Lok Sabha Question No. 2092 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-01
Subject: Implementation of PMUY
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: SHAILESH (BULO MANDAL) KUMAR, S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA, NATUBHAI GOMANBHAI PATEL, RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA, Conrad Kongkal Sangma

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2092 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 st  JANUARY 2018

## IMPLEMENTATION OF PMUY

†2092. SHRI SHAILESH KUMAR: SHRI S.P. MUDDAHANUME GOWDA,: SHRI NATUBHAI GOMANBHAI PATEL: SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA: SHRI C.K. SANGMA:

पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

- Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state : (a) the time by which all BPL households are likely to be provided LPG connections under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in a time bound manner, State/UT-wise including Bihar; (b)  whether cooking gas distributors reportedly charge excess than stipulated amount in lieu of connection provided under PMUY in the country and if so, the details thereof along with number of complaints received in this regard, State/UT-wise including Bihar; (c) whether any target has been fixed to provide LPG connections under PMUY over the next two years in the country including Karnataka and Gujarat and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; in implementation of PMUY in the country if so, the details thereof and the natures of such difficulties faced by the Government and action taken to remove these hurdles in a time
- (d) whether many problems have been reported/noticed by the Government bound manner, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to provide LPG connection to those eligible beneficiaries in case their name does not appear/has not been included in SECC 2011?

## ANSWER

प्राक ृ लिक

पेट्रोलियम

एवं

गैस

मंत्री

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श्री

धमेन्द्र

प्रधान

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MINISTER OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a),  (c)  &  (e)  The  Government has  launched  Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) to provide 5 crore deposit free new LPG connections to the women belonging to the  poor households identified through Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011, over a period of three years starting from Financial Year 2016-17.  As on 27.12.2017, Public Sector Oil

Marketing  Companies  (OMCs)  have  released  more  than  3.24  crore  LPG  connections under PMUY against the target of 5 crore.

(b)  Under  PMUY,  cash  assistance  upto  Rs  1600/-  is  provided  for  releasing  new  LPG connection by the Government. The beneficiary bears the cost of Hot Plate and  purchase of first refill. The beneficiary has option to take Hot Plate or the first refill or both on loan basis,  from  OMCs  at  zero  interest  rate  and  the  same  is  recovered  through  subsidy received by the beneficiary as and when refill is purchased.

OMCs closely  monitor  the  release  of  PMUY  connections  to  ensure  transparency and  fairness.  OMCs  take  punitive  action  under  the  prevailing  Marketing  Discipline Guidelines(MDG)/    Distributorship  Agreement  against  LPG  distributors    in  case  any irregularity is found.

(d)  Implementation  of  PMUY  is  monitored  closely  in  terms  of  number  of  beneficiaries identified through SECC list  and the actual number of connections released vis-a-vis LPG coverage in States/Districts. The difficulties faced by OMCs mainly relate to identification of  SECC  households,  difficult  terrain,  low  awareness  on  usefulness  of  LPG  etc.  The Government has taken up the matter with concerned State Governments. Further, OMCs have launched awareness programme through print and electronic media highlighting the benefit of usage of LPG.

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