Lok Sabha Question No. 2730 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: LPG Panchayat
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: ANWHAR RAAJHAA, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, T. RADHAKRISHNAN, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, NARANBHAI KACHHADIA, P.R. SUNDARAM, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, SUDHEER GUPTA, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, VIJAY KUMAR S.R.

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## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2730 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 th   March, 2018

## LPG PANCHAYAT

## 2730.  SHRI A. ANWHAR RAAJHAA:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

## पेट्रोल ियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  organised  LPG  Panchayat  in  Delhi  recently  and  if  so,  the details thereof along with the number of women participants participated in the event;
- (b) the aims and objectives of organising such LPG Panchayat;
- (c) whether the Government has set any target to conduct such type of Panchayats in different parts of the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has made/put in place any mechanism to provide the benefit of Ujjwala Yojana to genuine persons and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government has expanded/proposes to expand the scope of Ujjwala scheme and if so, the details thereof and the number of poor women who have been benefitted under Ujjwala Yojana so far, State/UT-wise; and
- (f) the other steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  for  strengthening  women's empowerment through Ujjwala Yojana?

## ANSWER पेट्रोल ियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री ( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान )

## MINISTER OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a)  Pradhan  Mantri  LPG  Panchayat(PMLP)  was  organised  in  Rashtrapati  Bhawan  on  13 th February, 2018  and  more  than 100 women  beneficiaries of Pradhan  Mantri Ujjwala Yojana(PMUY) participated in the event.

(b)  &  (c)  PMLP  is  an  interactive  communication  platform  for  rural  LPG  users  on  various subjects like safe usage of LPG, its benefit to environment, women empowerment and women health. The forum is also a platform to motivate the consumers to use LPG as a clean cooking fuel on a sustained basis. PMLP covers all States/UTs.

(d)    Under  PMUY,  the  households  belonging  to  the  Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL)  category identified  through  Socio  Economic  Caste  Census  (SECC)  2011,  are  eligible  to  get  a connection, subject to the condition that no LPG connection already exists in the name of any family member of the household and after carrying out de-duplication process.

(e) Under PMUY, the Government has enhanced the target to release LPG connections from 5 crore  to  8  crore  with  additional  budgetary  provision  of  Rs.  4,800  crore  over  and  above  the existing provision of 8000 crore. The list of prospective beneficiaries under PMUY has been expanded recently.  State/UT-wise  details  of  LPG  connections  released  under  PMUY  as  on 07.03.2018 are at Annexure.

(f)  Connection is released in the name of adult woman of a BPL family. LPG subsidy under PAHAL Scheme is transferred directly into the bank account of PMUY women beneficiaries.

| State/UT-wise details of LPG connections released under PMUY as on 07.03.2018   | State/UT-wise details of LPG connections released under PMUY as on 07.03.2018   | State/UT-wise details of LPG connections released under PMUY as on 07.03.2018   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No                                                                            | State                                                                           | Connections released                                                            |
| 1                                                                               | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                                                     | 1,698                                                                           |
| 2                                                                               | Andhra Pradesh                                                                  | 79,978                                                                          |
| 3                                                                               | Arunachal Pradesh                                                               | 5,700                                                                           |
| 4                                                                               | Assam                                                                           | 9,78,789                                                                        |
| 5                                                                               | Bihar                                                                           | 47,78,869                                                                       |
| 6                                                                               | Chhattisgarh                                                                    | 19,01,370                                                                       |
| 7                                                                               | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                                          | 11,437                                                                          |
| 8                                                                               | Daman and Diu                                                                   | 202                                                                             |
| 9                                                                               | Delhi                                                                           | 519                                                                             |
| 10                                                                              | Goa                                                                             | 983                                                                             |
| 11                                                                              | Gujarat                                                                         | 12,60,742                                                                       |
| 12                                                                              | Haryana                                                                         | 3,53,883                                                                        |
| 13                                                                              | Himachal Pradesh                                                                | 27,822                                                                          |
| 14                                                                              | Jammu and Kashmir                                                               | 3,68,176                                                                        |
| 15                                                                              | Jharkhand                                                                       | 11,18,855                                                                       |
| 16                                                                              | Karnataka                                                                       | 8,79,895                                                                        |
| 17                                                                              | Kerala                                                                          | 36,152                                                                          |
| 18                                                                              | Lakshadweep                                                                     | 130                                                                             |
| 19                                                                              | Madhya Pradesh                                                                  | 32,10,848                                                                       |
| 20                                                                              | Maharashtra                                                                     | 18,15,435                                                                       |
| 21                                                                              | Manipur                                                                         | 29,256                                                                          |
| 22                                                                              | Meghalaya                                                                       | 31,032                                                                          |
| 23                                                                              | Mizoram                                                                         | 824                                                                             |
| 24                                                                              | Nagaland                                                                        | 8,498                                                                           |
| 25                                                                              | Odisha                                                                          | 21,45,685                                                                       |
| 26                                                                              | Puducherry                                                                      | 2,426                                                                           |
| 27                                                                              | Punjab                                                                          | 3,76,829                                                                        |
| 28                                                                              | Rajasthan                                                                       | 25,66,117                                                                       |
| 29                                                                              | Sikkim                                                                          | 688                                                                             |
| 30                                                                              | Tamil Nadu                                                                      | 9,67,884                                                                        |
| 31                                                                              | Telangana                                                                       | 41                                                                              |
| 32                                                                              | Tripura                                                                         | 39,513                                                                          |
| 33                                                                              | Uttar Pradesh                                                                   | 64,30,583                                                                       |
| 34                                                                              | Uttarakhand                                                                     | 1,36,300                                                                        |
| 35                                                                              | West Bengal                                                                     | 49,61,984                                                                       |
|                                                                                 | Total                                                                           | 345,29,143                                                                      |