Lok Sabha Question No. 3146 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-16
Subject: Supply of free LPG cyliners under PMUY
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Malook Nagar

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3146 TO BE ANSWERED ON  16 th   DECEMBER, 2021

Supply of free LPG cylinders under PMUY

†3146. SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:

## पेोलयम एवं ाक ृतक गैस मंी

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state the details  and  the  number  of  LPG  cylinders  provided  free  of  cost  under  Pradhan  Mantri Ujjwala  Yojana/Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana to provide relief from COVID-19 crisis, State-wise, particularly in Bijnore Parliamentary Constituency?

## 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)

During  Covid-19  pandemic,  a  Scheme  for  providing  upto  3  (three)  free  of  cost LPG refills to Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries was started for three months w.e.f. 01.04.2020 under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP). The Scheme was extended till September 30, 2020 and subsequently, till 31 st December, 2020 for those beneficiaries who had been credited with the advance for buying refill, but could not buy the refill.

PMUY beneficiaries have availed 14.17 crore free refills under the Scheme, across the country; state-wise details are at Annexure . PMUY beneficiaries availed 12,23,409 free refills  under PMGKP in Bijnore, Muzzaffarnagar and Meerut districts of Uttar Pradesh which form part of the Bijnore Parliamentary Constituency.

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Annexure referred to in Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3146 to be answered on 16.12.2021  regarding  'Supply  of  free  LPG  cylinders  under  PMUY'  by  Shri  Malook Nagar.

| State/UT                             | Number of refill delivered to PMUY beneficiaries.   |
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands          | 22,323                                              |
| Andhra Pradesh                       | 7,62,236                                            |
| Arunachal Pradesh                    | 76,841                                              |
| Assam                                | 52,91,401                                           |
| Bihar                                | 1,54,13,247                                         |
| Chandigarh                           | 246                                                 |
| Chhattisgarh                         | 42,20,273                                           |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 25,694                                              |
| Delhi                                | 1,96,054                                            |
| Goa                                  | 2,119                                               |
| Gujarat                              | 49,38,634                                           |
| Haryana                              | 15,16,012                                           |
| Himachal Pradesh                     | 2,93,031                                            |
| Jammu and Kashmir                    | 20,18,254                                           |
| Jharkhand                            | 53,80,287                                           |
| Karnataka                            | 57,16,317                                           |
| Kerala                               | 5,11,692                                            |
| Ladakh                               | 19,193                                              |
| Lakshadweep                          | 523                                                 |
| Madhya Pradesh                       | 1,13,69,372                                         |
| Maharashtra                          | 76,29,188                                           |
| Manipur                              | 2,76,635                                            |
| Meghalaya                            | 2,01,691                                            |
| Mizoram                              | 55,284                                              |
| Nagaland                             | 90,538                                              |
| Odisha                               | 83,73,073                                           |
| Puducherry                           | 31,180                                              |
| Punjab                               | 24,53,629                                           |
| Rajasthan                            | 1,11,36,314                                         |
| Sikkim                               | 21,314                                              |
| Tamil Nadu                           | 61,90,992                                           |
| Telangana                            | 18,75,413                                           |
| Tripura                              | 4,49,726                                            |
| Uttar Pradesh                        | 2,70,90,268                                         |
| Uttarakhand                          | 7,63,540                                            |
| West Bengal                          | 1,72,99,812                                         |
| TOTAL                                | 14,17,12,346                                        |