Lok Sabha Question No. 3021 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-07
Subject: Ujjwala Yojana
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Shri Eswarasamy K

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3021

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 07 th  August, 2025

Ujjwala Yojana

## 3021. Shri Eswarasamy K:

## पेĚोͧलयम एवं Ĥाक ृ Ǔतक गैस मंğी

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that maximum percentage of the total households have been provided with gas cylinders;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the percentage in rural and urban households separately in Tamil Nadu; and
- (c) the definition of a household, rural and urban under the Ujjwala Yojana?

## ANSWER

## पेĚोͧलयम एवं Ĥाक ृ Ǔतक गैस मंğालय मɅ राÏयमंğी

## ( Įी सुरेश गोपी

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## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI SURESH GOPI)

- (a) and (b): Yes. As a result of various steps taken by Government, LPG coverage in the country has improved from 62% in April 2016 to near saturation now. As of 01.07.2025, the total number of  active  domestic  LPG  consumers  in  India  stands  at  33.05  crore,  which  includes  2.38  crore connections  in  state  of  Tamil  Nadu.  This  represents  a  significant  increase  from  14.51  crore domestic  LPG  consumers  as  of  01.04.2014,  reflecting  the  Government's  successful  efforts  to expand access to clean cooking fuel.

Number of connections and LPG Coverage in the State of Tamil Nadu are at Annexure-A. Since the launch of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), OMCs have commissioned 7997 distributorships  during  01.04.2016  to  30.06.2025  across  the  country,  out  of  which  7403  are catering to rural areas. Rural households comprise over 80% of PMUY consumers.

- (c):  Households  are  defined  in  LPG  Control  Order  as  a  family  consisting  of  husband,  wife, unmarried  children  and  dependent  parents  living  together  in  a  dwelling  unit  having  common kitchen provided that a Liquefied Petroleum Gas connection shall be issued only in the name of any adult member of the household by a Government oil company under the public distribution system.

For domestic LPG connections, including under PMUY, households are categorised as urban or rural, based on classification of areas done under Census- 2011.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  part  (a)  and  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  3021  to  be answered on 07.08.2025 regarding "Ujjwala Yojana' asked by Shri Eswarasamy K:

Number of connections and LPG Coverage in the State of Tamil Nadu, as on 01.07.2025:

| State/UT   |   Domestic LPG customers of OMCs (in lakhs) | Estimated LPG Coverage   |   PMUY Connections (in lakh) |   Non-PMUY Connections (in lakh) |
|------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Tamil Nadu |                                      238.35 | Saturation               |                        40.98 |                           197.36 |
| All India  |                                     3305.24 | Saturation               |                      1032.92 |                          2272.32 |

Source: Petroleum Production and Analysis Cell