Lok Sabha Question No. 3113 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-16
Subject: LPG Connections under PMUY
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Dilip Ghosh

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3113 TO BE ANSWERED ON  16 th   DECEMBER, 2021

## LPG Connections under PMUY

3113. SHRI DILIP GHOSH:

## पेोलयम एवं ाक ृतक गैस मंी

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  statistical  data  regarding  total  number  of households  with  LPG  connections  along  with  the  LPG  connections  provided  under Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala Yojana  (PMUY)  to  below  poverty  line  (BPL)/Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe families  since  its  inception  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  year and district-wise in West Bengal;

(b) whether the beneficiaries of PMUY are not refilling their connection after getting the benefits  of  the  yojana  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  response  of  the Government thereto; and

(c) whether it is a fact that World Health Organisation has acknowledged the PMUY as decisive intervention to control air pollution in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)   As on 01.12.2021, there are 30.21 crore LPG consumers including 8.8 crore LPG connections  released  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala  Yojana(PMUY)  (PMUY  Phase-I and  Ujjwala  2.0).  As  on  01.12.2021,  35.1  %  PMUY  beneficiaries  are  from  SC/ST categories. Year/District-wise details of LPG connections released under PMUY are at Annexure.
- (b)    In  the  current  Financial  Year  (April-October,  2021),  84  %  of  PMUY beneficiaries, who had got LPG connections under PMUY-I, have come back for refill. The average consumption of PMUY beneficiaries during Financial Year 2019-20 was 3 refills of 14.2 kg which  has increased to 4.39 refills during Financial Year 2020-21.

(c)  World Health Organisation in its Press Release of 2 May 2018 had mentioned that 'the Countries are taking measures to tackle and reduce air pollution from particulate matter. For example, in just two years, India's Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana Scheme has  provided  some  37  million  women  living  below  the  poverty  line  with  free  LPG connections to support them to switch to clean household energy use.'

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## Annexure

| Annexure referred to in part(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3113 to be answered on 16.12.2021 regarding 'LPG Connections under PMUY' by Shri Dilip Ghosh   | Annexure referred to in part(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3113 to be answered on 16.12.2021 regarding 'LPG Connections under PMUY' by Shri Dilip Ghosh   | Annexure referred to in part(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3113 to be answered on 16.12.2021 regarding 'LPG Connections under PMUY' by Shri Dilip Ghosh   | Annexure referred to in part(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3113 to be answered on 16.12.2021 regarding 'LPG Connections under PMUY' by Shri Dilip Ghosh   | Annexure referred to in part(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3113 to be answered on 16.12.2021 regarding 'LPG Connections under PMUY' by Shri Dilip Ghosh   | Annexure referred to in part(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3113 to be answered on 16.12.2021 regarding 'LPG Connections under PMUY' by Shri Dilip Ghosh   |
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| District                                                                                                                                                           | 2016-17                                                                                                                                                            | 2017-18                                                                                                                                                            | 2018-19                                                                                                                                                            | 2019-20                                                                                                                                                            | 2021-22 (April to Nov., 2021)                                                                                                                                      |
| Alipurduar                                                                                                                                                         | 1,08,760                                                                                                                                                           | 38,827                                                                                                                                                             | 1,26,543                                                                                                                                                           | 6,627                                                                                                                                                              | 11,812                                                                                                                                                             |
| Bankura                                                                                                                                                            | 73,510                                                                                                                                                             | 1,72,709                                                                                                                                                           | 1,37,344                                                                                                                                                           | 45,069                                                                                                                                                             | 1,58,077                                                                                                                                                           |
| Birbhum                                                                                                                                                            | 1,63,019                                                                                                                                                           | 2,13,644                                                                                                                                                           | 1,94,998                                                                                                                                                           | 21,645                                                                                                                                                             | 1,07,710                                                                                                                                                           |
| Dakshin Dinajpur                                                                                                                                                   | 50,141                                                                                                                                                             | 75,213                                                                                                                                                             | 94,746                                                                                                                                                             | 34,480                                                                                                                                                             | 56,583                                                                                                                                                             |
| Darjeeling                                                                                                                                                         | 38,759                                                                                                                                                             | 22,821                                                                                                                                                             | 38,371                                                                                                                                                             | 4,922                                                                                                                                                              | 11,340                                                                                                                                                             |
| Howrah                                                                                                                                                             | 65,838                                                                                                                                                             | 51,637                                                                                                                                                             | 47,685                                                                                                                                                             | 19,155                                                                                                                                                             | 26,706                                                                                                                                                             |
| Hugli                                                                                                                                                              | 1,04,472                                                                                                                                                           | 1,26,015                                                                                                                                                           | 1,39,509                                                                                                                                                           | 31,970                                                                                                                                                             | 61,564                                                                                                                                                             |
| Jalpaiguri                                                                                                                                                         | 68,583                                                                                                                                                             | 77,721                                                                                                                                                             | 1,00,117                                                                                                                                                           | 15,780                                                                                                                                                             | 25,120                                                                                                                                                             |
| Jhargram                                                                                                                                                           | 36,784                                                                                                                                                             | 71,779                                                                                                                                                             | 44,306                                                                                                                                                             | 10,333                                                                                                                                                             | 41,068                                                                                                                                                             |
| Kalimpong                                                                                                                                                          | 1,589                                                                                                                                                              | 467                                                                                                                                                                | 5,026                                                                                                                                                              | 126                                                                                                                                                                | 262                                                                                                                                                                |
| Cooch Behar                                                                                                                                                        | 1,96,002                                                                                                                                                           | 1,09,833                                                                                                                                                           | 1,05,466                                                                                                                                                           | 34,586                                                                                                                                                             | 45,605                                                                                                                                                             |
| Kolkata                                                                                                                                                            | 8,084                                                                                                                                                              | 3,911                                                                                                                                                              | 234                                                                                                                                                                | 9,027                                                                                                                                                              | 10,070                                                                                                                                                             |
| Maldah                                                                                                                                                             | 89,633                                                                                                                                                             | 1,09,007                                                                                                                                                           | 2,43,820                                                                                                                                                           | 55,360                                                                                                                                                             | 1,27,520                                                                                                                                                           |
| Murshidabad                                                                                                                                                        | 1,87,484                                                                                                                                                           | 2,89,185                                                                                                                                                           | 3,45,821                                                                                                                                                           | 87,883                                                                                                                                                             | 2,05,132                                                                                                                                                           |
| Nadia                                                                                                                                                              | 1,78,052                                                                                                                                                           | 1,48,214                                                                                                                                                           | 1,41,108                                                                                                                                                           | 43,577                                                                                                                                                             | 1,09,596                                                                                                                                                           |
| North twenty-four Parganas                                                                                                                                         | 1,91,521                                                                                                                                                           | 1,50,218                                                                                                                                                           | 1,75,814                                                                                                                                                           | 79,970                                                                                                                                                             | 1,38,584                                                                                                                                                           |
| Paschim Bardhaman                                                                                                                                                  | 23,606                                                                                                                                                             | 37,169                                                                                                                                                             | 68,961                                                                                                                                                             | 16,729                                                                                                                                                             | 21,713                                                                                                                                                             |
| Paschim Medinipur                                                                                                                                                  | 1,75,249                                                                                                                                                           | 1,41,214                                                                                                                                                           | 2,23,098                                                                                                                                                           | 23,234                                                                                                                                                             | 76,564                                                                                                                                                             |
| PurbaBardhaman                                                                                                                                                     | 1,37,827                                                                                                                                                           | 1,67,145                                                                                                                                                           | 1,96,771                                                                                                                                                           | 23,407                                                                                                                                                             | 1,13,902                                                                                                                                                           |
| PurboMedinipur                                                                                                                                                     | 2,07,610                                                                                                                                                           | 96,222                                                                                                                                                             | 1,38,482                                                                                                                                                           | 65,248                                                                                                                                                             | 1,18,364                                                                                                                                                           |
| Puruliya                                                                                                                                                           | 44,782                                                                                                                                                             | 68,343                                                                                                                                                             | 1,03,273                                                                                                                                                           | 38,962                                                                                                                                                             | 1,30,822                                                                                                                                                           |
| South twenty four Parganas                                                                                                                                         | 2,54,141                                                                                                                                                           | 2,34,471                                                                                                                                                           | 2,19,700                                                                                                                                                           | 78,149                                                                                                                                                             | 1,60,539                                                                                                                                                           |
| Uttar Dinajpur                                                                                                                                                     | 1,15,033                                                                                                                                                           | 1,30,541                                                                                                                                                           | 1,14,341                                                                                                                                                           | 48,137                                                                                                                                                             | 60,773                                                                                                                                                             |
| TOTAL                                                                                                                                                              | 25,20,479                                                                                                                                                          | 25,36,306                                                                                                                                                          | 30,05,534                                                                                                                                                          | 7,94,376                                                                                                                                                           | 18,19,426                                                                                                                                                          |