Lok Sabha Question No. 182 (STARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Beneficiaries under PMUY in UP
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Rekha Arun Verma

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 182 TO BE ANSWERED ON  2 nd  AUGUST, 2021

## Beneficiaries under PMUY in UP

## †*182. SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA:

पेोलयम एवं ाक ृतक गैस मंी Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  district-wise  details  of  beneficiaries  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala  Yojana (PMUY) in Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the details of the number of LPG connections and the total consumption of LPG in Uttar Pradesh during the last three years and the current year; and
- (c)  the  details  of  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  meet  the  demand for  LPG connections and consumption of LPG?

ANSWER

पेोलयम एवं ाक ृतक गैस मंी ( ी हरदप संह पूर ) MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) to (c)   A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (C) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 182 BY SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  AUGUST, 2021 REGARDING 'BENEFICIARIES UNDER PMUY IN UP'.

- (a)  District-wise  details  of  beneficiaries  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala  Yojana(PMUY)  in Uttar Pradesh are given at Annexure .
- (b)    Details  of  number  of  LPG  connections  and  LPG  consumption  of  LPG  in  Uttar Pradesh during the last three years and the current year are as under :-
- (c) Release of LPG connections is a continuous process. LPG distributors are under instructions  to  immediately  register  any  request  for  new  LPG  connection.    As  on 01.07.2021,  there  are  29.11  crore  domestic  LPG  customers  in  the  country.  Further, Hon'ble  Finance  Minister,  during  her  budget  speech  on  1st  February,  2021,  has announced to provide 1 crore more LPG connections under PMUY in addition to 8 crore LPG  connections already released. The modalities for releasing 1 crore  LPG connections under PMUY have already been finalised and have been communicated to the Oil Marketing Companies(OMCs).

| Year            |   Domestic LPG consumer as on end of the period (in crore) |   Total LPG sale by OMCs(in TMT) |
|-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2018-19         |                                                       3.76 |                             3166 |
| 2019-20         |                                                       4.04 |                             3532 |
| 2020-21         |                                                       4.23 |                             3820 |
| April-June 2021 |                                                       4.25 |                              933 |

The procedure for obtaining LPG connection has also been simplified. Further, to meet the increased demand/consumption of LPG, OMCs continuously review the distributorship network and bottling capacity and increase them, if required. From 2014, the Government has improved supply infrastructure in LPG sector to meet the increased demand of LPG. Details are as under :-

| Description                 | As on 01.04.2014   | As on 01.07.2021   |
|-----------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| No. of LPG distributorships | 13896              | 25116              |
| No. of bottling plant       | 186                | 199                |
| Bottling capacity           | 13235 TMTPA        | 21309 TMTPA        |
| No. of Import Terminals     | 11                 | 14                 |
| Import capacity             | 12.02 MMTPA        | 16.8 MMTPA         |
| Length of LPG pipeline      | 2311 KM            | 4093 KM            |
| Pipeline capacity           | 4.53 MMTPA         | 11.03 MMTPA        |
| Total LPG consumption       | 17.6 MMT (2014-15) | 27.7 MMT (2020-21) |

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## Annexure

| Annexure referred to part (a) of Starred Lok Sabha Parliament Question No. 182 to be answered on 02.08.2021 asked by Shrimati Rekha Verma regarding ' Beneficiaries under   | Annexure referred to part (a) of Starred Lok Sabha Parliament Question No. 182 to be answered on 02.08.2021 asked by Shrimati Rekha Verma regarding ' Beneficiaries under   | Annexure referred to part (a) of Starred Lok Sabha Parliament Question No. 182 to be answered on 02.08.2021 asked by Shrimati Rekha Verma regarding ' Beneficiaries under   |
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| S No                                                                                                                                                                        | District                                                                                                                                                                    | No. of LPG connections released under PMUY *                                                                                                                                |
| 1                                                                                                                                                                           | Agra                                                                                                                                                                        | 2,41,662                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 2                                                                                                                                                                           | Aligarh                                                                                                                                                                     | 2,42,633                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 3                                                                                                                                                                           | Allahabad                                                                                                                                                                   | 4,63,647                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 4                                                                                                                                                                           | Ambedkar Nagar                                                                                                                                                              | 1,42,923                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 5                                                                                                                                                                           | Amethi                                                                                                                                                                      | 1,32,486                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 6                                                                                                                                                                           | Auraiya                                                                                                                                                                     | 97,208                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 7                                                                                                                                                                           | Azamgarh                                                                                                                                                                    | 2,23,020                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 8                                                                                                                                                                           | Baghpat                                                                                                                                                                     | 64,791                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 9                                                                                                                                                                           | Bahraich                                                                                                                                                                    | 3,54,625                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 10                                                                                                                                                                          | Ballia                                                                                                                                                                      | 1,74,854                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 11                                                                                                                                                                          | Balrampur                                                                                                                                                                   | 1,87,502                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 12                                                                                                                                                                          | Banda                                                                                                                                                                       | 1,73,576                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 13                                                                                                                                                                          | Barabanki                                                                                                                                                                   | 2,61,160                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 14                                                                                                                                                                          | Bareilly                                                                                                                                                                    | 3,50,038                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 15                                                                                                                                                                          | Basti                                                                                                                                                                       | 1,76,104                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 16                                                                                                                                                                          | Bijnor                                                                                                                                                                      | 2,87,997                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 17                                                                                                                                                                          | Budaun                                                                                                                                                                      | 2,78,279                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 18                                                                                                                                                                          | Bulandshahr                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,93,918                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 19                                                                                                                                                                          | Chandauli                                                                                                                                                                   | 1,58,766                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 20                                                                                                                                                                          | Chitrakoot                                                                                                                                                                  | 1,08,759                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 21                                                                                                                                                                          | Deoria                                                                                                                                                                      | 1,74,185                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 22                                                                                                                                                                          | Etah                                                                                                                                                                        | 1,30,936                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 23                                                                                                                                                                          | Etawah                                                                                                                                                                      | 1,30,381                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 24                                                                                                                                                                          | Faizabad                                                                                                                                                                    | 1,87,620                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 25                                                                                                                                                                          | Farrukhabad                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,19,525                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 26                                                                                                                                                                          | Fatehpur                                                                                                                                                                    | 2,36,989                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 27                                                                                                                                                                          | Firozabad                                                                                                                                                                   | 1,62,620                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 28                                                                                                                                                                          | Gautam Buddha Nagar                                                                                                                                                         | 33,168                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 29                                                                                                                                                                          | Ghaziabad                                                                                                                                                                   | 46,949                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 30                                                                                                                                                                          | Ghazipur                                                                                                                                                                    | 2,19,704                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 31                                                                                                                                                                          | Gonda                                                                                                                                                                       | 2,65,487                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 32                                                                                                                                                                          | Gorakhpur                                                                                                                                                                   | 2,49,401                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 33                                                                                                                                                                          | Hamirpur (UP)                                                                                                                                                               | 1,32,569                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 34                                                                                                                                                                          | Hapur                                                                                                                                                                       | 66,648                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 35                                                                                                                                                                          | Hardoi                                                                                                                                                                      | 3,85,673                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 36                                                                                                                                                                          | Hathras (Mahamaya)                                                                                                                                                          | 1,55,734                                                                                                                                                                    |

|   37 | Jalaun                     | 1,58,713   |
|------|----------------------------|------------|
|   38 | Jaunpur                    | 3,04,675   |
|   39 | Jhansi                     | 1,86,071   |
|   40 | Jyotiba Phule Nagar        | 1,32,275   |
|   41 | Kannauj                    | 1,45,246   |
|   42 | Kanpur Dehat               | 1,78,511   |
|   43 | Kanpur Nagar               | 1,41,598   |
|   44 | Kanshiram Nagar            | 1,52,680   |
|   45 | Kaushambi                  | 1,48,975   |
|   46 | Kushinagar                 | 2,60,765   |
|   47 | Lakhimpur-Kheri            | 4,39,010   |
|   48 | Lalitpur                   | 1,64,089   |
|   49 | Lucknow                    | 1,92,934   |
|   50 | Mahoba                     | 89,680     |
|   51 | Mahrajganj                 | 2,08,542   |
|   52 | Mainpuri                   | 1,29,050   |
|   53 | Mathura                    | 1,68,984   |
|   54 | Mau                        | 1,20,754   |
|   55 | Meerut                     | 1,54,383   |
|   56 | Mirzapur                   | 2,27,039   |
|   57 | Moradabad                  | 2,37,678   |
|   58 | Muzaffarnagar              | 1,99,561   |
|   59 | Pilibhit                   | 1,97,335   |
|   60 | Pratapgarh (UP)            | 2,16,043   |
|   61 | Rae Bareli                 | 2,19,432   |
|   62 | Rampur                     | 1,91,568   |
|   63 | Saharanpur                 | 2,13,159   |
|   64 | Sambhal                    | 1,73,489   |
|   65 | Sant Kabir Nagar           | 1,10,271   |
|   66 | Sant Ravidas Nagar Bhadohi | 1,56,412   |
|   67 | Shahjahanpur               | 2,86,574   |
|   68 | Shamli                     | 95,222     |
|   69 | Shrawasti                  | 1,30,127   |
|   70 | Siddharthnagar             | 1,65,797   |
|   71 | Sitapur                    | 5,07,088   |
|   72 | Sonbhadra                  | 1,87,218   |
|   73 | Sultanpur                  | 1,87,723   |
|   74 | Unnao                      | 2,62,665   |
|   75 | Varanasi                   | 1,75,720   |

* Status as on 30.06.2021