Lok Sabha Question No. 1626 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-02
Subject: Beneficiaries of PMUY
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Shobha Karandlaje, P. C. Mohan, Francisco Cosme Sardinha, Basanta Kumar Panda, Devendrappa Y, Ranjeeta Koli, Alok Kumar Suman, Ramya  Haridas

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1626 TO BE ANSWERED ON  2 nd  MARCH, 2020

## Beneficiaries of PMUY

1626.   KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

SHRI P.C. MOHAN: SHRI COSME FRANCISCO CAITANO SARDINHA: SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA: SHRI Y. DEVENDRAPPA: SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI: DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN: MS. RAMYA HARIDAS:

## पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a) the details of LPG connections provided under Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana (PMUY) since its inception till date along with the year-wise targets fixed and connections released under  PMUY  across  the  country,  State-wise  especially  in  Goa,  Kalahandi  in  Odisha, Gopalganj in Bihar and districts of Karnataka and Rajasthan;
- (b) the quantum of subsidy being provided to common consumers;
- (c) the total reduction in consumption of kerosene oil due to provision of LPG to household under the said scheme, State/UT-wise especially in Karnataka and Goa;
- (d) the number of households yet to be provided LPG connection in the country, State-wise especially  in  South  Goa  and  North  Goa  districts  of  Goa  and  in  the  districts  of  Bihar  and Rajasthan along with the steps taken by the Government to provide the same;
- (e)  whether  the  Government  has  the  record  of  second  time  refilling  of  gas  cylinders  by beneficiaries, if so, the details of beneficiaries during the last three years and the details of total gas cylinders refilled by Ujjawala beneficiaries in the same period, State-wise especially in Karnataka; and
- (f)  the details of special measures being taken by the Government for ensuring re-filling of cylinders by cent per cent beneficiaries under the above scheme?

## ANSWER

## पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री ( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान )

MINISTER OF  PETROLEUM  AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI  DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) The target to release 8 crore LPG connections under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) has already been achieved on 7 th September,  2019.  Details  of  LPG  connections released  under  PMUY  in  the  State  of  Goa,  Kalahandi  in  Odisha,  Gopalganj  in  Bihar, Karnataka and Rajasthan are as under :-
- (b) The applicable subsidy for PMUY LPG consumers w.e.f. 12.02.2020 in the month of February, 2020 at Delhi is ₹ 312.48 per 14.2 kg cylinder.
- (c) The  PDS  Kerosene  allocation  is  rationalised  taking  into  consideration  factors  like electrical connectivity, LPG  penetration and lapsed quota by the States/UTs. The Government  has  allocated  1,56,000  KL  and  2,112  KL  in  the  financial  year  2018-19  and 84,324 KL and 816 KL in the financial year 2019-20 in the States of Karnataka and Goa respectively.
- (d) LPG coverage of the country is about 97.3 % as on 01.02.2020. Release of LPG connections  is  a  continuous  process.  LPG  distributors  are  under  instructions  to immediately  register  any  request  for  new  LPG  connection  and  Oil  Marketing Companies (OMCs) endeavour to release the same within 7 working days. As on 01.02.2020,  details  of  domestic  LPG  consumers  in  the  States  of  Goa,  Bihar  and Rajasthan are as under :-
- (e) & (f) OMCs have reported that 85 % of PMUY beneficiaries have come back for refill. As on 31.03.2019, PMUY consumers have consumed 28.90 crore LPG refills across the country and 79.78 lakh refills in the State of Karnataka. The major steps taken by OMCs to improve the refill consumption of the PMUY beneficiaries include:-
-  Deferring the recovery of loan from subsidy from the PMUY beneficiaries to encourage refill consumption, for six refills or a period of one year whichever is earlier.
-  Offering swap facility to avail small package of 5 kg refill against 14.2 kg refill as per their requirement.
-  Conducting  Pradhan  Mantri  LPG  Panchayat  and  Mela,  a  community  based Program to address any issue pertaining to LPG usage.
-  Improving last mile connectivity by commissioning 6600 LPG distributorships during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year  (April,  2016  to  December, 2019).
-  Enabling  booking  facilities  through  Common  Service  Centre  (CSC)  across India.
-  Conducting regular review meeting of distributors/ Sales area adopting area specific strategies for improving refill consumption.

| State                       | No. of connections released under PMUY   |
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| Goa                         | 0.01 lakh                                |
| Karnataka                   | 31.47 lakh                               |
| Rajasthan                   | 63.81 lakh                               |
| Odisha (Kalahandi district) | 2.02 lakh                                |
| Bihar (Gopalganj district)  | 1.74 lakh                                |

| State     | No. of LPG consumers   | LPG coverage   |
|-----------|------------------------|----------------|
| Goa       | 4.99 lakh              | 144%           |
| Bihar     | 174.84 lakh            | 75.3%          |
| Rajasthan | 161.82 lakh            | 108.1%         |