Lok Sabha Question No. 3991 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-19
Subject: LPG Connections in Jalpaiguri under PMUY
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3991 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 DECEMBER, 2024

## LPG Connections in Jalpaiguri under PMUY

3991.   Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy:

## पेĚोͧलयम एवं Ĥाक ृ Ǔतक गैस मंğी

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

- (a) the number of households in Jalpaiguri district provided LPG connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) since 2019; and
- (b)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  number  of  beneficiaries  under  the  said scheme?

## ANSWER

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

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

- (a)  &  (b):  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  01.12.2024,  there  are  10.33  crore  PMUY  connections  in  the  country.  In Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal  under PMUY, there are 3.3 lakh PMUY connections,  out of which 0.84 lakh connection were released from April 2019 to November 2024.

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  expenditure  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.

In order to improve access to LPG across the country, various steps have been taken inter alia, including organizing campaigns for promotion of PMUY, organizing melas/camps to enroll and distribute  connections,  promotion  through  Out  of  Home  (OOH)  hoardings,  radio  jingles, Information,  Education  and  Communication  (IEC)  Vans  etc.,  spreading  awareness  about advantages  of  using  LPG  over  other  conventional  fuels  and  safe  usage  of  LPG  through  LPG Panchayats,  enrolment/awareness  camps  under  Viksit  Bharat  Sankalp  Yatra,  facilitation  of consumers  and  their  families  for  Aadhar  enrolment  and  opening  of  bank  accounts  for  getting PMUY connections, simplification of process of getting LPG connection, online application for PMUY connection  at  www.pmuy.gov.in,  nearest  LPG  distributors,  Common  Service  Centres (CSC) etc., option of 5 Kg Double Bottle Connection (DBC), swap option from 14.2 Kg to 5 Kg, provision for Migrant Families to avail new connection on Self-Declaration instead of Proof of Address & Ration Card, upto 3 free refills to PMUY beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Package from April to December  2020  etc.. Further, OMCs  are  continuously commissioning new LPG Distributorships, especially in rural areas.

To  make  LPG  more  affordable  to  PMUY  consumers  and  ensure  sustained  usage  of  LPG  by them, Government started a targeted subsidy of Rs.200 per 14.2 Kg LPG cylinder for Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries for upto 12 refills a year in May, 2022. Moreover, in October,  2023,  Government  increased  the  targeted  subsidy  to  Rs.300  per  14.2  Kg  LPG cylinder for all Pradhan Mantri UjjwalaYojana (PMUY) beneficiaries. With a targeted subsidy of Rs.300 per cylinder (and proportionately prorated for 5 Kg cylinder), effective cost for PMUY consumers is Rs.503 per 14.2 Kg cylinder (at Delhi) currently. As a result of these efforts, the per capita consumption (in terms of 14.2 Kg domestic LPG cylinders) for PMUY beneficiaries has improved from 3.01 refills per year in 2019-20 to 3.95 refills in 2023-24 and 4.34 refills per year based on consumption till Nov-24.

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