Lok Sabha Question No. 742 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: Subsidy on LPG
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Adoor Prakash

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 742 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 JULY, 2022

Subsidy on LPG

## 742.   ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंी

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

- (a) whether the Government has any plan to resume direct subsidy on LPG and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the price of LPG revised during the last three years, date and amount-wise price hiked; and
- (c) the detail of the Government's expenditure for LPG subsidy during the last five years and the current year, year-wise?

## ANSWER

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ( ी रामेश ् वर तेल )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a): The  prices  of  petroleum  products  in  the  country  are  linked  to  the  price  of  respective products  in  the  international  market.  However,  the  Government  continues  to  modulate  the effective  price  to  consumer  for  domestic  LPG.  The  subsidy,  as  admissible,  is  credited  to  the bank  account  of  eligible  beneficiaries.    In  addition,  the  Government  has  started  a  targeted subsidy  of  Rs.  200  per  14.2  Kg  cylinder  for  Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala  Yojana  (PMUY) beneficiaries for upto 12 refills a year for year 2022-23.
- (b): The details of prices of domestic LPG at Delhi since April 2019 are given as Annexure.
- (c): The details of subsidy on LPG given by Government during each of the last five years are given below:

## (Rs. /Crores)

| Particulars                                             | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |   2020-21 | 2021-22(P)   |
|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
| Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL) subsidy (A)      | 20905     | 31539     | 22726     |      3658 | 242          |
| Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) subsidy (B)        | 2559      | 5670      | 1446      |        76 | -            |
| Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) subsidy (C) |           |           |           |      8162 |              |
| Total Subsidy on LPG (A+B+C)                            | 23464     | 37209     | 24172     |     11896 | 242          |

Source: Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC)

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Annexure referred to in  reply to part (b) of  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 742 asked by Adv. Adoor Prakash to be answered on 21 July, 2022 regarding 'Subsidy on LPG'

| Date              |   Domestic LPG Rs./14.2 Kg Cylinder at Delhi |
|-------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| 01 April 2019     |                                        706.5 |
| 01 May 2019       |                                        712.5 |
| 01 June 2019      |                                        737.5 |
| 01 July 2019      |                                        637   |
| 01 August 2019    |                                        574.5 |
| 01 September 2019 |                                        590   |
| 01 October 2019   |                                        605   |
| 01 November 2019  |                                        681.5 |
| 01 December 2019  |                                        695   |
| 01 January 2020   |                                        714   |
| 01 February 2020  |                                        714   |
| 12 February 2020  |                                        858.5 |
| 01 March 2020     |                                        805.5 |
| 01 April 2020     |                                        744   |
| 01 May 2020       |                                        581.5 |
| 01 June 2020      |                                        593   |
| 01 July 2020      |                                        594   |
| 02 December 2020  |                                        644   |
| 15 December 2020  |                                        694   |
| 04 February 2021  |                                        719   |
| 15 February 2021  |                                        769   |
| 25 February 2021  |                                        794   |
| 01 March 2021     |                                        819   |
| 01 April 2021     |                                        809   |
| 01 July 2021      |                                        834.5 |
| 17 August 2021    |                                        859.5 |
| 01 September 2021 |                                        884.5 |
| 06 October 2021   |                                        899.5 |
| 22 March 2022     |                                        949.5 |
| 07 May 2022       |                                        999.5 |
| 19 May 2022       |                                       1003   |
| 06 July 2022      |                                       1053   |

Source: Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC)