  sanctioned  LPG  distributorships  under  DKV category  to  the  State/UT  Governments  of  Chattisgarh,  Andhra  Pradesh,  Andaman  and Nicobar, Maharashtra and 18 th Battalion, Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh.

| State/UT-wise details waiting List as on 01.07.2017 & New domestic LPG connections released during last three years(2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 ) & current year i.e & Apil 2017 to June 2017   | State/UT-wise details waiting List as on 01.07.2017 & New domestic LPG connections released during last three years(2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 ) & current year i.e & Apil 2017 to June 2017   | State/UT-wise details waiting List as on 01.07.2017 & New domestic LPG connections released during last three years(2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 ) & current year i.e & Apil 2017 to June 2017   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| STATE/UT                                                                                                                                                                                      | INDUSTRY                                                                                                                                                                                      | INDUSTRY                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|                                                                                                                                                                                               | Waitling List (in nos.)                                                                                                                                                                       | New connections Releases (in lakh)                                                                                                                                                            |
| CHANDIGARH                                                                                                                                                                                    | 49                                                                                                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| DELHI                                                                                                                                                                                         | 1477                                                                                                                                                                                          | 7.66                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| HARYANA                                                                                                                                                                                       | 5763                                                                                                                                                                                          | 17.66                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                              | 386                                                                                                                                                                                           | 3.01                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR                                                                                                                                                                               | 3609                                                                                                                                                                                          | 8.29                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| PUNJAB                                                                                                                                                                                        | 3424                                                                                                                                                                                          | 20.16                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| RAJASTHAN                                                                                                                                                                                     | 6050                                                                                                                                                                                          | 47.58                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                                 | 33550                                                                                                                                                                                         | 146.30                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| UTTARAKHAND                                                                                                                                                                                   | 630                                                                                                                                                                                           | 6.43                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| SUB TOTAL NORTH                                                                                                                                                                               | 54938                                                                                                                                                                                         | 257.59                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR                                                                                                                                                                             | 12                                                                                                                                                                                            | 0.22                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                             | 8                                                                                                                                                                                             | 0.65                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ASSAM                                                                                                                                                                                         | 2284                                                                                                                                                                                          | 13.19                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| BIHAR                                                                                                                                                                                         | 8106                                                                                                                                                                                          | 65.67                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| JHARKHAND                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1759                                                                                                                                                                                          | 14.12                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| MANIPUR                                                                                                                                                                                       | 115                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1.04                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| MEGHALAYA                                                                                                                                                                                     | 35                                                                                                                                                                                            | 0.40                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| MIZORAM                                                                                                                                                                                       | 17                                                                                                                                                                                            | 0.43                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| NAGALAND                                                                                                                                                                                      | 4                                                                                                                                                                                             | 0.46                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ORISSA                                                                                                                                                                                        | 4139                                                                                                                                                                                          | 29.11                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| SIKKIM                                                                                                                                                                                        | 26                                                                                                                                                                                            | 0.31                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| TRIPURA                                                                                                                                                                                       | 20                                                                                                                                                                                            | 1.68                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| WEST BENGAL                                                                                                                                                                                   | 9276                                                                                                                                                                                          | 79.35                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| SUB TOTAL EAST                                                                                                                                                                                | 25801                                                                                                                                                                                         | 206.64                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| CHATTISGARH                                                                                                                                                                                   | 1022                                                                                                                                                                                          | 21.34                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI                                                                                                                                                                          | 22                                                                                                                                                                                            | 0.28                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| DAMAN & DIU                                                                                                                                                                                   | 34                                                                                                                                                                                            | 0.14                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| GOA                                                                                                                                                                                           | 107                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0.57                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| GUJARAT                                                                                                                                                                                       | 3448                                                                                                                                                                                          | 24.15                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                                | 5157                                                                                                                                                                                          | 46.15                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                                                                                                                                                   | 16430                                                                                                                                                                                         | 64.40                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| SUB TOTAL WEST                                                                                                                                                                                | 26220                                                                                                                                                                                         | 157.03                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                                | 3935                                                                                                                                                                                          | 47.76                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| KARNATAKA                                                                                                                                                                                     | 6644                                                                                                                                                                                          | 37.10                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| KERALA                                                                                                                                                                                        | 2716                                                                                                                                                                                          | 11.10                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| LAKSHADWEEP                                                                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                                                                             | 0.01                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| PUDUCHERRY                                                                                                                                                                                    | 157                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0.47                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| TAMILNADU                                                                                                                                                                                     | 4064                                                                                                                                                                                          | 37.83                                                                                                                                                                                         |

| TELANGANA       |   4603 |   28.77 |
|-----------------|--------|---------|
| SUB TOTAL SOUTH |  22119 |  163.04 |
| ALL INDIA       | 129078 |  784.3  |

| PQ No. 2443 FOR 31.07.2017             | Annexure - II                    | Annexure - II   |
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------|
| State/UT-wise details of on 01.07.2017 | Domestic LPG (in Lakhs) INDUSTRY | Customers       |
| State/UT                               | Urban                            | Rural*          |
| CHANDIGARH                             | 2.7                              | 0.0             |
| DELHI                                  | 48.1                             | 0.0             |
| HARYANA                                | 34.3                             | 21.3            |
| HIMACHAL PR.                           | 5.9                              | 8.5             |
| JAMMU &KSHMR.                          | 7.4                              | 13.7            |
| PUNJAB                                 | 39.7                             | 30.6            |
| RAJASTHAN                              | 58.9                             | 55.6            |
| UTTAR PRADESH                          | 137.1                            | 145.8           |
| UTTRANCHAL                             | 15.0                             | 6.6             |
| TOTALNORTH                             | 350.7                            | 280.5           |
| ANDAMAN &NIC.                          | 0.5                              | 0.2             |
| ARUNACHAL PR.                          | 1.6                              | 0.4             |
| ASSAM                                  | 23.6                             | 10.5            |
| BIHAR                                  | 38.7                             | 72.8            |
| JHARKHAND                              | 14.5                             | 13.3            |
| MANIPUR                                | 2.3                              | 1.2             |
| MEGHALAYA                              | 1.3                              | 0.2             |
| MIZORAM                                | 1.4                              | 1.0             |
| NAGALAND                               | 1.5                              | 0.4             |
| ORISSA                                 | 20.4                             | 28.6            |
| SIKKIM                                 | 0.8                              | 0.4             |
| TRIPURA                                | 2.5                              | 2.0             |
| WEST BENGAL                            | 89.0                             | 71.7            |
| TOTAL EAST                             | 199.0                            | 201.7           |
| CHATTISGARH                            | 15.2                             | 18.8            |
| DADRA &NGR.HV.                         | 0.8                              | 0.0             |
| DAMAN&DIU                              | 0.3                              | 0.3             |
| GOA                                    | 4.0                              | 0.6             |
| GUJARAT                                | 55.2                             | 25.6            |
| MADHYAPR.                              | 50.7                             | 47.5            |
| MAHARASHTRA                            | 139.1                            | 90.4            |
| TOTALWEST                              | 266.0                            | 182.5           |
| ANDHRAPR.                              | 55.3                             | 72.8            |
| KARNATAKA                              | 82.2                             | 36.8            |
| KERALA                                 | 38.9                             | 42.0            |
| LAKSHADWEEP                            | 0.00                             | 0.0             |
| PONDICHERRY                            | 2.8                              | 0.6             |

| TAMILNADU   |   79.9 |   94.9 |
|-------------|--------|--------|
| TELANGANA   |   46.9 |   44.2 |
| TOTAL SOUTH |  306.3 |  291.1 |
| ALL INDIA   | 1122.7 |  955.2 |

*  Number  of  registered  Rural  customers  is  taken  as  Customers  with Distributors  under  Rural  (including  RGGLV)  and  Urban-Rural  market type and those with Distributors under Urban Market are taken as Urban Customers

| PQ 2443 FOR 31.07.2017 ANNEXURE III                                                                | PQ 2443 FOR 31.07.2017 ANNEXURE III                                                                | PQ 2443 FOR 31.07.2017 ANNEXURE III                                                                |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State/UT-wise details of Nos. of subsidised/Non-subsidised domestic LPG consumers as on 01.07.2017 | State/UT-wise details of Nos. of subsidised/Non-subsidised domestic LPG consumers as on 01.07.2017 | State/UT-wise details of Nos. of subsidised/Non-subsidised domestic LPG consumers as on 01.07.2017 |
| State Name                                                                                         | INDUSTRY(figure SUBSIDISED CUSTOMERS **                                                            | in No.) NON-SUBSIDISED CUSTOMERS##                                                                 |
| Andaman And Nicobar                                                                                | 63050                                                                                              | 13714                                                                                              |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                     | 11700038                                                                                           | 1104289                                                                                            |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                  | 114654                                                                                             | 84661                                                                                              |
| Assam                                                                                              | 3111677                                                                                            | 293361                                                                                             |
| Bihar                                                                                              | 9929675                                                                                            | 1223357                                                                                            |
| Chandigarh                                                                                         | 242248                                                                                             | 28682                                                                                              |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                       | 3124865                                                                                            | 278283                                                                                             |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                                                             | 69538                                                                                              | 13321                                                                                              |
| Daman and Diu                                                                                      | 52373                                                                                              | 10645                                                                                              |
| Delhi                                                                                              | 3762902                                                                                            | 1047555                                                                                            |
| Goa                                                                                                | 390015                                                                                             | 70743                                                                                              |
| Gujarat                                                                                            | 6759928                                                                                            | 1313341                                                                                            |
| Haryana                                                                                            | 4947678                                                                                            | 616548                                                                                             |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                   | 1289007                                                                                            | 143862                                                                                             |
| Jammu And Kashmir                                                                                  | 1434758                                                                                            | 676030                                                                                             |
| Jharkhand                                                                                          | 2481490                                                                                            | 300578                                                                                             |
| Karnataka                                                                                          | 10188297                                                                                           | 1710773                                                                                            |
| Kerala                                                                                             | 7322966                                                                                            | 764624                                                                                             |
| Lakshadweep                                                                                        | 3898                                                                                               | 107                                                                                                |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                     | 8854519                                                                                            | 965810                                                                                             |
| Maharashtra                                                                                        | 19230615                                                                                           | 3718250                                                                                            |
| Manipur                                                                                            | 300063                                                                                             | 47708                                                                                              |
| Meghalaya                                                                                          | 136426                                                                                             | 10065                                                                                              |
| Mizoram                                                                                            | 155274                                                                                             | 91551                                                                                              |
| Nagaland                                                                                           | 93920                                                                                              | 89046                                                                                              |
| Odisha                                                                                             | 4288386                                                                                            | 614808                                                                                             |
| Puducherry                                                                                         | 322296                                                                                             | 25036                                                                                              |
| Punjab                                                                                             | 6323411                                                                                            | 713794                                                                                             |
| Rajasthan                                                                                          | 9898453                                                                                            | 1548693                                                                                            |
| Sikkim                                                                                             | 107297                                                                                             | 10397                                                                                              |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                                         | 15360249                                                                                           | 2120837                                                                                            |
| Telangana                                                                                          | 8234070                                                                                            | 882097                                                                                             |
| Tripura                                                                                            | 427677                                                                                             | 20346                                                                                              |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                                      | 24286043                                                                                           | 4003741                                                                                            |
| Uttarakhand                                                                                        | 1775996                                                                                            | 386153                                                                                             |
| West Bengal                                                                                        | 14404042                                                                                           | 1657227                                                                                            |

## ** AADHAAR VERIFIED CUSTOMERS WHO RECEIVE SUBSIDY IN THEIR BANK A/C ## CUSTOMERS WHO ARE NOT RECEIVING SUBSIDY IN THEIR BANK A/Cs