Lok Sabha Question No. 793 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: PNG Network
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: MOHAMMAD SALIM, MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 793

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

## PNG Network

## 793. SHRI MOHD. SALIM:

## SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN:

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

(a)  the  number  of  families  out  of  total  families  in  the  country  who  have  been  provided  PNG facility as of now, State/ UT-wise;

(b) the number of families in the country getting/using LPG/bottled cooking gas, State/UT-wise;

(c) the number of families in the country still using wood, coal etc. for cooking, State/UT-wise; and

(d)  whether  the  Government  has  formulated/proposes  to  formulate  any  scheme  to  provide cooking gas to all families in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) As per Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell (PPAC) report, about 43.66 lakh households in the country are covered with Piped Natural Gas (PNG) as on 1.06.2018. State/UT wise details are at Annexure.

(b)  &  (c)    As  per  PPAC  report,  as  on  1.07.2018  total  2346.8  lakh households are using  LPG/ bottled cooking gas. State/Union Territories (UT) - wise details are at Annexure. The balance families use other fuels for cooking.

(d) In order to augment use of LPG for cooking, Government has launched 'Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana' (PMUY) from 01.05.2016 under which deposit free LPG connection up to the cost of ₹ 1,600/-  is provided to the adult woman of Below Poverty Line (BPL) family whose name  is appearing in the  Socio-Economic Caste Census  (SECC)-2011. In addition to identification of prospective beneficiaries through SECC list, the list of prospective beneficiaries under  PMUY has been  expanded recently  by  including  categories  like  all  SC/ST  households, beneficiaries  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana  (PMAY)  (Gramin),  Antyoday  Anna  Yojana

(AAY), Forest dwellers, Most Backward Classes (MBC), Tea & Ex-Tea Garden Tribes, People residing  in  Islands  /  river  islands. As  on  16.07.2018,  Oil  Marketing  Companies  (OMCs)  have released more than 4.70 crore LPG connections under PMUY.

To expand the coverage of CGD network, bids  have been received for  86 GAs covering 174 districts spread over 22 states and UTs in the country, in the 9 th round of CGD bidding.

## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.793  TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018 REGARDING PNG NETWORK

## State-wise LPG/PNG coverage

| State/Union Territories (UTs)   |   LPG connections in Lakh as on 1.07.2018 |   PNG connections in actual numbers as on 1.06.2018 |
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| CHANDIGARH                      |                                      2.72 |                                               22757 |
| DELHI                           |                                     48.7  |                                              908632 |
| HARYANA                         |                                     61.04 |                                               75874 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                |                                     15.68 |                                                   0 |
| JAMMU &KASHMIR                  |                                     24.4  |                                                   0 |
| PUNJAB                          |                                     77.11 |                                                   0 |
| RAJASTHAN                       |                                    130.33 |                                                 462 |
| UTTAR PRADESH                   |                                    321.5  |                                              112286 |
| UTTRAKHAND                      |                                     23.07 |                                                 992 |
| ANDAMAN &NICOBAR                |                                      0.82 |                                                   0 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH               |                                      2.31 |                                                   0 |
| ASSAM                           |                                     52.07 |                                               31764 |
| BIHAR                           |                                    137.29 |                                                   0 |
| JHARKHAND                       |                                     37.57 |                                                   0 |
| MANIPUR                         |                                      4.39 |                                                   0 |
| MEGHALAYA                       |                                      2.48 |                                                   0 |
| MIZORAM                         |                                      2.71 |                                                   0 |
| NAGALAND                        |                                      2.19 |                                                   0 |
| ODISHA                          |                                     64.63 |                                                 102 |
| SIKKIM                          |                                      1.26 |                                                   0 |
| TRIPURA                         |                                      6.08 |                                               35286 |
| WEST BENGAL                     |                                    183.04 |                                                   0 |
| CHATTISGARH                     |                                     43.39 |                                                   0 |
| DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI              |                                      0.84 |                                                 621 |
| DAMAN &DIU                      |                                      0.59 |                                                2556 |
| GOA                             |                                      4.73 |                                                   0 |
| GUJARAT                         |                                     88.8  |                                             1867768 |
| MADHYA PRADESH                  |                                    115.59 |                                               31041 |
| MAHARASHTRA                     |                                    247.11 |                                             1241170 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                  |                                    131.37 |                                               15929 |
| KARNATAKA                       |                                    134.3  |                                                5783 |
| KERALA                          |                                     83.86 |                                                5219 |
| LAKSHADWEEP                     |                                      0.06 |                                                   0 |
| PUDUCHERRY                      |                                      3.64 |                                                   0 |
| TAMILNADU                       |                                    193.35 |                                                   0 |
| TELANGANA                       |                                     97.77 |                                                7887 |
| ALL INDIA                       |                                   2346.8  |                                             4366129 |