Lok Sabha Question No. 817 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: LPG Connections under PMUY
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH, RAJIV PRATAP RUDY, VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 817 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 rd  JULY, 2018

## LPG Connections under PMUY

†817.  SHRIMATI DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH: SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY: SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK:

पेट्रोल ियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state : (a) whether there is any provision to provide priority to the families having differently abled/divyang persons under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) and if so, the details thereof; (b)  the  details  of  targets  fixed  and  achieved  in  providing  gas  connections  under PMUY along with the funds allocated/ utilised, State-wise including Bihar; (c)  whether  the  Government proposes to  incentivise  the  better performing  districts under PMUY and enhance the target of coverage under PMUY and if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government in this regard; (d)whether there is a proposal to include the unserved SCs/STs, specially priviledged, Diara residents of Bihar along with the girls attaining majority age under PMUY and if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken in this regard; and (e)  the  number  of  families  received  gas  connections  in  Sahebganj,  Pakud,  Godda and Dumka districts in Santhal Pargana of Jharkhand under PMUY along with any target has been fixed in the said district under the scheme and extent to which the

- target has been achieved?

## ANSWER

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

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

- (a) Under  Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala  Yojana  (PMUY),  a  deposit  free  LPG connection is given in the name of an adult woman member of an eligible BPL  family  including  families  having    differently  abled/divyang  persons,

identified  through  Socio  Economic  Caste  Census(SECC).  In  case,  a family's name does not appear in the SECC list, the beneficiary is identified from 7 categories i.e. SC/ST households, beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas  Yojana(Gramin),  Antyoday  Anna  Yojana,  Forest  dwellers,  Most Backward  Classes,  Tea  and  Ex-Tea  Garden  Tribes,  People  residing  in islands/river islands.

- (b) Year-wise targets fixed, connections released and fund utilised is as under :-

| Year    | Target    | Connections released         | Fund Utilised   |
|---------|-----------|------------------------------|-----------------|
| 2016-17 | 1.5 crore | 2 crore                      | ₹ 2500 crore    |
| 2017-18 | 1.5 crore | 1.56 core                    | ₹ 2251 crore    |
| 2018-19 | 2 crore   | 1.17 crore (up to 18.7.2018) | ₹ 1642 crore    |

Details  of  LPG  connections  released  under  PMUY  as  on  18.07.2018 including the State of Bihar are at Annexure.

- (c) PMUY  is  currently  under  implementation  in  715  districts  covering  36

SC/ST  households  whose  names  appear  in  SECC  list  or  otherwise  are provided  with  connections  under  PMUY  subject  to  fulfilling  the  scheme

- (d) States/UTs. Guidelines .
- (e) LPG  connections  released  by  OMCs  under  PMUY  as  on  18.07.2018  in Sahebganj,  Pakud,  Godda  and  Dumka  Districts  in  Santhal  Pargana  of Jharkhand  are as under :-

| District   | No. of LPG connections released under PMUY   |
|------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Dumka      | 1,11,446                                     |
| Godda      | 65,766                                       |
| Pakur      | 41,448                                       |
| Sahebganj  | 1,30,751                                     |

## State/UT wise connections released under PMUY as on 18.07.2018

| S.No   | State/UT                    | Connections released   |
|--------|-----------------------------|------------------------|
| 1      | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 5,041                  |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh              | 1,36,662               |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh           | 25,885                 |
| 4      | Assam                       | 18,12,920              |
| 5      | Bihar                       | 57,85,674              |
| 6      | Chandigarh                  | 34                     |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh                | 23,75,739              |
| 8      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 12,753                 |
| 9      | Daman and Diu               | 381                    |
| 10     | Delhi                       | 43,647                 |
| 11     | Goa                         | 1,021                  |
| 12     | Gujarat                     | 15,66,277              |
| 13     | Haryana                     | 4,63,987               |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh            | 63,471                 |
| 15     | Jammu and Kashmir           | 5,61,879               |
| 16     | Jharkhand                   | 17,02,814              |
| 17     | Karnataka                   | 13,19,454              |
| 18     | Kerala                      | 1,04,846               |
| 19     | Lakshadweep                 | 264                    |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh              | 42,85,918              |
| 21     | Maharashtra                 | 24,41,152              |
| 22     | Manipur                     | 70,323                 |
| 23     | Meghalaya                   | 96,937                 |
| 24     | Mizoram                     | 20,396                 |
| 25     | Nagaland                    | 30,445                 |
| 26     | Odisha                      | 29,23,256              |
| 27     | Puducherry                  | 9,850                  |
| 28     | Punjab                      | 7,80,055               |
| 29     | Rajasthan                   | 35,41,456              |
| 30     | Sikkim                      | 3,022                  |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu                  | 20,41,990              |
| 32     | Telangana                   | 3,47,390               |
| 33     | Tripura                     | 1,53,314               |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh               | 85,00,406              |
| 35     | Uttarakhand                 | 2,03,947               |
| 36     | West Bengal                 | 58,94,708              |
|        | Total                       | 473,27,314             |