Lok Sabha Question No. 3119 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-21
Subject: Prices of various Petroleum Products
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Rahul Ramesh Shewale, Pritam Gopinath Munde

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3119 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 DECEMBER, 2023

## Prices of various Petroleum Products

## 3119.  SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU: SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE: DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंी

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

- (a)  whether  prices  of  various  petroleum  products  have  increased  during  the  last  three  years  and  the current year and if so, the details thereof, product-wise;
- (b) whether it is a fact that prices of LPG are beyond the reach of common man in cities as well as in rural areas of the country, if so, the facts and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) the details of the aims and objectives of Ujjwala Yojana in the country;
- (d) whether consumers of Ujjwala Yojana are facing difficulties to continue with the Scheme;
- (e) if so, the extent to which Ujjwala Yojana has so far been able to obtain its objectives in the country;
- (f) the number of Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries and the number out of them who are regularly refilling their LPG in various States, State/UT-wise including Odisha and Maharashtra; and
- (g) the details of the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

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

(a) & (b): Prices  of  petrol  and  diesel  are  market  determined  and  Public  Sector  Oil  Marketing Companies (OMCs) take appropriate decision on pricing of petrol and diesel. While crude oil prices (Indian basket) increased from $73.30/bbl (December 2021) to $112.87/bbl (March 2022) and further to $116.01 (June 2022) and continue to remain highly volatile, OMCs have not increased/revised prices since 6 th April 2022. Excise duty reductions were done in November 2021 and May 2022 of Rs. 13/litre and Rs. 16/litre on petrol and diesel respectively and these were fully passed on to consumers. Some state governments also reduced state VAT to provide relief to citizens.

Government of India also took several other steps to insulate common citizens from high international prices,  which  include  diversifying  the  crude  import  basket,  windfall  taxes  on  export  of  petroleum products,  invoking  the  provisions  of  Universal  Service  Obligation  to  ensure  availability  of  petrol  & diesel in domestic market, increasing the blending of ethanol in petrol, etc.

The  details  of  Retail  Selling  Prices  (RSP)  of  petrol  and  diesel  at  Delhi  since  April  2021  are  given below:

(Rs./Litre)

| Price as on   |   RSP of Petrol |   RSP of Diesel |
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| 01-Apr-21     |           90.56 |           80.87 |
| 01-Apr-22     |          101.81 |           93.07 |
| 01-Apr-23     |           96.72 |           89.62 |
| 01-Dec-23     |           96.72 |           89.62 |

Source: Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell

India  imports  more  than  60%  of  its  domestic  LPG  consumption.  Prices  of  LPG  in  the  country  are linked to its price in the international market. Government continues to modulate the effective price to consumer  for  domestic  LPG.  During  the  period  2020-21  to  2022-23,  the  average  Saudi  CP (international benchmark for LPG pricing) went up from $415 per MT to $712 per MT. However, the increase in the international prices was not fully passed on to the customers.

Government has reduced the effective price of domestic LPG by Rs. 200 per 14.2 Kg LPG cylinder with  effect  from  30 th August,  2023.  W.e.f.  21 st May,  2022,  Government  had  been  providing  a budgetary  support  for  targeted  subsidy  of  Rs.  200  per  14.2  Kg  LPG  cylinder  for  Pradhan  Mantri Ujjwala  Yojana  (PMUY)  beneficiaries  for  upto  12  refills  a  year  for  years  2022-23  and  2023-24. Moreover, w.e.f.  5 th October, 2023, the targeted subsidy has been further increased to Rs. 300 per 14.2 Kg LPG cylinder for all Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries. As on 01.12.2023, the effective price of domestic LPG for PMUY consumers is Rs. 603 per 14.2 Kg LPG cylinder (in Delhi). The details of Retail Selling Prices of domestic LPG at Delhi since April 2021 are given below:

(Rs./14.2 Kg Cylinder)

| Price as on   |   RSP of Domestic LPG at Delhi |   Effective cost for PMUY beneficiaries at Delhi |
|---------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 01-Apr-21     |                          809   |                                            809   |
| 01-Apr-22     |                          949.5 |                                            949.5 |
| 01-Apr-23     |                         1103   |                                            903   |
| 01-Dec-23     |                          903   |                                            603   |

Source: Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell

(c) to (f): Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was started in May, 2016 with the objective of providing access to clean cooking fuel to poor households in the country according to a defined criteria. Under PMUY, deposit free LPG connections are provided to adult women from poor households. More than  100.85  crore  refills  have  been  taken  by  PMUY  beneficiaries  in  the  last  3  years  alone.  LPG consumption of PMUY beneficiaries is monitored on regular basis. Consumption of domestic LPG by households  depends  on  several  factors  like  food  habits,  household  size,  cooking  habits,  price, availability of alternate fuels etc. Per capita consumption of PMUY beneficiaries (in terms of no. of 14.2 kg LPG cylinders taken per year) has increased from 3.01 (FY 2019-20) to 3.71 (FY 2022-23).

Further,  the  Government  has  taken  several  steps  to  encourage  consumption  of  LPG,  which  include targeted subsidy of ₹ 300/- per 14.2 Kg refill upto 12 refills/year for PMUY beneficiaries, 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 2020 to December 2020 etc.

State-wise details of PMUY beneficiaries as on 30.09.2023 are given at Annexure-I .  The  details  of State/UT-wise number of Ujjwala beneficiaries along with the details of beneficiaries who have taken at  least  one  refill  during  FY  2022-23  including  that  of  Odisha  and  Maharashtra  during  are  at Annexure-II .

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  3119  asked  by  Shri  Chandra Sekhar  Sahu,  Shri  Rahul  Ramesh  Shewale  and  Dr.  Pritam  Gopinathrao  Munde  to  be  answered  on 21.12.2023 regarding 'Prices of various Petroleum Products'

| State/UT                           | Number of PMUY beneficiaries as on 30.09.2023   |
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands        | 13,444                                          |
| Andhra Pradesh                     | 5,12,433                                        |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  | 49,245                                          |
| Assam                              | 44,14,012                                       |
| Bihar                              | 1,07,35,289                                     |
| Chandigarh                         | 659                                             |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 34,92,160                                       |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 15,033                                          |
| Delhi                              | 1,42,024                                        |
| Goa                                | 1,265                                           |
| Gujarat                            | 38,42,970                                       |
| Haryana                            | 7,67,162                                        |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 1,40,776                                        |
| Jammu and Kashmir                  | 12,45,232                                       |
| Jharkhand                          | 36,46,176                                       |
| Karnataka                          | 37,57,307                                       |
| Kerala                             | 3,41,210                                        |
| Ladakh                             | 11,094                                          |
| Lakshadweep                        | 309                                             |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 82,27,217                                       |
| Maharashtra                        | 48,89,709                                       |
| Manipur                            | 2,02,029                                        |
| Meghalaya                          | 2,14,851                                        |
| Mizoram                            | 33,595                                          |
| Nagaland                           | 91,806                                          |
| Odisha                             | 53,20,752                                       |
| Puducherry                         | 14,835                                          |
| Punjab                             | 12,83,827                                       |
| Rajasthan                          | 69,26,442                                       |
| Sikkim                             | 13,795                                          |
| Tamil Nadu                         | 37,03,824                                       |
| Telangana                          | 11,52,806                                       |
| Tripura                            | 2,83,503                                        |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 1,75,00,658                                     |
| Uttarakhand                        | 4,96,431                                        |
| West Bengal                        | 1,23,70,935                                     |

Source: Indian Oil Corporation Limited on industry basis

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  3119  asked  by  Shri  Chandra Sekhar  Sahu,  Shri  Rahul  Ramesh  Shewale  and  Dr.  Pritam  Gopinathrao  Munde  to  be  answered  on 21.12.2023 regarding 'Prices of various Petroleum Products'

| State/UT                           | Number of Connections released under PMUY as on 30.09.2023   | Number of beneficiaries taken at least one refill during FY 2022-23   |
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands        | 13,444                                                       | 12,322                                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh                     | 5,12,433                                                     | 4,80,796                                                              |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  | 49,245                                                       | 41,157                                                                |
| Assam                              | 44,14,012                                                    | 33,69,374                                                             |
| Bihar                              | 1,07,35,289                                                  | 96,76,834                                                             |
| Chandigarh                         | 659                                                          | 650                                                                   |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 34,92,160                                                    | 22,40,600                                                             |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 15,033                                                       | 14,989                                                                |
| Delhi                              | 1,42,024                                                     | 1,37,101                                                              |
| Goa                                | 1,265                                                        | 1,212                                                                 |
| Gujarat                            | 38,42,970                                                    | 36,00,026                                                             |
| Haryana                            | 7,67,162                                                     | 7,28,902                                                              |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 1,40,776                                                     | 1,26,300                                                              |
| Jammu and Kashmir                  | 12,45,232                                                    | 11,14,033                                                             |
| Jharkhand                          | 36,46,176                                                    | 27,75,900                                                             |
| Karnataka                          | 37,57,307                                                    | 35,57,042                                                             |
| Kerala                             | 3,41,210                                                     | 3,17,098                                                              |
| Ladakh                             | 11,094                                                       | 10,651                                                                |
| Lakshadweep                        | 309                                                          | 283                                                                   |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 82,27,217                                                    | 69,21,334                                                             |
| Maharashtra                        | 48,89,709                                                    | 46,14,148                                                             |
| Manipur                            | 2,02,029                                                     | 1,85,252                                                              |
| Meghalaya                          | 2,14,851                                                     | 1,61,304                                                              |
| Mizoram                            | 33,595                                                       | 30,558                                                                |
| Nagaland                           | 91,806                                                       | 75,643                                                                |
| Odisha                             | 53,20,752                                                    | 45,14,441                                                             |
| Puducherry                         | 14,835                                                       | 15,136                                                                |
| Punjab                             | 12,83,827                                                    | 11,93,768                                                             |
| Rajasthan                          | 69,26,442                                                    | 65,97,838                                                             |
| Sikkim                             | 13,795                                                       | 11,339                                                                |
| Tamil Nadu                         | 37,03,824                                                    | 34,33,681                                                             |
| Telangana                          | 11,52,806                                                    | 10,79,090                                                             |
| Tripura                            | 2,83,503                                                     | 1,78,702                                                              |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 1,75,00,658                                                  | 1,58,28,442                                                           |
| Uttarakhand                        | 4,96,431                                                     | 4,53,227                                                              |
| West Bengal                        | 1,23,70,935                                                  | 1,05,81,956                                                           |

Source: Indian Oil Corporation Limited on industry basis