Lok Sabha Question No. 296 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-09
Subject: Reduction in Consumption of Kerosene
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 296 TO BE ANSWERED ON  9 th  DECEMBER, 2019

Reduction in Consumption of Kerosene

*296. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a) the total number of households who have been provided LPG connection under the Ujjwala Scheme so far, State-wise including Jharkhand;
- (b)  the  total  reduction  in  consumption  of  kerosene  oil  due  to  provision  of  LPG  to households under the said Scheme, State/ UT-wise; and
- (c)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  LPG  connection  to  all  rural households  in  the  country  including  in  Chatra,  Latehar  and  Panki  districts  of Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

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

MINISTER OF  PETROLEUM  AND NATURAL GAS PRADHAN)

- (a) to (c)   A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 296 BY SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH TO BE ANSWERED ON 9TH DECEMBER 2019 REGARDING 'REDUCTION IN CONSUMPTION OF KEROSENE'.

- (a) The target of providing 8 crore deposit free LPG connections to adult women of  poor  households  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala  Yojana  (PMUY)  has  been achieved  in  September,  2019.  The  State/UT-wise  details  including  the  State  of
- Jharkhand are at Annexure-I. (b) In  view  of  increase  in  LPG  coverage,  the  allocation  of  PDS  Kerosene  has been rationalized across the country and decreasing over the years.  The allocation made to States/UTs from year 2017-18 to 2019-20 (upto the 3rd Quarters)  are  at Annexure-II. Release  of  LPG  connections  is  a  continuous  process.  LPG  distributors  are under instructions to immediately register any request for new LPG connection and Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) endeavour to release the same within 7 working days. As on 01.11.2019, there are 27.44 crore LPG customers in the country which
- (c) cover 96.6 % households including Chatra, Latehar and Panki districts of Jharkhand.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  part  (a)  of  the  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Starred Question No. 296 for 09.12.2019 regarding reduction in consumption of Kerosene asked by Shri Sunil Kumar Singh

|   S.No | State/UT                    | Connections released under PMUY   |
|--------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|      1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 13,113                            |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh              | 3,90,947                          |
|      3 | Arunachal Pradesh           | 44,698                            |
|      4 | Assam                       | 34,93,420                         |
|      5 | Bihar                       | 85,66,691                         |
|      6 | Chandigarh                  | 88                                |
|      7 | Chhattisgarh                | 29,98,474                         |
|      8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 14,725                            |
|      9 | Daman and Diu               | 427                               |
|     10 | Delhi                       | 76,904                            |
|     11 | Goa                         | 1,082                             |
|     12 | Gujarat                     | 29,07,614                         |
|     13 | Haryana                     | 7,31,167                          |
|     14 | Himachal Pradesh            | 1,36,091                          |
|     15 | Jammu and Kashmir           | 12,30,064                         |
|     16 | Jharkhand                   | 32,89,562                         |
|     17 | Karnataka                   | 31,48,889                         |
|     18 | Kerala                      | 2,56,347                          |
|     19 | Lakshadweep                 | 291                               |
|     20 | Madhya Pradesh              | 71,78,540                         |
|     21 | Maharashtra                 | 44,36,342                         |
|     22 | Manipur                     | 1,56,600                          |
|     23 | Meghalaya                   | 1,50,748                          |
|     24 | Mizoram                     | 28,121                            |
|     25 | Nagaland                    | 55,147                            |
|     26 | Odisha                      | 47,48,869                         |
|     27 | Puducherry                  | 13,581                            |
|     28 | Punjab                      | 12,24,854                         |
|     29 | Rajasthan                   | 63,91,864                         |
|     30 | Sikkim                      | 8,752                             |
|     31 | Tamil Nadu                  | 32,42,661                         |
|     32 | Telangana                   | 10,74,982                         |
|     33 | Tripura                     | 2,72,116                          |
|     34 | Uttar Pradesh               | 147,79,859                        |
|     35 | Uttarakhand                 | 4,04,748                          |
|     36 | West Bengal                 | 88,73,655                         |

## ANNEXURE-II

Annexure  referred  to  in  part  (b)  of  the  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.  296  for 09.12.2019 regarding reduction in consumption of Kerosene asked by Shri Sunil Kumar Singh

|   S.No. | States/UTs                |   2017-18 (in KL) |   2018-19 (in KL) |   2019-20 (1st Qtr.) (in KL) |   2019-20 (2nd Qtr.) (in KL) |   2019-20 (3rd Qtr.) (in KL) |
|---------|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|       1 | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS |              4128 |              4128 |                         1032 |                          912 |                            0 |
|       2 | ANDHRA PRADESH            |             56424 |                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |                            0 |
|       3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH         |              7920 |              7920 |                         1980 |                         1488 |                         1488 |
|       4 | ASSAM                     |            245856 |            245856 |                        61464 |                        40152 |                        40152 |
|       5 | BIHAR                     |            495432 |            332592 |                        80592 |                        66516 |                        66516 |
|       6 | CHANDIGARH                |                 0 |                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |                            0 |
|       7 | CHATTISHGARH              |            115056 |            115056 |                        28764 |                        17880 |                        17880 |
|       8 | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI      |               288 |                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |                            0 |
|       9 | DAMAN AND DIU             |               132 |                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |                            0 |
|      10 | DELHI                     |                 0 |                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |                            0 |
|      11 | GOA                       |              2259 |              2112 |                          528 |                           96 |                           96 |
|      12 | GUJARAT                   |            338520 |            249718 |                        52000 |                        44832 |                        44832 |
|      13 | HARYANA                   |                 0 |                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |                            0 |
|      14 | HIMACHAL PRADESH          |             14496 |             14496 |                         3624 |                         2604 |                         2604 |
|      15 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR         |             58476 |             58476 |                        14520 |                        10980 |                        11508 |
|      16 | JHARKHAND                 |            186768 |            186768 |                        46692 |                        29508 |                        29508 |
|      17 | KARNATAKA                 |            156000 |            156000 |                        39000 |                        15108 |                        15108 |
|      18 | KERALA                    |             58728 |             55632 |                        13908 |                         9264 |                         9264 |
|      19 | LAKSHADWEEP               |               768 |               768 |                          768 |                            0 |                            0 |
|      20 | MADHYA PRADESH            |            345048 |            336192 |                        84048 |                        58896 |                        58896 |
|      21 | MAHARASHTRA               |            384696 |            286680 |                        31632 |                        31632 |                        31632 |
|      22 | MANIPUR                   |             17904 |             17904 |                         4476 |                         2928 |                         2928 |
|      23 | MEGHALAYA                 |             19440 |             19440 |                         4860 |                         4800 |                         4800 |
|      24 | MIZORAM                   |              4800 |              4800 |                         1200 |                          804 |                          804 |
|      25 | NAGALAND                  |             12177 |             10272 |                         2568 |                         2244 |                         2244 |
|      26 | ODISHA                    |            248448 |            248448 |                        63112 |                        49152 |                        49152 |
|      27 | PUDUCHERRY                |               800 |                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |                            0 |
|      28 | PUNJAB                    |                 0 |                 0 |                            0 |                            0 |                            0 |
|      29 | RAJASTHAN                 |            259968 |            137992 |                        10000 |                        10000 |                        10000 |
|      30 | SIKKIM                    |              3456 |              3456 |                          864 |                          564 |                          564 |
|      31 | TAMIL NADU                |            204528 |            193776 |                        48444 |                        32292 |                        32292 |
|      32 | TELANGANA                 |            103368 |             97920 |                        24480 |                        10704 |                        10704 |
|      33 | TRIPURA                   |             29376 |             29376 |                         7344 |                         6336 |                         6336 |
|      34 | UTTAR PRADESH             |            911208 |            887856 |                       221964 |                       144396 |                       144396 |
|      35 | UTTRAKHAND                |             25344 |             25344 |                         6336 |                          552 |                          552 |

| 36   | WEST BENGAL      |   704016 |   704016 |   176004 |   176004 |   176004 |
|------|------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|      | Total Allocation |  5015828 |  4432994 |  1032204 |   770644 |   770260 |