Lok Sabha Question No. 936 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Free Cylinders under PMUY
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, C.N. Annadurai, Amar Singh, Ganesan Selvam, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, Gautham Sigamani Pon, Dhanush M Kumar

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.936 TO BE ANSWERED ON  8 th  FEBRUARY, 2021

## Free Cylinders under PMUY

936.   SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

DR. AMAR SINGH:

SHRI  SELVAM G.:

SHRIMATI KANIMOZHI KARUNANIDHI:

SHRI GAUTHAM SIGAMANI PON:

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

## पेोलयम एवं ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

- Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state: (a) the total number of beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) as on  31st  August,  2020  including  the  number  of  Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL)/Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe families who have been covered under PMUY till date, State-wise especially Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra; (b) the challenges faced by the Government in implementing the scheme and the steps taken to overcome it and the achievement made since its inception; (c) the total number of free refills that each beneficiary can avail under the Garib Kalyan Yojana including the total number of free refills  provided to  Ujjwala  beneficiaries  since March 1, 2020 under the said Yojana, State-wise especially rural and backward areas of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra; (d) the amount of subsidy given to each consumer household under the PMUY Scheme for the past one year, month-wise and whether the subsidy for each LPG cylinder for the consumers has significantly reduced since May 2020, if so, the reasons therefor; and (e) whether the number of women, who were using traditional chullahs, has reduced with the  launch  of  PMUY  scheme,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  during  the  last  three  years, State/UT-wise including the other steps taken by the Government to popularize PMUY among women in rural areas through creating public awareness so that the Government
- could achieve the objective of PMUY?

## ANSWER पेोलयम एवं ाक ृ तक गैस मंी ( ी धम धान ) MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a)  to  (e)  The  Government  had  launched  'Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala  Yojana'(PMUY) scheme  to  provide  5  Crore  deposit-free  LPG  connections  to  women  belonging  to  the Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL)  families,  which  were  subsequently  increased  to  8  Crore. Initially, beneficiaries were identified through Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) list and subsequently seven categories were added apart from SECC list for identifying the beneficiaries. Thereafter, the benefit of the PMUY was extended to all the left out poor families subject to fulfilment of eligibility criteria. The target of 8 crore has already been achieved  in  September,  2019  which  includes  38  %  from  SC/ST  categories.  State/UTwise details of number of beneficiaries under PMUY including the States of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra are at Annexure-I .  Implementation of PMUY has resulted increase in national LPG coverage to from 61.9 % as on 01.04.2016 to 99.5% as on 01.01.2021.

The important steps taken to achieve the objective of adaption and use of LPG by poor households, sustained basis include relaxation in eligibility criteria, options to take LPG connection with either 14.2 kg cylinder or 5 kg and option to opt for a double 5 kg cylinder  connection  instead  of  14.2  kg  connection  for  existing  PMUY  customers, launching  of  Pradhan  Mantri  LPG  Panchayat,  audio  visual  media  campaign,  SMS campaign,  display  campaign  by  way  of  banners,  standees  and  hoardings  at  public places,  consumer  awareness  activities  viz.  School/college  student  level  education programmes, quizzes, drawing competitions, nukkad nataks, walkathon, cyclothon etc.

During  Covid-19  pandemic,  a  Scheme  for  providing  upto  3  (three)  free  of  cost LPG  refills  to PMUY beneficiaries was started w.e.f. 01.04.2020 under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP)  to ameliorate the hardships faced  by  PMUY beneficiaries  due  to  economic  disruption  caused  by  corona  virus  and  to  ensure availability of clean cooking fuel to them. . The validity of the scheme completed its term on 31.12.2020. PMUY beneficiaries have availed 1417.12 lakh refills under the Scheme. State/UT-wise  details  of  free  of  cost  LPG  refills  provided  under  PMGKP  to  PMUY beneficiaries, including the States of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, are at Annexure-II .

The prices of petroleum products including LPG in the country are linked to the prices of respective products in the international market.

| Annexure referred to part (a) &(e) of Unstarred Lok Sabha Parliament Question No. 936 to be answered on 08.02.2021 asked by Shri Gajanan Kirtikar regarding 'Free Cylinders under PMUY'   | Annexure referred to part (a) &(e) of Unstarred Lok Sabha Parliament Question No. 936 to be answered on 08.02.2021 asked by Shri Gajanan Kirtikar regarding 'Free Cylinders under PMUY'   | Annexure referred to part (a) &(e) of Unstarred Lok Sabha Parliament Question No. 936 to be answered on 08.02.2021 asked by Shri Gajanan Kirtikar regarding 'Free Cylinders under PMUY'   | Annexure referred to part (a) &(e) of Unstarred Lok Sabha Parliament Question No. 936 to be answered on 08.02.2021 asked by Shri Gajanan Kirtikar regarding 'Free Cylinders under PMUY'   |
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| S.No.                                                                                                                                                                                     | State                                                                                                                                                                                     | Total Connections Issued                                                                                                                                                                  | Connections Issued to SC/ST                                                                                                                                                               |
| 1                                                                                                                                                                                         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                                                                                                                                                               | 12,436                                                                                                                                                                                    | 723                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 2                                                                                                                                                                                         | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                            | 3,91,860                                                                                                                                                                                  | 1,36,094                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 3                                                                                                                                                                                         | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                         | 44,699                                                                                                                                                                                    | 29,186                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 4                                                                                                                                                                                         | Assam                                                                                                                                                                                     | 34,84,901                                                                                                                                                                                 | 8,77,562                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 5                                                                                                                                                                                         | Bihar                                                                                                                                                                                     | 85,37,893                                                                                                                                                                                 | 21,01,262                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 6                                                                                                                                                                                         | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                                                | 88                                                                                                                                                                                        | 42                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 7                                                                                                                                                                                         | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                                              | 29,89,440                                                                                                                                                                                 | 16,71,060                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 8                                                                                                                                                                                         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                                                                                                                                                    | 14,747                                                                                                                                                                                    | 13,578                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 9                                                                                                                                                                                         | Daman and Diu                                                                                                                                                                             | 427                                                                                                                                                                                       | 242                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 10                                                                                                                                                                                        | Delhi                                                                                                                                                                                     | 76,855                                                                                                                                                                                    | 56,562                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 11                                                                                                                                                                                        | Goa                                                                                                                                                                                       | 1,082                                                                                                                                                                                     | 480                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 12                                                                                                                                                                                        | Gujarat                                                                                                                                                                                   | 29,01,059                                                                                                                                                                                 | 9,69,959                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 13                                                                                                                                                                                        | Haryana                                                                                                                                                                                   | 7,30,928                                                                                                                                                                                  | 3,99,412                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 14                                                                                                                                                                                        | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                          | 1,35,966                                                                                                                                                                                  | 49,920                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 15                                                                                                                                                                                        | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                                                                                                         | 12,42,080                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2,98,300                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 16                                                                                                                                                                                        | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                                                 | 32,61,556                                                                                                                                                                                 | 12,13,834                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 17                                                                                                                                                                                        | Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                                 | 31,46,300                                                                                                                                                                                 | 12,08,731                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 18                                                                                                                                                                                        | Kerala                                                                                                                                                                                    | 2,56,302                                                                                                                                                                                  | 68,004                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 19                                                                                                                                                                                        | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                                                               | 290                                                                                                                                                                                       | 266                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 20                                                                                                                                                                                        | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                            | 71,54,600                                                                                                                                                                                 | 33,25,631                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 21                                                                                                                                                                                        | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                                               | 44,28,682                                                                                                                                                                                 | 14,29,816                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 22                                                                                                                                                                                        | Manipur                                                                                                                                                                                   | 1,56,598                                                                                                                                                                                  | 66,177                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 23                                                                                                                                                                                        | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1,50,744                                                                                                                                                                                  | 1,22,650                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 24                                                                                                                                                                                        | Mizoram                                                                                                                                                                                   | 28,118                                                                                                                                                                                    | 25,750                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 25                                                                                                                                                                                        | Nagaland                                                                                                                                                                                  | 55,140                                                                                                                                                                                    | 48,880                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 26                                                                                                                                                                                        | Odisha                                                                                                                                                                                    | 47,40,385                                                                                                                                                                                 | 20,06,901                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 27                                                                                                                                                                                        | Puducherry                                                                                                                                                                                | 13,577                                                                                                                                                                                    | 6,494                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 28                                                                                                                                                                                        | Punjab                                                                                                                                                                                    | 12,24,218                                                                                                                                                                                 | 10,20,195                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 29                                                                                                                                                                                        | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                                                 | 63,68,525                                                                                                                                                                                 | 28,67,831                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 30                                                                                                                                                                                        | Sikkim                                                                                                                                                                                    | 8,752                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2,536                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 31                                                                                                                                                                                        | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                                                | 32,42,217                                                                                                                                                                                 | 11,83,360                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 32                                                                                                                                                                                        | Telangana                                                                                                                                                                                 | 10,72,321                                                                                                                                                                                 | 4,96,500                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 33                                                                                                                                                                                        | Tripura                                                                                                                                                                                   | 2,71,888                                                                                                                                                                                  | 1,54,350                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 34                                                                                                                                                                                        | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                             | 147,56,494                                                                                                                                                                                | 48,74,279                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 35                                                                                                                                                                                        | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                                                               | 4,04,566                                                                                                                                                                                  | 1,48,752                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 36                                                                                                                                                                                        | West Bengal                                                                                                                                                                               | 88,56,695                                                                                                                                                                                 | 36,06,364                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|                                                                                                                                                                                           | Total                                                                                                                                                                                     | 801,62,429                                                                                                                                                                                | 304,81,683                                                                                                                                                                                |

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| State/UT                                                                                                                                                                       | Number of Refills availed by the 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                                                                                                                                                                         | 19,175                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 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                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Grand Total                                                                                                                                                                    | 14,17,12,328                                                                                                                                                                   |