Lok Sabha Question No. 182 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-18
Subject: Beneficiaries of PMUY
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Rajendra Agrawal, Feroze Varun Gandhi, Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, Uttam Kumar Nalamada Reddy, Kaushalendra Kumar, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, A.K.P. Chinraj

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 182 TO BE ANSWERED ON  18 th  NOVEMBER, 2019

## Beneficiaries of PMUY

## 182.   SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL: SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI: SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH: SHRI UTTAM KUMAR REDDY NALAMADA: SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR: DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA: DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

SHRI A.K.P. CHINRAJ:

## पेट्रोल ियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

(a) whether 85% of the Ujjwala beneficiaries in rural India still use solid fuels, as suggested by recent reports and if so, the details thereof;

(b)  whether  due  to  high  cost  of  LPG  many  beneficiaries  of  PMUY  are  not  refilling  their connections regularly, if so, whether the Government intends to reduce the price of LPG to make it  more  accessible  to  BPL  families  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  cost currently borne by the beneficiaries for each refill and whether the Government has identified districts with lowest average refill rate of below two a year, if so, the details thereof and the remedial action taken by the Government in this regard;

(c)  the  details  of  the  number  of  refills  per  household  under  the  Ujjwala  scheme  in  the  last three years along with the average of refills of LPG cylinders under PMUY compared to the National  average  and  the  State-wise  details  of  LPG  connections  as  well  as  the  number  of LPG  connection  under  Ujjwala  Scheme  in  the  country  along  with  the  number  of  regularly active LPG connection;

(d)  whether  the  Government  has  identified  any  duplicate/fake/non-existent/  inactive  LPG connection post the implementation of PAHAL scheme, if so, the State-wise details thereof in comparison  with  the  number  of  connections  before  PAHAL  scheme  along  with  the  total amount of money saved due to elimination of such fake beneficiaries;

e)  the  details  of  amount  of  subsidy  on  supply  of  domestic  LPG  at  present  given  by  the Government  compared  to  last  ten  years  along  with  the  number  of  subsidised  and  nonsubsidised gas connections in the country, State-wise; and

(f)  the  details  of  the  number  of  households  who  surrendered  their  subsidies  as  a  result  of 'give it up' campaign launched by the Government in 2015 and whether the Government is planning to increase access to cooking gas or LPG to all the households in the country before the year end under PMUY, if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard and whether the Government has achieved the objective for which the PMUY was launched, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

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

(a)  &  (b)  No  Sir.  As  on  date,  about 87 %  of  PMUY beneficiaries have returned for at least second refill. Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have identified  low consumption districts in respect  of  PMUY  beneficiaries.    In  order  to  improve  the  refill  consumption  in  the  low consumption  districts,  Oil  Marketing  Companies  (OMCs)  have  intensified  the  customer contact  to  adopt  and  use  LPG  on  sustained  basis.  To  make  the  scheme  more  affordable, PMUY customers have been given an option to avail LPG connections with 5 Kg cylinder. Additionally, OMCs have also provided an option to swap from 14.2 Kg to 5 Kg cylinders for the PMUY beneficiaries. As on 01.11.2019, in Delhi market, the refill price of domestic LPG is ₹ 681.50  per  14.2  kg  cylinder  and  effective  cost  to  PMUY  consumer  after  subsidy is ₹ 525.60 per cylinder.

(c) The  national  average  LPG  consumption  is  6.25  cylinders  (14.2  kg.)  per  annum, whereas annual LPG consumption of PMUY consumer is 2.76 cylinders (14.2 kg). State/UTwise details of total LPG connections viz-a-viz PMUY connections are at Annexure-I.

(d) State/UT-wise details of LPG connections blocked due to inactive/duplicate/fake/nonexistent are at Annexure-II.  The estimated savings due to blocked consumers/non-subsidised domestic consumers upto June, 2019 is ₹ 63,664 crore.

(e) At  present,  25.78  crore  and  1.67  crore  LPG  consumers  are  taking  subsidised  and non-subsidised  cylinders  respectively.  The  details  of  amount  of  subsidy/under-recovery  on supply of domestic LPG during the last ten years and current year is given as under:

| Particulars                    | Total Subsidy/ Under-recovery on Domestic LPG ( ₹ in crore)   |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2009-10                        | 16,087                                                        |
| 2010-11                        | 23,763                                                        |
| 2011-12                        | 32,152                                                        |
| 2012-13                        | 41,565                                                        |
| 2013-14                        | 52,290                                                        |
| 2014-15                        | 40,569                                                        |
| 2015-16                        | 22,029                                                        |
| 2016-17                        | 18,337                                                        |
| 2017-18                        | 23,464                                                        |
| 2018-19                        | 37,220                                                        |
| 2019-20 (upto September, 2019) | 12,600                                                        |

(f) As on 11.11.2019, more than one crore LPG consumers have given up their subsidy under  'GiveItUp'  campaign.   The  Government  had  targeted  to  release  8  crore  LPG connections under PMUY which has already been achieved.

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|                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                        | Annexure-I                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| Annexure referred to in part (c) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 182 for 18.11.2019 regarding Beneficiaries of PMUY asked by Shri Sunil Dattatray Tatkare and others. | Annexure referred to in part (c) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 182 for 18.11.2019 regarding Beneficiaries of PMUY asked by Shri Sunil Dattatray Tatkare and others. | Annexure referred to in part (c) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 182 for 18.11.2019 regarding Beneficiaries of PMUY asked by Shri Sunil Dattatray Tatkare and others. |
| STATE/UT                                                                                                                                                                               | Total LPG consumers                                                                                                                                                                    | PMUY consumers                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                                             | 275875                                                                                                                                                                                 | 88                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Delhi                                                                                                                                                                                  | 4861826                                                                                                                                                                                | 76904                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Haryana                                                                                                                                                                                | 6731527                                                                                                                                                                                | 731222                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                       | 1825405                                                                                                                                                                                | 136092                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                                                                                                      | 3154279                                                                                                                                                                                | 1232624                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Punjab                                                                                                                                                                                 | 8365306                                                                                                                                                                                | 1224800                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                                              | 16092755                                                                                                                                                                               | 6391887                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                          | 39608333                                                                                                                                                                               | 14782515                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                                                            | 2583171                                                                                                                                                                                | 404749                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands                                                                                                                                                            | 107101                                                                                                                                                                                 | 13155                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                      | 259205                                                                                                                                                                                 | 44698                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Assam                                                                                                                                                                                  | 7029230                                                                                                                                                                                | 3493514                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Bihar                                                                                                                                                                                  | 17325775                                                                                                                                                                               | 8568418                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                                              | 5580576                                                                                                                                                                                | 3291256                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Manipur                                                                                                                                                                                | 539943                                                                                                                                                                                 | 156599                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                                              | 314088                                                                                                                                                                                 | 150735                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Mizoram                                                                                                                                                                                | 293998                                                                                                                                                                                 | 28123                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Nagaland                                                                                                                                                                               | 258493                                                                                                                                                                                 | 55147                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Odisha                                                                                                                                                                                 | 8509322                                                                                                                                                                                | 4748983                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Sikkim                                                                                                                                                                                 | 140838                                                                                                                                                                                 | 8752                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Tripura                                                                                                                                                                                | 730963                                                                                                                                                                                 | 272133                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| West Bengal                                                                                                                                                                            | 21807612                                                                                                                                                                               | 8873588                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                                           | 5145256                                                                                                                                                                                | 2998613                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                                                                                                                                                 | 88164                                                                                                                                                                                  | 14628                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Daman and Diu                                                                                                                                                                          | 61314                                                                                                                                                                                  | 427                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Goa                                                                                                                                                                                    | 487619                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1082                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Gujarat                                                                                                                                                                                | 10371353                                                                                                                                                                               | 2907701                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                         | 14830583                                                                                                                                                                               | 7178796                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                                            | 27142633                                                                                                                                                                               | 4436535                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                         | 13465372                                                                                                                                                                               | 390952                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                              | 15749694                                                                                                                                                                               | 3150196                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Kerala                                                                                                                                                                                 | 8692507                                                                                                                                                                                | 256408                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                                                            | 7981                                                                                                                                                                                   | 292                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Puducherry                                                                                                                                                                             | 370292                                                                                                                                                                                 | 13581                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                                             | 20873136                                                                                                                                                                               | 3242953                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Telangana                                                                                                                                                                              | 10735477                                                                                                                                                                               | 1074979                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Total                                                                                                                                                                                  | 274417002                                                                                                                                                                              | 80353125                                                                                                                                                                               |

| Annexure referred to in part (d) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 182 for 18.11.2019 regarding Beneficiaries of PMUY asked   | Annexure referred to in part (d) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 182 for 18.11.2019 regarding Beneficiaries of PMUY asked   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State wise /UT                                                                                                                               | Duplice/fake/non-existent/inactive LPG connectins as on 01.10.19 in crore                                                                    |
| Andaman And Nicobar                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                                         |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                               | 0.34                                                                                                                                         |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                            | 0.01                                                                                                                                         |
| Assam                                                                                                                                        | 0.14                                                                                                                                         |
| Bihar                                                                                                                                        | 0.15                                                                                                                                         |
| Chandigarh                                                                                                                                   | 0.02                                                                                                                                         |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                 | 0.06                                                                                                                                         |
| Dadra And Nagar Haveli                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                                         |
| Daman And Diu                                                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                                                         |
| Delhi                                                                                                                                        | 0.20                                                                                                                                         |
| Goa                                                                                                                                          | 0.01                                                                                                                                         |
| Gujarat                                                                                                                                      | 0.23                                                                                                                                         |
| Haryana                                                                                                                                      | 0.13                                                                                                                                         |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                             | 0.07                                                                                                                                         |
| Jammu And Kashmir                                                                                                                            | 0.08                                                                                                                                         |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                                                    | 0.06                                                                                                                                         |
| Karnataka                                                                                                                                    | 0.19                                                                                                                                         |
| Kerala                                                                                                                                       | 0.13                                                                                                                                         |
| Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                                                                         |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                               | 0.22                                                                                                                                         |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                                                  | 0.45                                                                                                                                         |
| Manipur                                                                                                                                      | 0.01                                                                                                                                         |
| Meghalaya                                                                                                                                    | 0.01                                                                                                                                         |

| Mizoram       |   0.01 |
|---------------|--------|
| Nagaland      |   0.01 |
| Odisha        |   0.09 |
| Puducherry    |   0.01 |
| Punjab        |   0.22 |
| Rajasthan     |   0.16 |
| Sikkim        |   0.01 |
| Tamil Nadu    |   0.28 |
| Telangana     |   0.25 |
| Tripura       |   0.01 |
| Uttar Pradesh |   0.69 |
| Uttarakhand   |   0.09 |
| West Bengal   |   0.2  |
| Total         |   4.54 |