Lok Sabha Question No. 4347 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: LPG Connections
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Kuruva Gorantla Madhav, Kapil Moreshwar Patil

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4347

## TO BE ANSWERED ON  22 nd  MARCH, 2021

## LPG Connections

## 4347.  SHRI KURUVA GORANTLA MADHAV:

SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

पेोलयम एवं ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

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

- (a)  the  number  of  LPG  connections  provided  during  each  year  after  implementation  of Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala  Yojana  (PMUY)  including  the  number  of first,  second,  third  refills etc. distributed during each year after implementation of the said scheme, State-wise;
- (b)  whether  there  has  been  a  decline  in  the  number  of  persons  taking  LPG  refills  under PMUY, if so, the reasons therefor and the details of the measures taken to check the said decline;
- (c) the total number of beneficiaries under PMUY as on 31st December, 2020 including the number  of  Below  Poverty  Line(BPL)/Scheduled  Caste/Scheduled  Tribe  families  who  have been  covered  under  PMUY  till  date,  State-wise/district-wise  including  Andhra  Pradesh especially Hindupur Parliamentary Constituency;
- (d)  the  total  number  of  free  refills  that  each  beneficiary  can  avail  under  the  Garib  Kalyan Yojana  including  the  total  number  of  free  refills  provided  to  PMUY  beneficiaries  since December,  2020  under  the  said  Yojana,  State-wise/district-wise  including  Andhra  Pradesh especially in Hindupur Parliament Constituency; and
- (e) the amount of subsidy given to each consumer household under the said scheme for the past  two  years,  month-wise  and  whether  the  subsidy  for  each  LPG  cylinder  for  the consumers has significantly reduced since December 2020, if so, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER पेोलयम एवं ाक ृ तक गैस मंी ( ी धम धान )

MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) Year-wise details of LPG connections released under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) are as under :-

| Year                            | 2016-17    | 2017-18    | 2018-19    | 2019-20    |
|---------------------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
| No. of LPG connections released | 2.00 crore | 1.56 crore | 3.63 crore | 0.82 crore |

Year-wise and State/UT-wise details of PMUY beneficiaries who have taken one, two and three refills during  2017-18,  2018-19  and 2019-20 are at Annexure-I .

(b) No Sir. Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have reported that the average consumption of  PMUY  beneficiaries  in  the  current  Financial  Year  i.e.  2020-21  has  increased  by  44  % compared to Financial Year 2019-20. (c) State/UT-wise details of PMUY  beneficiaries including SC/ST  category  as on 31.12.2020 are at Annexure-II . OMCs have released total 22,367 LPG connections including 8,995 released to SC/ST category in Anantapur District (which includes Hindupur Constituency) in the State of Andhra Pradesh. (d) During  Covid-19  pandemic,  a  Scheme  for  providing  upto  3  (three)  free  of  cost LPG refills to  Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala  Yojana  (PMUY)  beneficiaries  was  started  w.e.f. 01.04.2020  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Garib  Kalyan  Package  (PMGKP).  The  validity  of  the scheme completed its term on 31.12.2020. PMUY beneficiaries have availed 1417.12 lakh free  refills  under  the  Scheme.  State-wise  details  are  at Annexure-III .  PMUY  beneficiaries have taken 43,103 free refills under PMGKP in Anantapur District (which includes Hindupur Constituency)  in the State of Andhra Pradesh.

(e) The prices of petroleum products including LPG in the country are linked to the prices of respective products in the international market.

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## Annexure-I

| Annexure referred to in part(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4347 for answering on 22nd March, 2021 regarding LPG Connections asked by S/Shri Kuruva Gorantla Madhav and Kapil Moreshwar Patil.   | Annexure referred to in part(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4347 for answering on 22nd March, 2021 regarding LPG Connections asked by S/Shri Kuruva Gorantla Madhav and Kapil Moreshwar Patil.   | Annexure referred to in part(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4347 for answering on 22nd March, 2021 regarding LPG Connections asked by S/Shri Kuruva Gorantla Madhav and Kapil Moreshwar Patil.   | Annexure referred to in part(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4347 for answering on 22nd March, 2021 regarding LPG Connections asked by S/Shri Kuruva Gorantla Madhav and Kapil Moreshwar Patil.   | Annexure referred to in part(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4347 for answering on 22nd March, 2021 regarding LPG Connections asked by S/Shri Kuruva Gorantla Madhav and Kapil Moreshwar Patil.   | Annexure referred to in part(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4347 for answering on 22nd March, 2021 regarding LPG Connections asked by S/Shri Kuruva Gorantla Madhav and Kapil Moreshwar Patil.   | Annexure referred to in part(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4347 for answering on 22nd March, 2021 regarding LPG Connections asked by S/Shri Kuruva Gorantla Madhav and Kapil Moreshwar Patil.   | Annexure referred to in part(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4347 for answering on 22nd March, 2021 regarding LPG Connections asked by S/Shri Kuruva Gorantla Madhav and Kapil Moreshwar Patil.   | Annexure referred to in part(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4347 for answering on 22nd March, 2021 regarding LPG Connections asked by S/Shri Kuruva Gorantla Madhav and Kapil Moreshwar Patil.   | Annexure referred to in part(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4347 for answering on 22nd March, 2021 regarding LPG Connections asked by S/Shri Kuruva Gorantla Madhav and Kapil Moreshwar Patil.   |
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| State/UT                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 2018-19                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 2018-19                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 2018-19                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 2019-20                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 2019-20                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 2019-20                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| State/UT                                                                                                                                                                                                 | One refill                                                                                                                                                                                               | 2017-18 Two Refills                                                                                                                                                                                      | Three refills                                                                                                                                                                                            | One refill                                                                                                                                                                                               | Two Refills                                                                                                                                                                                              | Three refills                                                                                                                                                                                            | One refill                                                                                                                                                                                               | Two Refills                                                                                                                                                                                              | Three refills                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Andaman & Nicobar                                                                                                                                                                                        | 535                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 169                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 152                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 2,058                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1,750                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1,457                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1,811                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 3,074                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1,842                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Andhra                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 12,102                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 13,447                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 13,167                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 1,91,533                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 54,040                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 28,269                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 60,639                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 67,357                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 57,766                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                | 3,255                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1,345                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 693                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 12,733                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 9,056                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 5,936                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 7,393                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 7,487                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 6,606                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Assam                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 8,08,365                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,63,144                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 63,298                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 13,33,458                                                                                                                                                                                                | 4,53,241                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,48,245                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 8,05,822                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 4,85,326                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 3,28,574                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Bihar                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 15,22,358                                                                                                                                                                                                | 7,80,454                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 5,65,684                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 24,14,059                                                                                                                                                                                                | 11,40,307                                                                                                                                                                                                | 7,04,855                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 12,42,707                                                                                                                                                                                                | 10,70,909                                                                                                                                                                                                | 8,58,474                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                                                             | 9,52,745                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,32,928                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,08,781                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 9,06,221                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,44,373                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,16,358                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 5,64,115                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,91,885                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,65,939                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                                                               | -                                                                                                                                                                                                        | -                                                                                                                                                                                                        | -                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 35                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 18                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 17                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 8                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 7                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 3                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Dadra Nagar haveli & Daman and Diu                                                                                                                                                                       | 4,467                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 2,945                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1,858                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 5,588                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 3,150                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 2,053                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 2,404                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 2,416                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 2,261                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Delhi                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 25                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 9                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 23                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 8,161                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 6,999                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 6,487                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1,800                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1,972                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 2,568                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Goa                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 122                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 136                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 133                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 128                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 155                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 116                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 118                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 131                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 106                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Gujarat                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 2,90,834                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,96,044                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,54,711                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 9,44,895                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 3,34,451                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,22,360                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 3,26,748                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 3,73,479                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 3,51,454                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                         | 11,151                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 3,382                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1,692                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 40,271                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 23,570                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 14,461                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 19,857                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 24,266                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 18,772                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Haryana                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 30,924                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 34,356                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 37,435                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 1,13,223                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 89,758                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 75,233                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 50,075                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 59,995                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 65,110                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                                                                | 4,61,659                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,10,592                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 50,566                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 14,30,151                                                                                                                                                                                                | 3,68,837                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,74,694                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 7,16,075                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 4,07,220                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,60,898                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Jammu & Kashmir (incl Ladakh)                                                                                                                                                                            | 1,04,892                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 52,360                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 35,291                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 5,42,098                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,58,372                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 74,237                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 4,19,551                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,08,576                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,11,881                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                                                | 3,96,172                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,26,116                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,33,361                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 13,49,801                                                                                                                                                                                                | 4,21,717                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,52,176                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 4,29,815                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 4,72,820                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 4,24,007                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Kerala                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 16,083                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 4,853                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 2,218                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 86,023                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 48,714                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 31,792                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 29,902                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 46,522                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 44,612                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                                                              | 6,21,580                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 3,66,871                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,50,489                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 15,78,135                                                                                                                                                                                                | 7,07,197                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 3,83,453                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 6,19,282                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 6,01,431                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 4,85,745                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                                                                | 23,197                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 6,666                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 2,914                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 67,468                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 25,891                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 14,333                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 31,787                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 21,273                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 14,030                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Manipur                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 12,053                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 7,004                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 4,851                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 40,604                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 23,042                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 17,909                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 17,830                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 19,497                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 20,682                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                           | 11,37,933                                                                                                                                                                                                | 4,77,468                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,71,176                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 29,11,053                                                                                                                                                                                                | 8,12,030                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 3,81,993                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 14,91,464                                                                                                                                                                                                | 10,25,284                                                                                                                                                                                                | 6,25,296                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Mizoram                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 556                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 194                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 93                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 5,078                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 5,980                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 4,178                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 2,558                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 2,861                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 3,938                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Nagaland                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 4,310                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1,822                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1,011                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 17,197                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 11,921                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 6,136                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 10,884                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 8,146                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 5,474                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Odisha                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 9,85,305                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 3,25,376                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,92,714                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 18,10,275                                                                                                                                                                                                | 5,04,075                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,59,089                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 9,53,015                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 6,36,760                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 3,72,034                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Punjab                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 60,839                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 53,690                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 45,013                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 2,88,860                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,18,292                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,60,039                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,06,254                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,03,999                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,00,890                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Pondicherry                                                                                                                                                                                              | 730                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 500                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 404                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 1,721                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 2,514                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 2,628                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 401                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 703                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 1,068                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                                                                | 6,77,132                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 4,29,233                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 3,09,720                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 23,53,886                                                                                                                                                                                                | 9,01,440                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 4,94,991                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 9,87,862                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 9,84,099                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 7,60,737                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Sikkim                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 205                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 162                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 142                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 2,918                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1,805                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1,134                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1,184                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 816                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 885                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                                                               | 3,59,266                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,33,170                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,57,912                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 9,81,936                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 6,87,594                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 4,74,265                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 3,58,271                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 4,22,625                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 4,16,843                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Tripura                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 31,996                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 8,061                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 3,208                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1,29,916                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 37,933                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 20,600                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 52,009                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 34,843                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 27,015                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Telangana                                                                                                                                                                                                | 10                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 5                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 8                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 5,78,262                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,86,431                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1,78,317                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,99,442                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,69,698                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1,21,344                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 87,855                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 32,671                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 15,240                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 7,513                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 57,281                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 37,209                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 43,182                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 51,319                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 47,063                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Uttar Pradesh West Bengal                                                                                                                                                                                | 10,91,854 17,20,169                                                                                                                                                                                      | 8,64,351 8,86,596                                                                                                                                                                                        | 6,96,657 5,50,615                                                                                                                                                                                        | 46,70,807                                                                                                                                                                                                | 19,29,762                                                                                                                                                                                                | 11,16,378                                                                                                                                                                                                | 20,74,140                                                                                                                                                                                                | 20,64,597                                                                                                                                                                                                | 16,56,405 8,15,551                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| TOTAL                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1,13,75,495                                                                                                                                                                                              | 54,98,689                                                                                                                                                                                                | 36,63,503                                                                                                                                                                                                | 28,63,732                                                                                                                                                                                                | 9,72,817                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 5,57,339                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 16,60,063                                                                                                                                                                                                | 12,28,303                                                                                                                                                                                                | 82,24,227                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 2,78,03,628                                                                                                                                                                                              | 1,04,44,513                                                                                                                                                                                              | 59,78,275                                                                                                                                                                                                | 1,32,67,343                                                                                                                                                                                              | 1,09,29,440                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

Annexure referred to in part (c) of  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4347 for answering on 22nd March, 2021 regarding LPG  Connections asked by S/Shri Kuruva Gorantla Madhav and Kapil  Moreshwar Patil.

| State/UT                               | Beneficiaries from SC/ST Category   | Number of beneficiaries under PMUY   |
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands            | 723                                 | 12,710                               |
| Andhra Pradesh                         | 1,36,074                            | 3,91,741                             |
| Arunachal Pradesh                      | 29,183                              | 44,681                               |
| Assam                                  | 8,76,885                            | 34,75,072                            |
| Bihar                                  | 20,98,571                           | 85,33,044                            |
| Chandigarh                             | 42                                  | 88                                   |
| Chhattisgarh                           | 16,70,883                           | 29,89,240                            |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 13,813                              | 15,166                               |
| Delhi                                  | 56,526                              | 76,811                               |
| Goa                                    | 480                                 | 1,082                                |
| Gujarat                                | 9,69,748                            | 29,00,866                            |
| Haryana                                | 3,98,753                            | 7,29,426                             |
| Himachal Pradesh                       | 49,920                              | 1,35,962                             |
| Jammu and Kashmir                      | 2,89,221                            | 12,30,839                            |
| Jharkhand                              | 12,13,072                           | 32,59,160                            |
| Karnataka                              | 12,08,234                           | 31,44,820                            |
| Kerala                                 | 67,973                              | 2,56,213                             |
| Ladakh                                 | 8,977                               | 11,082                               |
| Lakshadweep                            | 266                                 | 292                                  |
| Madhya Pradesh                         | 33,25,067                           | 71,52,291                            |
| Maharashtra                            | 14,28,844                           | 44,22,002                            |
| Manipur                                | 66,176                              | 1,56,474                             |
| Meghalaya                              | 1,22,435                            | 1,50,529                             |
| Mizoram                                | 25,754                              | 28,123                               |
| Nagaland                               | 48,879                              | 55,139                               |
| Odisha                                 | 20,06,512                           | 47,39,143                            |
| Puducherry                             | 6,491                               | 13,574                               |
| Punjab                                 | 10,19,933                           | 12,23,178                            |
| Rajasthan                              | 28,66,895                           | 63,66,775                            |
| Sikkim                                 | 2,536                               | 8,752                                |
| Tamil Nadu                             | 11,83,100                           | 32,40,660                            |
| Telangana                              | 4,96,378                            | 10,71,486                            |
| Tripura                                | 1,54,241                            | 2,71,608                             |
| Uttar Pradesh                          | 48,71,511                           | 1,47,48,414                          |
| Uttarakhand                            | 1,48,701                            | 4,04,479                             |
| West Bengal                            | 36,05,182                           | 88,53,499                            |
| Total                                  | 3,04,67,979                         | 8,01,14,421                          |

| Annexure referred to in part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question for answering on 22nd March, 2021 regarding LPG S/Shri Kuruva Gorantla Madhav and Kapil Moreshwar   | No. 4347 Connections asked by Patil.   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| State/UT                                                                                                                                                             | Refill delivered                       |
| ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS                                                                                                                                          | 22,323                                 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                                                                                       | 7,62,236                               |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                                                                    | 76,841                                 |
| ASSAM                                                                                                                                                                | 52,91,401                              |
| BIHAR                                                                                                                                                                | 1,54,13,247                            |
| CHANDIGARH                                                                                                                                                           | 246                                    |
| CHHATTISGARH                                                                                                                                                         | 42,20,273                              |
| DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI, DAMAN & DIU                                                                                                                                  | 25,694                                 |
| DELHI                                                                                                                                                                | 1,96,054                               |
| GOA                                                                                                                                                                  | 2,119                                  |
| GUJARAT                                                                                                                                                              | 49,38,634                              |
| HARYANA                                                                                                                                                              | 15,16,012                              |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                                                                     | 2,93,031                               |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                                                                                                    | 20,18,254                              |
| JHARKHAND                                                                                                                                                            | 53,80,287                              |
| KARNATAKA                                                                                                                                                            | 57,16,317                              |
| KERALA                                                                                                                                                               | 5,11,692                               |
| LADAKH                                                                                                                                                               | 19,193                                 |
| LAKSHADWEEP                                                                                                                                                          | 523                                    |
| MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                                                                                       | 1,13,69,372                            |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                                                                                                                          | 76,29,188                              |
| MANIPUR                                                                                                                                                              | 2,76,635                               |
| MEGHALAYA                                                                                                                                                            | 2,01,691                               |
| MIZORAM                                                                                                                                                              | 55,284                                 |
| NAGALAND                                                                                                                                                             | 90,538                                 |
| ODISHA                                                                                                                                                               | 83,73,073                              |
| PUDUCHERRY                                                                                                                                                           | 31,180                                 |
| PUNJAB                                                                                                                                                               | 24,53,629                              |
| RAJASTHAN                                                                                                                                                            | 1,11,36,314                            |
| SIKKIM                                                                                                                                                               | 21,314                                 |
| TAMIL NADU                                                                                                                                                           | 61,90,992                              |
| TELANGANA                                                                                                                                                            | 18,75,413                              |
| TRIPURA                                                                                                                                                              | 4,49,726                               |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                                                                                        | 2,70,90,268                            |
| UTTARAKHAND                                                                                                                                                          | 7,63,540                               |
| WEST BENGAL                                                                                                                                                          | 1,72,99,812                            |
| Total                                                                                                                                                                | 14,17,12,346                           |