Lok Sabha Question No. 1277 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-27
Subject: Price of Cooking Gas
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Hemant Patil

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1277 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 JULY, 2023

## Price of Cooking Gas

†1277. SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंी

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

(a) the details of rise in the prices of cooking gas cylinders in the country including Maharashtra during the last three years;

(b) the funds saved by the Government due to abolishment of subsidy provided on cooking gas cylinders during the last three years;

(c) whether any study has been conducted to find out the fact that due to abolishment of subsidy on cooking gas the poor consumers have taken lesser number of cooking gas cylinder refills; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## 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) to (d): India imports more than 60% of its domestic LPG consumption. Also, the price of LPG  in  the  country  is  linked  to  its  price  in  the  international  market.  However,  Government continues  to  modulate  the  effective  price  to  consumer  for  Domestic  LPG.  The  subsidy,  as admissible, is credited to the bank accounts of eligible beneficiaries. In addition, Government has  started  a  targeted  subsidy  of  Rs.  200  per  14.2  Kg  cylinder  for  Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries for upto 12 refills a year for years 2022-23 and 2023-24.

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 international prices was not fully passed on to Indian citizens, due to which the Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies  (OMCs)  suffered  under  recoveries  of  approximately  Rs.28000  crore  on  sale  of domestic LPG. To compensate this, the Government approved a one-time compensation of Rs. 22,000  crore  to  OMCs  in  FY  2022-23.    During  Covid  Pandemic,  Government  also  provided about 14.17 Crore free LPG refills to PMUY households under Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Package during 2020.

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. The consumption of LPG in the country has gone up from 19.62 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) in 2015-16 to 28.50 MMT in FY 202223.  Also,  the  number  of  domestic  LPG  consumers  has  increased  from  16.67  crore  as  on 01.05.2016 to 31.5 crore (including 9.59 crore PMUY beneficiaries) as on 01.07.2023. The per capita consumption of LPG by PMUY households has gone up from 3.01 refills in 2019-20 to 3.71 refills in 2022-23.

The details of Retail Selling Prices (RSP) of Domestic LPG at Mumbai and Delhi since 1 st July 2020 are given below:

| Effective Date   |   RSP of domestic LPG (Mumbai) (Rs./14.2 Kg cylinder) |   RSP of domestic LPG (Delhi) (Rs./14.2 Kg cylinder) |
|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 01-Apr-20        |                                                 714.5 |                                                744   |
| 01-May-20        |                                                 579   |                                                581.5 |
| 01-Jun-20        |                                                 590.5 |                                                593   |
| 01-Jul-20        |                                                 594   |                                                594   |
| 02-Dec-20        |                                                 644   |                                                644   |
| 15-Dec-20        |                                                 694   |                                                694   |
| 04-Feb-21        |                                                 719   |                                                719   |
| 15-Feb-21        |                                                 769   |                                                769   |
| 25-Feb-21        |                                                 794   |                                                794   |
| 01-Mar-21        |                                                 819   |                                                819   |
| 01-Apr-21        |                                                 809   |                                                809   |
| 01-Jul-21        |                                                 834.5 |                                                834.5 |
| 17-Aug-21        |                                                 859.5 |                                                859.5 |
| 01-Sep-21        |                                                 884.5 |                                                884.5 |
| 06-Oct-21        |                                                 899.5 |                                                899.5 |
| 22-Mar-22        |                                                 949.5 |                                                949.5 |
| 07-May-22        |                                                 999.5 |                                                999.5 |
| 19-May-22        |                                                1002.5 |                                               1003   |
| 06-Jul-22        |                                                1052.5 |                                               1053   |
| 01-Mar-23        |                                                1102.5 |                                               1103   |

Source: Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell

Note: Retail Selling Price of Domestic LPG excluding targeted subsidy of Rs.200 for PMUY consumers w.e.f. 21 May, 2022.