Lok Sabha Question No. 26 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-08
Subject: LPG Connections under PMUY
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Dhal Singh Bisen, Dushyant Singh

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 26 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 th  DECEMBER, 2022

## LPG Connections under PMUY

## †*26.   DR. DHAL SINGH BISEN: SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

## 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) since the inception of the scheme till November, 2022, State/UT-wise, especially in the Jhalawar and Baran districts of Rajasthan, classified as active and inactive;
- (b) the number of refillings done under Ujjwala Yojana during the last two years including in Jhalawar and Baran districts of Rajasthan;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to run any campaign to increase this number and if so, the details thereof; and

(d)  the  details  of  refillings  done  under  the  said  scheme  during  the  last  one  year  in  Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan categorized as one refill, two refills, three refills and four or more refills?

## ANSWER

## पेोलयम एवं ाक ृतक गैस मंी ( ी हरदप संह पुर ) MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) to (d)   A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  26  BY  DR.  DHAL  SINGH  BISEN  AND  SHRI  DUSHYANT SINGH TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 th DECEMBER, 2022 REGARDING 'LPG CONNECTIONS UNDER PMUY'.

(a)State/UT-wise details of LPG connections released under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana(PMUY) since  inception  of  the  scheme  till  November,  2022  are  at Annexure .  Details  of  LPG  connections released under PMUY since inception of the scheme till November, 2022 in the districts of Jhalawar and Baran of Rajasthan are as under :-

| District   |   Number of LPG connections released under PMUY (in lakh) |
|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Jhalawar   |                                                      2.03 |
| Baran      |                                                      1.6  |

Source

: Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies

All PMUY connections are in active status

- (b)   Details of number of refills consumed by PMUY beneficiaries in 2020-21 and 2021-22 across the country  including Jhalawar and Baran  districts of Rajasthan are as under :-
- (c)    To  improve  LPG  usage  amongst  PMUY  beneficiaries,  Government  and  Oil  Marketing Companies (OMCs) have organized LPG panchayats, social media campaigns, public events for the distribution of connections and public awareness campaigns etc. across the country. Conducting LPG Panchayats across the country is an ongoing process and so far 381 and 285 LPG Panchayats have been conducted in Baran and Jalawar districts of Rajasthan respectively.

| District        | Number of refills (in terms of 14.2 kg refills) (in lakh)   | Number of refills (in terms of 14.2 kg refills) (in lakh)   |
|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|                 | 2020-21                                                     | 2021-22                                                     |
| Jhalawar        | 9.37                                                        | 8.98                                                        |
| Baran           | 5.96                                                        | 5.04                                                        |
| Rajasthan State | 277.52                                                      | 267.27                                                      |
| All India       | 3511.47                                                     | 3126.23                                                     |

Source

: Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies

Further,  Government  has  taken  several  other  steps  to  encourage  consumption  of  LPG  by  PMUY beneficiaries,  which  include  subsidy  of ₹ 200/-  per  14.2  Kg  refill  upto  12  refills/year  for  PMUY beneficiaries for year 2022-23, option of 5 Kg Double Bottle Connection (DBC), swap option from 14.2  Kg  to  5  Kg,  upto  3  free  refills  to  PMUY  beneficiaries  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Garib  Kalyan Package from April to December 2020 etc.

- (d)   As on 31.03.2021, there were 71.43 lakh  and 63.59 lakh PMUY beneficiaries in the States of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan respectively. Details of number of  PMUY customers who have taken one refill, two refills, three refills, four or more refills during the last year i.e. 2021-22 in the States of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are as under :-

| State          |   one refill (including installation refill (in lakh) |   Two refills (including installation refill (in lakh) |   three refills (including installation refill (in lakh) |   Four or more refills(including installation refill (in lakh) |
|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Madhya Pradesh |                                                 18.85 |                                                  15.74 |                                                    11.54 |                                                          22.84 |
| Rajasthan      |                                                  7.64 |                                                  10.68 |                                                    11.49 |                                                          33.02 |

Source

: Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies

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Annexure referred in part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 26  to be answered on 08.12.2022 asked by Dr. Dhal Singh Bisen and Shri  Dushyant Singh regarding "  LPG Connections under PMUY'

| 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 Havelly 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                                                            |

Source : Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies