Lok Sabha Question No. 5339 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-03
Subject: Increasing Number of LPG Connections
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Shri Bhojraj Nag, Shri Madhavaneni Raghunandan Rao

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5339 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03 rd  April, 2025

## Increasing Number of LPG Connections

5339.   Shri Madhavaneni Raghunandan Rao: Shri Bhojraj Nag:

## पेĚोͧलयम एवं Ĥाक ृ Ǔतक गैस मंğी

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

- (a) whether the number of households having LPG connections has risen during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the domestic cooking gas connections released during the last three years and the current year, State and year-wise; and
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to provide domestic LPG cylinders at an affordable/reasonable rate?

## ANSWER

## पेĚोͧलयम एवं Ĥाक ृ Ǔतक गैस मंğालय मɅ राÏय मंğी ( Įी सुरेश गोपी )

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

(a)  to  (c)  :  Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala  Yojana  (PMUY)  was  launched  in  May,  2016  with  an objective to provide deposit free LPG connection to adult women from poor households across the  country.  As  on  01.03.2025,  the  total  number  of  active  domestic  LPG  consumers  in  India stands at 32.94 crore, including 10.33 crore beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY). Details of increase in domestic LPG consumers during the last three financial years are as below:

| Particulars (As on 1st of April)   | UNIT   | 2022   | 2023   | 2024   | 01.01.25   |
|------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------------|
| LPG Active Domestic Customers      | (Lakh) | 3053   | 3140   | 3242   | 3289       |
| LPG Active Domestic Customers      | Growth | 5.5%   | 2.9%   | 3.2%   | 2.8%       |
| PMUYBeneficiaries                  | (Lakh) | 899.0  | 958.6  | 1032.7 | 1033.4     |
| PMUYBeneficiaries                  | Growth | 12.3%  | 6.6%   | 7.7%   | 3.2%       |

Note: Growth rates as on 1st April of any year are w.r.t. figures as on 1st April of previous year.

Source: Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC)

The details of number of domestic cooking gas connections released during the last three years and the current year, State and year-wise are at Annexure- A.

India imports about 60% of the domestic LPG consumed. Price of LPG in the country is linked to its price in the international market. While the average Saudi CP (international benchmark for LPG pricing) rose by 63% (from US$ 385/MT in July 2023 to US$ 629/MT in February 2025), the  effective  price  for  Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala  Yojana (PMUY) consumers for domestic  LPG was reduced by 44% (from Rs. 903 in August 2023 to Rs. 503 in February 2025).

Since launch of PMUY till financial year 2022-23, Government has been bearing an expenditure of  up  to  Rs.  1600  per  PMUY  connection  for  Security  Deposit  (SD)  of  Cylinder,  Pressure Regulator, Suraksha Hose, DGCC booklet and installation charges. From financial year 2023-24, this  support  has  been  increased  to  Rs.  2,200  per  connection  for  14.2  Kg  Single  Bottle Connection/ 5 Kg Double Bottle Connection & Rs. 1,300 per connection for 5 Kg Single Bottle Connection.

To  make  LPG  more  affordable  to  PMUY  consumers  and  ensure  sustained  usage  of  LPG  by them, in May 2022 Government started a targeted subsidy of Rs.200/- per 14.2 kg cylinder for up to  12  refills  per  annum  (and  proportionately  pro-rated  for  5  Kg  connections)  to  the  PMUY consumers. In October 2023, Government increased the targeted subsidy to Rs.300 per 14.2 kg cylinder for up to 12 refills per annum (and proportionately pro-rated for 5 Kg connections). All LPG consumers receive domestic LPG at Rs. 803 per 14.2 Kg cylinder (Delhi price). After a targeted  subsidy  of  Rs.  300/cylinder  to  PMUY  consumers,  Government  of  India  is  providing 14.2  Kg  LPG  cylinders  at  an  effective  price  of  Rs.503  per  cylinder  (Delhi  price).  This  is available to more than 10.33 crore Ujjwala beneficiaries, across the country.

Globally, PMUY is the biggest program of its kind that provides Domestic LPG to more than 10.33 crore poor households at an effective price of just about Rs. 35/Kg. Further, the effective price of domestic LPG cylinder in neighbouring countries as on 01.01.2025 is as below:

| Country   | Domestic LPG (Rs./14.2 kg.cyl.)#   |
|-----------|------------------------------------|
| India     | 503.00*                            |
| Pakistan  | 1094.83                            |
| Sri Lanka | 1231.53                            |
| Nepal     | 1206.65                            |

Source: Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC)

*Effective cost to PMUY beneficiaries in Delhi, effective price is Rs. 803 for non-PMUY consumers

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Annexure referred to in part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5339 to be answered on 03.04.2025 regarding " Increasing Number of LPG Connections' asked by Shri Madhavaneni Raghunandan Rao and Shri Bhojraj Nag.

## The details of number of domestic cooking gas connections released during the last three years and the current year, State and year-wise

| STATE/UT                                 |   Apr'24- Feb'25 |   FY 2023- 24 |   FY 2022- 23 |   FY 2021- 22 |
|------------------------------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| Chandigarh                               |             4853 |          6526 |          5212 |          6229 |
| Delhi                                    |            78794 |        191236 |        112933 |        101710 |
| Haryana                                  |           168300 |        471207 |        175417 |        225437 |
| Himachal Pradesh                         |            32423 |         40641 |         44809 |         59400 |
| Jammu &Kashmir + Ladakh                  |            38156 |         52334 |         35126 |         49976 |
| Punjab                                   |            89461 |        166086 |        147140 |        181256 |
| Rajasthan                                |           140623 |        621993 |        432131 |        430015 |
| Uttar Pradesh                            |           454823 |       1485578 |       1247213 |       2752171 |
| Uttarakhand                              |            56963 |         90980 |        108045 |        125661 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands              |             4217 |          4206 |          4196 |          5781 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                        |             9074 |         12963 |         11407 |         16901 |
| Assam                                    |            61891 |        739244 |        519288 |        645003 |
| Bihar                                    |           266272 |       1137170 |        889069 |       2057805 |
| Jharkhand                                |            52781 |        306267 |        237087 |        326448 |
| Manipur                                  |            14437 |         29026 |         33447 |         40131 |
| Meghalaya                                |             6968 |        108779 |         50992 |         33061 |
| Mizoram                                  |             5272 |          9974 |         10451 |         11220 |
| Nagaland                                 |             4687 |         36170 |         22734 |         33886 |
| Odisha                                   |            77928 |        302343 |        247406 |        595368 |
| Sikkim                                   |             4240 |         11443 |          6219 |         11173 |
| Tripura                                  |            10890 |         41958 |         24571 |         21493 |
| West Bengal                              |           214461 |        195971 |       1671405 |       2463369 |
| Chhattisgarh                             |            62971 |        335592 |        185668 |        441206 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |             4484 |          7258 |          5165 |          6171 |
| Goa                                      |            11789 |         12131 |         13520 |         15755 |
| Gujarat                                  |           126055 |        594187 |        580807 |        775054 |
| Madhya Pradesh                           |           126227 |        730278 |        405978 |        970421 |
| Maharashtra                              |           599281 |        867592 |        833899 |       1074015 |
| Andhra Pradesh                           |           218563 |        596384 |        268019 |        327732 |
| Karnataka                                |           302065 |        708725 |        640928 |        732616 |
| Kerala                                   |           137090 |        177580 |        201270 |        249914 |
| Lakshadweep                              |              560 |           509 |           212 |           307 |
| Puducherry                               |             6547 |         11285 |          7186 |          8690 |
| Tamil Nadu                               |           366036 |        810755 |        635711 |        705743 |
| Telangana                                |           250543 |        331671 |        301676 |        337394 |

Source: IOCL on industry basis