Lok Sabha Question No. 1057 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: LPG Connections under PMUY
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: MOHAMMAD SALIM, OM PRAKASH YADAV, SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV, ANIL SHIROLE, PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA, George Baker, RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA, ARJUNLAL MEENA, SUSHMITA DEV, RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1057 TO BE ANSWERED ON  17 th  DECEMBER, 2018

LPG Connections under PMUY

## 1057. SHRI MOHD. SALIM:

SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV:

SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV:

SHRI ANIL SHIROLE:

SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

SHRI S.P. MUDDAHANUME GOWDA:

SHRI GEORGE BAKER:

SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV:

SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY:

## पेट्रोल ियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a)  the  State/UT-wise  number  of  free  LPG  gas  connection  provided  to  every BPL/poor  household  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala  Yojana  (PMUY)  since  its inception along with targets fixed and achieved in the country including connection released  in  Ranchi  district  of  Jharkhand  along  with  funds  allocated/utilised  in  the country so far, year-wise;
- (b)  the  State/UT-wise  number  of  LPG  connections  provided  in  far  flung/difficult/ hilly/remote areas  of the  country  including  Tumkur  district  of  Karnataka  and Junagarh district of Gujarat as per the criteria fixed for the purpose;
- (c)  the  State/UT-wise  PMUY  beneficiaries  who  have  purchased  a  refill  more  than twice in a single financial year from 2016 to 2018;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  followed  the  necessary  security  measures  to provide  LPG  connections  to  economically  backward  families  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (e)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  extend  the  benefit  to  other  poor  people apart from the BPL card holders in the country, if so, the details thereof along with name of districts and number of people which have not been covered so far under PMUY,  State/UT-wise  including  Maharashtra,  West  Bengal,  Karnataka,  Rajasthan and Gujarat; and
- (f)  the  number  of  complaints/cases  of  irregularities/misuse  of  scheme  in  providing gas connection to BPL families under PMUY received by the Government/ OMCs till date along with the remedial action taken/being taken to resolve the cases/complaints, State/UT/case-wise?

## ANSWER

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

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

(a) & (b) As on 13.12.2018, Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have released more than  5.85  crore  LPG  connections  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala  Yojana  (PMUY). State/UT-wise details of number of LPG connections released under PMUY across the  country  including  far  flung/difficult/hilly/remote  areas  of  the  country  are  at Annexure-I.  Numbers  of  connections  released  in  Ranchi  District  of  Jharkhand  are 1,30,510, Tumkur District of Karnataka are 1,23,230 and Junagarh District of Gujarat are 44,361, since launch of the Scheme. Details of year-wise funds allocation and utilisation are as under -

| Year             | 2016-17      | 2017-18      | 2018-19                             |
|------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------------------------|
| Fund allocation  | ₹ 2500 crore | ₹ 2251 crore | ₹ 3200 crore                        |
| Fund utilisation | ₹ 2500 crore | ₹ 2251 crore | ₹ 2929 crore ( till 1 st November). |

- (c) State/UT-wise details of refill purchased by PMUY beneficiaries  during 201617, 2017-18 and 2018-19 (upto 30.11.2018) are at Annexure-II.
- (d) OMCs  have  given  instructions  to  their  LPG  distributors  to  release  LPG connections after satisfying and meeting all the safety norms for installation of LPG connections.  Further, OMCs have reported that following measures are adopted for ensuring  safety  and  for  educating  the  prospective  LPG  customers  under  PMUY Scheme: -
- (i) Proper  education  is  given  on  safety  aspects  of  LPG  usage  to  the  PMUY beneficiaries  through  safety  clinics  during  the  LPG  connection  distribution melas  by  way  of  how  to  use  LPG  by  demonstration  and  screening  film  on safety.
- (ii) While issuing LPG connections under PMUY scheme, safety instructions card is given to the beneficiaries.
- (iii) All  LPG  distributors  are  under  strict  instructions  to  install  connections  at  the premises of the PMUY beneficiaries and ensure that the Hotplate is kept at safe location and customer is advised about the safe way to use LPG.
- (iv) OMCs'  Officers carry out regular customer contacts and distributorship inspections to monitor the above steps. During inspections, wherever it is found that the distributors are not adhering  to the given instructions  or  noncompliance of given instructions, suitable action under MDG is taken against such defaulting distributors.
- (v) Government  has  launched  intensive  'Safety  Campaign'  through  print  and electronic media highlighting safety norms in usage of LPG.
- (vi) LPG  Panchayats  are  also  organised  to  educate  the  LPG  consumers  about safety & sustained use of LPG.
- (e) Presently,  beneficiaries  under  PMUY  are  identified  from  Socio-  Economic Caste Census(SECC)  list or from seven categories viz. SC/ST  households, Beneficiaries  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana(Gramin), Beneficiaries  of Antyodaya Anna  Yojana  (AAY),  Forest  dwellers,  Most  Backward  Classes,  people  residing  in islands / river islands and Tea and Ex-Tea Garden Tribes. State/UT-wise details of connections released under PMUY are at Annexure-I.
- (f) OMCs  have  reported  very  minuscule  number  of  cases  of  established irregularities  in  providing  gas  connections  to  BPL  households  under  PMUY  since launch of the Scheme. OMCs have taken punitive action as per the extant Marketing Discipline Guidelines  (MDG)  and  the  Distributorship  Agreement  against  LPG distributors in all the established cases of irregularities.

|       |                                                                                                                                                                                  | Annexure - I                                                                                                                                                                     |
|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       | Annexure referred to in Part (a) &(b) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1057 for 17.12.2018 regarding 'LPG Connections under PMUY' by Shri Mohd. Salim and others | Annexure referred to in Part (a) &(b) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1057 for 17.12.2018 regarding 'LPG Connections under PMUY' by Shri Mohd. Salim and others |
| S.No  | State/UT connections released                                                                                                                                                    | State/UT connections released                                                                                                                                                    |
| 1     | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                                                                                                                                                      | 7,240                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                   | 1,89,935                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                | 36,128                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 4     | Assam                                                                                                                                                                            | 23,54,742                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 5     | Bihar                                                                                                                                                                            | 69,66,002                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 6     | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                                       | 46                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                                     | 26,50,873                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 8     | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                                                                                                                                           | 13,063                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 9     | Daman and Diu                                                                                                                                                                    | 410                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 10    | Delhi                                                                                                                                                                            | 62,984                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 11    | Goa                                                                                                                                                                              | 1,052                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 12    | Gujarat                                                                                                                                                                          | 18,88,542                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 13    | Haryana                                                                                                                                                                          | 6,08,360                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 14    | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                 | 87,506                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 15    | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                                                                                                | 8,11,340                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 16    | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                                        | 25,56,282                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 17    | Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                        | 18,13,665                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 18    | Kerala                                                                                                                                                                           | 1,52,725                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 19    | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                                                      | 286                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 20    | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                   | 52,36,880                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 21    | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                                      | 34,14,177                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 22    | Manipur                                                                                                                                                                          | 99,055                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 23    | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                                        | 1,32,009                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 24    | Mizoram                                                                                                                                                                          | 25,069                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 25    | Nagaland                                                                                                                                                                         | 45,675                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 26    | Odisha                                                                                                                                                                           | 35,22,285                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 27    | Puducherry                                                                                                                                                                       | 12,740                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 28    | Punjab                                                                                                                                                                           | 11,35,764                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 29    | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                                        | 43,15,581                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 30    | Sikkim                                                                                                                                                                           | 5,198                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                                       | 27,53,967                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 32    | Telangana                                                                                                                                                                        | 5,14,664                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 33    | Tripura                                                                                                                                                                          | 1,88,369                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 34    |                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|       | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                    | 98,62,562 2,66,007                                                                                                                                                               |
| 35 36 | Uttarakhand West Bengal                                                                                                                                                          | 67,95,443                                                                                                                                                                        |
|       | Total                                                                                                                                                                            | 585,26,626                                                                                                                                                                       |

|                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                 | Annexure-II                                                                                                                                                                     |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Annexure referred to part (c) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1057 for 17.12.2018 regarding 'LPG Connections under PMUY' asked by Shri Mohd. Salim and others. | Annexure referred to part (c) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1057 for 17.12.2018 regarding 'LPG Connections under PMUY' asked by Shri Mohd. Salim and others. | Annexure referred to part (c) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1057 for 17.12.2018 regarding 'LPG Connections under PMUY' asked by Shri Mohd. Salim and others. | Annexure referred to part (c) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1057 for 17.12.2018 regarding 'LPG Connections under PMUY' asked by Shri Mohd. Salim and others. |
| Year and State/UT-wise details of LPG refills bought by PMUY beneficiaries since launch of the scheme                                                                           | Year and State/UT-wise details of LPG refills bought by PMUY beneficiaries since launch of the scheme                                                                           | Year and State/UT-wise details of LPG refills bought by PMUY beneficiaries since launch of the scheme                                                                           | Year and State/UT-wise details of LPG refills bought by PMUY beneficiaries since launch of the scheme                                                                           |
| State/UT                                                                                                                                                                        | PMUY refill 2016-17                                                                                                                                                             | PMUY refill 2017- 18                                                                                                                                                            | PMUY refill 2018-19(upto 30.11.18)                                                                                                                                              |
| ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                                                                                                                                                             | 1,324                                                                                                                                                                           | 3,640                                                                                                                                                                           | 18,445                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                  | 80,200                                                                                                                                                                          | 2,48,306                                                                                                                                                                        | 3,29,612                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                                                                               | -                                                                                                                                                                               | 13,861                                                                                                                                                                          | 71,391                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ASSAM                                                                                                                                                                           | 3                                                                                                                                                                               | 16,18,168                                                                                                                                                                       | 32,47,569                                                                                                                                                                       |
| BIHAR                                                                                                                                                                           | 51,26,452                                                                                                                                                                       | 145,92,618                                                                                                                                                                      | 126,01,095                                                                                                                                                                      |
| CHANDIGARH                                                                                                                                                                      | -                                                                                                                                                                               | -                                                                                                                                                                               | 118                                                                                                                                                                             |
| CHHATISGARH                                                                                                                                                                     | 12,96,943                                                                                                                                                                       | 25,71,720                                                                                                                                                                       | 21,26,067                                                                                                                                                                       |
| DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI                                                                                                                                                          | 3,875                                                                                                                                                                           | 24,558                                                                                                                                                                          | 18,479                                                                                                                                                                          |
| DAMAN AND DIU                                                                                                                                                                   | 101                                                                                                                                                                             | 829                                                                                                                                                                             | 994                                                                                                                                                                             |
| DELHI                                                                                                                                                                           | 1,550                                                                                                                                                                           | 3,913                                                                                                                                                                           | 2,32,074                                                                                                                                                                        |
| GOA                                                                                                                                                                             | 1,919                                                                                                                                                                           | 3,296                                                                                                                                                                           | 2,652                                                                                                                                                                           |
| GUJARAT                                                                                                                                                                         | 18,49,405                                                                                                                                                                       | 43,39,529                                                                                                                                                                       | 39,93,112                                                                                                                                                                       |
| HARYANA                                                                                                                                                                         | 8,42,541                                                                                                                                                                        | 17,87,831                                                                                                                                                                       | 16,98,962                                                                                                                                                                       |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                | 3,068                                                                                                                                                                           | 74,997                                                                                                                                                                          | 1,90,402                                                                                                                                                                        |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                                                                                                               | 4,18,248                                                                                                                                                                        | 9,55,437                                                                                                                                                                        | 11,45,327                                                                                                                                                                       |
| JHARKHAND                                                                                                                                                                       | 5,84,827                                                                                                                                                                        | 23,62,525                                                                                                                                                                       | 30,39,691                                                                                                                                                                       |
| KARNATAKA                                                                                                                                                                       | 13,702                                                                                                                                                                          | 19,94,642                                                                                                                                                                       | 32,83,984                                                                                                                                                                       |
| KERALA                                                                                                                                                                          | 17,772                                                                                                                                                                          | 92,827                                                                                                                                                                          | 2,83,914                                                                                                                                                                        |
| MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                  | 36,11,733                                                                                                                                                                       | 65,34,060                                                                                                                                                                       | 67,41,759                                                                                                                                                                       |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                                                                                                                                     | 10,80,596                                                                                                                                                                       | 46,87,569                                                                                                                                                                       | 55,96,182                                                                                                                                                                       |

| MANIPUR       | 45         | 81,606     | 2,08,490   |
|---------------|------------|------------|------------|
| MEGHALAYA     | -          | 64,059     | 1,97,882   |
| MIZORAM       | -          | 1,474      | 56,821     |
| NAGALAND      | -          | 22,091     | 85,903     |
| ODISHA        | 18,57,228  | 52,29,252  | 48,94,701  |
| PUDUCHERRY    | 1,478      | 7,429      | 33,413     |
| PUNJAB        | 4,20,682   | 14,19,885  | 23,45,215  |
| RAJASTHAN     | 39,13,160  | 75,39,707  | 74,79,579  |
| SIKKIM        | -          | 1,793      | 9,629      |
| TAMILNADU     | 3,77,491   | 23,90,226  | 49,05,400  |
| TELANGANA     | 73         | 159        | 7,58,333   |
| TRIPURA       | -          | 67,021     | 2,62,924   |
| UTTAR PRADESH | 128,34,143 | 213,12,057 | 190,24,270 |
| UTTARAKHAND   | 2,68,166   | 5,96,401   | 6,44,382   |
| WEST BENGAL   | 40,39,948  | 133,50,643 | 109,97,084 |
| Grand Total   | 386,46,673 | 939,94,129 | 965,25,855 |