Lok Sabha Question No. 1466 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-15
Subject: LPG Connections under PMUY
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Kalaben Mohanbhai Delkar, Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1466 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 th  DECEMBER, 2022

## LPG Connections under PMUY

†1466. SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

SHRIMATI DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI:

SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

## पेोलयम एवं ाक ृतक गैस मंी

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

- (a)  the  number of  LPG  connections provided under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), State-wise;
- (b) the number of LPG connections provided under PMUY in Dadra Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Maharashtra, especially in Osmanabad Parliamentary Constituency, district-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has started taking any action to provide subsidy to the consumers of PMUY;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether the Government proposes to deposit the subsidy including dues to the accounts of PMUY consumers; and
- (f) if so, the action taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

## पेोलयम एवं ाक ृतक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ( ी रामेवर तेल ) MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS

(SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a)& (b)As on 30.11.2022 Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies have released 9.57 crore LPG connections  under Pradhan Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY). State/UT-wise details are at Annexure . Details  of    LPG  connections  released  in  the  districts  of  Latur,  Osmanabad  and  Solapur  under Osmanabad Lok Sabha Constituency in Maharashtra are as under :-

| District   | LPG connections released under PMUY as on 30.11.2022   |
|------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| Latur      | 1,33,131                                               |
| Osmanabad  | 1,03,810                                               |
| Solapur    | 1,56,973                                               |

(c)  to  (f)  Government  has  started  a  targeted  subsidy  of  Rs.  200/-  per  14.2  Kg  refill  of domestic LPG, up to 12 refills/year for PMUY beneficiaries for 2022-23. The subsidy is directly credited to the registered bank accounts of the PMUY beneficiaries.

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Annexure referred to in parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1466  to be answered on 15.12.2022 asked by Shri Vinayak Raut regarding "   LPG Connections under PMUY'

Source : Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies

| State/UT                            | Total number of LPG connections released under PMUY as on 30.11.2022   |
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands         | 13,447                                                                 |
| Andhra Pradesh                      | 5,11,579                                                               |
| Arunachal Pradesh                   | 49,118                                                                 |
| Assam                               | 43,79,144                                                              |
| Bihar                               | 1,07,10,910                                                            |
| Chandigarh                          | 562                                                                    |
| Chhattisgarh                        | 34,90,375                                                              |
| Dadar &Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 15,016                                                                 |
| Delhi                               | 1,41,042                                                               |
| Goa                                 | 1,147                                                                  |
| Gujarat                             | 38,40,339                                                              |
| Haryana                             | 7,66,461                                                               |
| Himachal Pradesh                    | 1,40,672                                                               |
| UT of Jammu and Kashmir             | 12,44,016                                                              |
| Jharkhand                           | 36,42,058                                                              |
| Karnataka                           | 37,48,565                                                              |
| Kerala                              | 3,41,040                                                               |
| UT of Ladakh                        | 11,091                                                                 |
| Lakshadweep                         | 310                                                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh                      | 82,20,240                                                              |
| Maharashtra                         | 48,76,309                                                              |
| Manipur                             | 2,00,398                                                               |
| Meghalaya                           | 2,09,800                                                               |
| Mizoram                             | 32,734                                                                 |
| Nagaland                            | 90,464                                                                 |
| Odisha                              | 53,19,513                                                              |
| Puducherry                          | 14,821                                                                 |
| Punjab                              | 12,83,863                                                              |
| Rajasthan                           | 69,24,719                                                              |
| Sikkim                              | 13,667                                                                 |
| Tamil Nadu                          | 36,98,293                                                              |
| Telangana                           | 11,52,103                                                              |
| Tripura                             | 2,81,825                                                               |
| Uttar Pradesh                       | 1,74,88,703                                                            |
| Uttarakhand                         | 4,97,374                                                               |
| West Bengal                         | 1,23,45,981                                                            |
| All India TOTAL                     | 9,56,97,699                                                            |