Lok Sabha Question No. 1120 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: LPG Subsidy
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh, SURESH KODIKUNNIL, RAMACHANDRAN MULLAPPALLY, K. C. VENUGOPAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1120 TO BE ANSWERED ON  17 th  DECEMBER, 2018

## LPG Subsidy

1120. SHRIMATI PRATYUSHA RAJESHWARI SINGH:

SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH:

SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN:

SHRI K.C. VENUGOPAL:

## पेट्रोल ियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a) whether the Government possesses the details of the domestic subsidised LPG connections surrendered in the country and if so, the details thereof along with the number of surrendered LPG connections, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to revise, rationalise or withdraw the subsidy rates of domestic LPG consumers/ connections in the country;
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reasons  therefor  along  with  number  of  times prices of LPG were hiked during the last three years and the measures to provide LPG at a reasonable price to the consumers;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  noticed  that  the  absence  of  guaranteeing  a  free second  refill under  PMUY  has  created  much  financial  burden on the poor beneficiaries and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken to provide free of cost LPG to poor in the country;
- (e)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  introduce  any  scheme  to  supply  gas cylinders at doorsteps of rural consumers/ gas connections to all families and if so, the  details  thereof  along  with  the  percentage  increase  in  the  number  of  LPG consumers in the country during the last three years, State/UT-wise; and
- (f)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  study  regarding  difficulties  being faced by domestic LPG consumers due to hike in the price of natural gas and if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken/ being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

MINISTER  OF  PETROLEUM    AND  NATURAL  GAS  (SHRI  DHARMENDRA PRADHAN) (a)  As  on  12.12.2018,  more  than  1.03  crore  LPG  consumers  have  voluntarily surrendered their LPG subsidy under 'GiveItUp' campaign. State/UT-wise details are at Annexure.

- (b), (c) & (f) There is no such proposal under consideration of the Government. The Government continues to modulate the effective price of Domestic LPG supplied to consumers.  Details of Retail  Selling  Price(RSP)  of  14.2  kg  LPG  cylinder  at  Delhi during the year 2014-18 are as under -

| Year    | Subsidised RSP at Delhi   |
|---------|---------------------------|
| 2015-16 | ₹ 417.82 - ₹ 419.33       |
| 2016-17 | ₹ 419.13 - ₹ 434.93       |
| 2017-18 | ₹ 440.90 - ₹ 495.69       |

Domestic LPG prices are revised every month in line with international price of LPG with corresponding revision in monthly LPG subsidy under PAHAL Scheme. Entire subsidy burden is borne by the Government.

- (d) PMUY  beneficiaries  are  entitled  to  get  subsidy  under  PAHAL  Scheme. Applicable  subsidy  is  transferred  directly  to  the  bank  account  of  beneficiary  upon purchase  of refill  at  non-subsidised  price.  OMCs  have  reported  that  PMUY beneficiaries  have  purchased  22,91,66,657  refills  as  of  30.11.2018.  Details  of average subsidy per cylinder on domestic LPG during the year  2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 (up to 1 st half) are as under -
- (e) OMCs have reported that all  distributors,  except  Durgam  Kshetriya  Vitraks, are  under  instructions  to  make  home  delivery  of  LPG  cylinders  in  their  authorised area of operation including rural areas. Further, with a view to  strengthen the LPG distribution  infrastructure  and  distributorship/cylinders  at  doorsteps,  OMCs  have recently advertised more than 6400 locations across the country, which are mostly in rural areas.

| Particulars                      | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19 (up to 1 st half)   |
|----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|
| Average Subsidy (₹ per cylinder) | ₹ 108.78  | ₹ 173.41  | ₹ 219.12                    |

| Year                          | 2016   | 2017   | 2018   | As on 01.12.2018   |
|-------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------------------|
| LPG coverage as on 1 st April | 61.9%  | 72.8%  | 80.9%  | 89.5%              |

## Annexure

Annexure referred to in  Part (a) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1120 for 17.12.2018 regarding 'LPG Subsidy' asked by Shrimati Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh and others

| State/UT                    | Opted out   |
|-----------------------------|-------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 2,851       |
| Andhra pradesh              | 2,36,595    |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 23,272      |
| Assam                       | 1,87,633    |
| Bihar                       | 4,19,675    |
| Chandigarh                  | 20,083      |
| Chhattisgarh                | 1,35,824    |
| Daman and Diu               | 3,228       |
| Delhi                       | 8,25,304    |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 7,483       |
| Goa                         | 43,112      |
| Gujarat                     | 4,52,899    |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 70,392      |
| Haryana                     | 3,42,772    |
| Jharkhand                   | 97,865      |
| Jammu and Kashmir           | 1,50,872    |
| Kerala                      | 3,06,319    |
| Karnataka                   | 7,44,409    |
| Lakshadweep                 | 143         |
| Manipur                     | 47,098      |
| Meghalaya                   | 7,660       |
| Maharashtra                 | 16,71,612   |
| Mizoram                     | 43,985      |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 4,42,848    |
| Nagaland                    | 31,569      |
| Odisha                      | 1,58,417    |
| Puducherry                  | 16,738      |
| Punjab                      | 4,17,166    |
| Rajasthan                   | 6,41,560    |
| Sikkim                      | 7,793       |
| Telangana                   | 3,86,040    |
| Tamil Nadu                  | 6,58,583    |
| Tripura                     | 18,753      |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 12,64,139   |
| Uttarakhand                 | 1,47,561    |
| West Bengal                 | 3,48,701    |
| Total                       | 103,80,954  |