Lok Sabha Question No. 1359 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-01
Subject: Subsidy Under PMUY
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Shobha Karandlaje

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1359 TO BE ANSWERED ON  1 st  JULY, 2019

Subsidy Under PMUY

1359. KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

पेट्रोल ियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a) the quantum of subsidy being provided to beneficiaries along with the State-wise details of LPG connections provided under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) since its inception till date;
- (b) the details of targets fixed under PMUY across the country during the next two years, State-wise;
- (c) whether the coverage of LPG connections has jumped from 55% in 2014 to 90% in 2019;
- (d) the Budgetary allocation of PMUY during the last three years, year-wise;
- (e) the Percentage of SCs/STs beneficiaries under the Scheme; and
- (f) whether it is a fact that under the PMUY the average per capita consumption is 3.28?

## ANSWER

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

MINISTER OF  PETROLEUM  AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI  DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries get subsidy under PAHAL Scheme.  The applicable subsidy is directly transferred into the bank account  of  beneficiaries.  Effective  1 st June  2019,  the  subsidy  amount  on domestic  LPG  in  Delhi  market  is  Rs  240.13  per  14.2  KG  cylinder.  As  on 24.06.2019,  Oil  Marketing  Companies  have  released  more  than  7.25  crore LPG connections under PMUY. State/UT-wise details are at Annexure.
- (b) to (d) Year-wise details of targets fixed and achieved during the last three years are as under:-

| Financial Year   |   Target (in crore) |   Connections released (in crore) | Fund Reimbursed (Rs in crore)   | Remarks         |
|------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------|
| 2016-17          |                   2 |                              2    | 2,500                           | Allocated funds |
| 2017-18          |                   2 |                              1.56 | 2,251                           | fully utilized  |
| 2018-19          |                   2 |                              3.62 | 3,200                           | fully utilized  |

As on 01.04.2014, national LPG coverage was 55.9 % and has increased to 94.2 % as on 01.06.2019.

- (e)  &  (f)      More  than  41  %  beneficiaries  under  PMUY  are  SCs/STs.  OMCs  have reported  that  the  average  per  capita  consumption  of  PMUY  beneficiaries  is around 4.87 cylinders.

## State/UT-Wise details LPG connections released under PMUY as on 24.06.2019

| S.No   | State/UT                    | Connection released   |
|--------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1      | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 7,890                 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh              | 3,47,822              |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh           | 39,800                |
| 4      | Assam                       | 28,78,091             |
| 5      | Bihar                       | 79,44,491             |
| 6      | Chandigarh                  | 88                    |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh                | 26,91,015             |
| 8      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 14,203                |
| 9      | Daman and Diu               | 425                   |
| 10     | Delhi                       | 73,934                |
| 11     | Goa                         | 1,074                 |
| 12     | Gujarat                     | 25,61,584             |
| 13     | Haryana                     | 6,86,378              |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh            | 1,14,422              |
| 15     | Jammu and Kashmir           | 10,87,771             |
| 16     | Jharkhand                   | 29,09,784             |
| 17     | Karnataka                   | 28,44,021             |
| 18     | Kerala                      | 2,15,065              |
| 19     | Lakshadweep                 | 290                   |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh              | 64,86,051             |
| 21     | Maharashtra                 | 40,96,615             |
| 22     | Manipur                     | 1,33,073              |
| 23     | Meghalaya                   | 1,42,472              |
| 24     | Mizoram                     | 26,263                |
| 25     | Nagaland                    | 49,891                |
| 26     | Odisha                      | 42,63,182             |
| 27     | Puducherry                  | 13,425                |
| 28     | Punjab                      | 12,10,585             |
| 29     | Rajasthan                   | 57,88,469             |
| 30     | Sikkim                      | 7,896                 |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu                  | 31,55,909             |
| 32     | Telangana                   | 9,44,501              |
| 33     | Tripura                     | 2,40,547              |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh               | 131,38,350            |
| 35     | Uttarakhand                 | 3,57,307              |
| 36     | West Bengal                 | 80,80,440             |
|        | Total                       | 725,53,124            |