Lok Sabha Question No. 3529 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-10
Subject: Statistics of Cooking Gas Connections
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Anto  Antony

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3529 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th  AUGUST, 2023

## STATISTICS OF COOKING GAS CONNECTIONS

## 3529. SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

## पेोिलयम एवं ाक ृ ितक गैस मं ी

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

- (a) whether the Government has any statistics regarding the number of Domestic Cooking Gas connections in the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  of  domestic  cooking  gas  connections  in  the  country  during  the  last  ten  years,  year  and State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has any plan to reduce the price of LPG cylinders; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## पेोिलयम एवं ाक ृ ितक गैस मं ालय म राय मं ी ( ी रामेर तेली ) MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a) & (b) As on 01.07.2023, there are 31.50 crore domestic active LPG consumers in the country. State-wise and year-wise details of  active domestic LPG consumers during the last ten years are at Annexure .
- (c) & (d) India imports more than 60% of its domestic LPG consumption. Government continues to modulate the effective price of domestic LPG. Under the Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL) scheme, subsidy as admissible, is deposited in the bank accounts of eligible beneficiaries.

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 onetime compensation of Rs.22,000 crore to OMCs in FY 2022-23.In addition, Government has started a targeted subsidy of ` 200 per 14.2 Kg cylinder for PMUY beneficiaries for upto 12 refills a year for year 2022-23 and 2023-24.  During Covid pandemic, PMUY beneficiaries have taken 14.17 crore free LPG refills under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package from April 2020 to December 2020 etc.

| Annexure referred to in part (a)& (b) of L ok Sabha Unstarred Parliament Question No. 3 529 for 10.08.2023 asked by S hri Anto Antony regarding 'Statistics of Cooking Gas Connection'   | Annexure referred to in part (a)& (b) of L ok Sabha Unstarred Parliament Question No. 3 529 for 10.08.2023 asked by S hri Anto Antony regarding 'Statistics of Cooking Gas Connection'   | Annexure referred to in part (a)& (b) of L ok Sabha Unstarred Parliament Question No. 3 529 for 10.08.2023 asked by S hri Anto Antony regarding 'Statistics of Cooking Gas Connection'   | Annexure referred to in part (a)& (b) of L ok Sabha Unstarred Parliament Question No. 3 529 for 10.08.2023 asked by S hri Anto Antony regarding 'Statistics of Cooking Gas Connection'   | Annexure referred to in part (a)& (b) of L ok Sabha Unstarred Parliament Question No. 3 529 for 10.08.2023 asked by S hri Anto Antony regarding 'Statistics of Cooking Gas Connection'   | Annexure referred to in part (a)& (b) of L ok Sabha Unstarred Parliament Question No. 3 529 for 10.08.2023 asked by S hri Anto Antony regarding 'Statistics of Cooking Gas Connection'   | Annexure referred to in part (a)& (b) of L ok Sabha Unstarred Parliament Question No. 3 529 for 10.08.2023 asked by S hri Anto Antony regarding 'Statistics of Cooking Gas Connection'   | Annexure referred to in part (a)& (b) of L ok Sabha Unstarred Parliament Question No. 3 529 for 10.08.2023 asked by S hri Anto Antony regarding 'Statistics of Cooking Gas Connection'   | Annexure referred to in part (a)& (b) of L ok Sabha Unstarred Parliament Question No. 3 529 for 10.08.2023 asked by S hri Anto Antony regarding 'Statistics of Cooking Gas Connection'   | Annexure referred to in part (a)& (b) of L ok Sabha Unstarred Parliament Question No. 3 529 for 10.08.2023 asked by S hri Anto Antony regarding 'Statistics of Cooking Gas Connection'   | Annexure referred to in part (a)& (b) of L ok Sabha Unstarred Parliament Question No. 3 529 for 10.08.2023 asked by S hri Anto Antony regarding 'Statistics of Cooking Gas Connection'   |
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| Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                                               | 2.78                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2.49                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2.62                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2.7                                                                                                                                                                                      | 2.73                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2.75                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2.79                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2.82                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2.86                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2.88                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Delhi                                                                                                                                                                                    | 50.03                                                                                                                                                                                    | 45.93                                                                                                                                                                                    | 45.68                                                                                                                                                                                    | 47.81                                                                                                                                                                                    | 48.25                                                                                                                                                                                    | 49.42                                                                                                                                                                                    | 49.56                                                                                                                                                                                    | 50.53                                                                                                                                                                                    | 51.54                                                                                                                                                                                    | 53.34                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Haryana                                                                                                                                                                                  | 43.66                                                                                                                                                                                    | 44.20                                                                                                                                                                                    | 46.88                                                                                                                                                                                    | 54.13                                                                                                                                                                                    | 59.52                                                                                                                                                                                    | 66.14                                                                                                                                                                                    | 69.01                                                                                                                                                                                    | 72.11                                                                                                                                                                                    | 74.75                                                                                                                                                                                    | 76.12                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                         | 13.38                                                                                                                                                                                    | 11.92                                                                                                                                                                                    | 13.09                                                                                                                                                                                    | 14.07                                                                                                                                                                                    | 15.27                                                                                                                                                                                    | 17.27                                                                                                                                                                                    | 19.67                                                                                                                                                                                    | 20.53                                                                                                                                                                                    | 21.15                                                                                                                                                                                    | 21.47                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Jammu &Kashmir(Inc Ladakh)                                                                                                                                                               | 15.59                                                                                                                                                                                    | 15.19                                                                                                                                                                                    | 16.29                                                                                                                                                                                    | 19.64                                                                                                                                                                                    | 22.66                                                                                                                                                                                    | 29.84                                                                                                                                                                                    | 32.27                                                                                                                                                                                    | 33.27                                                                                                                                                                                    | 35.68                                                                                                                                                                                    | 35.54                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Punjab                                                                                                                                                                                   | 57.72                                                                                                                                                                                    | 56.29                                                                                                                                                                                    | 61.6                                                                                                                                                                                     | 69.01                                                                                                                                                                                    | 73.54                                                                                                                                                                                    | 83.07                                                                                                                                                                                    | 85.5                                                                                                                                                                                     | 88.51                                                                                                                                                                                    | 91.61                                                                                                                                                                                    | 93.4                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                                                | 73.17                                                                                                                                                                                    | 76.42                                                                                                                                                                                    | 87.64                                                                                                                                                                                    | 110.52                                                                                                                                                                                   | 122.86                                                                                                                                                                                   | 154.47                                                                                                                                                                                   | 162.51                                                                                                                                                                                   | 167.03                                                                                                                                                                                   | 171.74                                                                                                                                                                                   | 175.75                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                            | 166.92                                                                                                                                                                                   | 170.25                                                                                                                                                                                   | 201.11                                                                                                                                                                                   | 275.48                                                                                                                                                                                   | 302.12                                                                                                                                                                                   | 375.98                                                                                                                                                                                   | 403.8                                                                                                                                                                                    | 423.19                                                                                                                                                                                   | 452.32                                                                                                                                                                                   | 463.45                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Uttrakhand                                                                                                                                                                               | 20.65                                                                                                                                                                                    | 17.10                                                                                                                                                                                    | 19.03                                                                                                                                                                                    | 21.17                                                                                                                                                                                    | 22.4                                                                                                                                                                                     | 25.22                                                                                                                                                                                    | 26.51                                                                                                                                                                                    | 27.87                                                                                                                                                                                    | 29.17                                                                                                                                                                                    | 30.25                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Andaman & Nicobar                                                                                                                                                                        | 0.6                                                                                                                                                                                      | 0.65                                                                                                                                                                                     | 0.73                                                                                                                                                                                     | 0.77                                                                                                                                                                                     | 0.78                                                                                                                                                                                     | 0.95                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.12                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.17                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.2                                                                                                                                                                                      | 1.23                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                        | 2.01                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.82                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.88                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.97                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2.12                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2.47                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2.66                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2.84                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2.98                                                                                                                                                                                     | 3.08                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Assam                                                                                                                                                                                    | 26.6                                                                                                                                                                                     | 27.22                                                                                                                                                                                    | 30.14                                                                                                                                                                                    | 32.91                                                                                                                                                                                    | 46.27                                                                                                                                                                                    | 63.8                                                                                                                                                                                     | 71.14                                                                                                                                                                                    | 73.69                                                                                                                                                                                    | 79.33                                                                                                                                                                                    | 83.86                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Bihar                                                                                                                                                                                    | 51.17                                                                                                                                                                                    | 57.30                                                                                                                                                                                    | 67.39                                                                                                                                                                                    | 99.43                                                                                                                                                                                    | 129.59                                                                                                                                                                                   | 164.06                                                                                                                                                                                   | 175.87                                                                                                                                                                                   | 186.49                                                                                                                                                                                   | 206.9                                                                                                                                                                                    | 215.17                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                                                | 16.51                                                                                                                                                                                    | 16.53                                                                                                                                                                                    | 19.2                                                                                                                                                                                     | 25.83                                                                                                                                                                                    | 33.65                                                                                                                                                                                    | 51.72                                                                                                                                                                                    | 56.15                                                                                                                                                                                    | 57.67                                                                                                                                                                                    | 60.71                                                                                                                                                                                    | 62.76                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Manipur                                                                                                                                                                                  | 3.18                                                                                                                                                                                     | 3.00                                                                                                                                                                                     | 3.26                                                                                                                                                                                     | 3.35                                                                                                                                                                                     | 4                                                                                                                                                                                        | 5.04                                                                                                                                                                                     | 5.5                                                                                                                                                                                      | 5.93                                                                                                                                                                                     | 6.24                                                                                                                                                                                     | 6.57                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                                                | 1.18                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.31                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.35                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.44                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.89                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2.98                                                                                                                                                                                     | 3.19                                                                                                                                                                                     | 3.32                                                                                                                                                                                     | 3.61                                                                                                                                                                                     | 4.1                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Mizoram                                                                                                                                                                                  | 2.44                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2.48                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2.4                                                                                                                                                                                      | 2.44                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2.5                                                                                                                                                                                      | 2.83                                                                                                                                                                                     | 3                                                                                                                                                                                        | 3.21                                                                                                                                                                                     | 3.31                                                                                                                                                                                     | 3.42                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Nagaland                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2.02                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.73                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.76                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.8                                                                                                                                                                                      | 1.97                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2.47                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2.65                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2.81                                                                                                                                                                                     | 3.11                                                                                                                                                                                     | 3.34                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Odisha                                                                                                                                                                                   | 22.53                                                                                                                                                                                    | 25.54                                                                                                                                                                                    | 32.94                                                                                                                                                                                    | 44.98                                                                                                                                                                                    | 59.28                                                                                                                                                                                    | 79.77                                                                                                                                                                                    | 85.88                                                                                                                                                                                    | 88.87                                                                                                                                                                                    | 94.69                                                                                                                                                                                    | 96.96                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Sikkim                                                                                                                                                                                   | 1.25                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.02                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.13                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.16                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.23                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.37                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.46                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.6                                                                                                                                                                                      | 1.67                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.7                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Tripura                                                                                                                                                                                  | 3.94                                                                                                                                                                                     | 3.55                                                                                                                                                                                     | 4.09                                                                                                                                                                                     | 4.4                                                                                                                                                                                      | 5.05                                                                                                                                                                                     | 6.98                                                                                                                                                                                     | 7.38                                                                                                                                                                                     | 7.59                                                                                                                                                                                     | 7.7                                                                                                                                                                                      | 7.89                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| West Bengal                                                                                                                                                                              | 86.64                                                                                                                                                                                    | 95.54                                                                                                                                                                                    | 110.67                                                                                                                                                                                   | 145.69                                                                                                                                                                                   | 176.27                                                                                                                                                                                   | 209.39                                                                                                                                                                                   | 220.59                                                                                                                                                                                   | 228.19                                                                                                                                                                                   | 252.15                                                                                                                                                                                   | 267.8                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Chattisgarh                                                                                                                                                                              | 15                                                                                                                                                                                       | 16.29                                                                                                                                                                                    | 19.44                                                                                                                                                                                    | 31.13                                                                                                                                                                                    | 40.18                                                                                                                                                                                    | 47.87                                                                                                                                                                                    | 52.04                                                                                                                                                                                    | 53.21                                                                                                                                                                                    | 57.31                                                                                                                                                                                    | 59.01                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli And Daman & Diu                                                                                                                                                     | 1.16                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.19                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.29                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.39                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.41                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.49                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.59                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.62                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.65                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.67                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Goa                                                                                                                                                                                      | 4.27                                                                                                                                                                                     | 4.01                                                                                                                                                                                     | 4.33                                                                                                                                                                                     | 4.55                                                                                                                                                                                     | 4.7                                                                                                                                                                                      | 4.82                                                                                                                                                                                     | 5.02                                                                                                                                                                                     | 5.19                                                                                                                                                                                     | 5.38                                                                                                                                                                                     | 5.48                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Gujarat                                                                                                                                                                                  | 62.69                                                                                                                                                                                    | 61.84                                                                                                                                                                                    | 66.16                                                                                                                                                                                    | 77.58                                                                                                                                                                                    | 85.88                                                                                                                                                                                    | 100.6                                                                                                                                                                                    | 105.35                                                                                                                                                                                   | 108.95                                                                                                                                                                                   | 115.84                                                                                                                                                                                   | 120.57                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                           | 62.54                                                                                                                                                                                    | 61.63                                                                                                                                                                                    | 68.41                                                                                                                                                                                    | 94.25                                                                                                                                                                                    | 107.93                                                                                                                                                                                   | 141.14                                                                                                                                                                                   | 149.63                                                                                                                                                                                   | 153.73                                                                                                                                                                                   | 163.16                                                                                                                                                                                   | 166.6                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                                              | 176.81                                                                                                                                                                                   | 179.73                                                                                                                                                                                   | 194.72                                                                                                                                                                                   | 221.93                                                                                                                                                                                   | 241.03                                                                                                                                                                                   | 269.28                                                                                                                                                                                   | 276.29                                                                                                                                                                                   | 287.57                                                                                                                                                                                   | 298.54                                                                                                                                                                                   | 303.87                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                           | 158.52                                                                                                                                                                                   | 89.04                                                                                                                                                                                    | 106.92                                                                                                                                                                                   | 116.28                                                                                                                                                                                   | 131.65                                                                                                                                                                                   | 134.01                                                                                                                                                                                   | 136.98                                                                                                                                                                                   | 142.89                                                                                                                                                                                   | 147.11                                                                                                                                                                                   | 149.21                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                                | 86.79                                                                                                                                                                                    | 93.83                                                                                                                                                                                    | 104.26                                                                                                                                                                                   | 115.29                                                                                                                                                                                   | 130.81                                                                                                                                                                                   | 154.13                                                                                                                                                                                   | 160.17                                                                                                                                                                                   | 167.03                                                                                                                                                                                   | 173.36                                                                                                                                                                                   | 178.56                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Kerala                                                                                                                                                                                   | 71.36                                                                                                                                                                                    | 74.56                                                                                                                                                                                    | 76.88                                                                                                                                                                                    | 80.15                                                                                                                                                                                    | 82.88                                                                                                                                                                                    | 86.09                                                                                                                                                                                    | 87.95                                                                                                                                                                                    | 91                                                                                                                                                                                       | 93.41                                                                                                                                                                                    | 95.04                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Lakshadweep Puducherry                                                                                                                                                                   | 0.04 3.09                                                                                                                                                                                | 0.04 3.12                                                                                                                                                                                | 0.04 3.27                                                                                                                                                                                | 0.04 3.44                                                                                                                                                                                | 0.05 3.55                                                                                                                                                                                | 0.08 3.69                                                                                                                                                                                | 0.08 3.7                                                                                                                                                                                 | 0.1 3.81                                                                                                                                                                                 | 0.11 3.88                                                                                                                                                                                | 0.11 3.94                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Tamilnadu                                                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                          | 211.15                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|                                                                                                                                                                                          | 145.51                                                                                                                                                                                   | 152.14                                                                                                                                                                                   | 161.32                                                                                                                                                                                   | 171.71                                                                                                                                                                                   | 184.29                                                                                                                                                                                   | 206.91                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                          | 216.87                                                                                                                                                                                   | 221.77                                                                                                                                                                                   | 226.08                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| India                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1451.76                                                                                                                                                                                  | 1485.58                                                                                                                                                                                  | 1662.55                                                                                                                                                                                  | 1987.6                                                                                                                                                                                   | 2242.7                                                                                                                                                                                   | 2653.7                                                                                                                                                                                   | 2787.1                                                                                                                                                                                   | 2894.8                                                                                                                                                                                   | 3053.24                                                                                                                                                                                  | 3140.3                                                                                                                                                                                   |