Lok Sabha Question No. 218 (STARRED), answered on 2023-08-03
Subject: Increase in Price of LPG
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: A. Ganeshamurthi

*218. Shri A. Ganeshamurthi:

## Increase in Price of LPG

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंी

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

(a)  the  reasons  for  increasing  the  retail  price  of  LPG  periodically  despite  decline  in  crude  oil prices;

(b)  whether  the  subsidy  component  is  likely  to  be  increased  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) keeping in view the periodical rise in the price of LPG and if so, the details thereof;

(c)  the  number  of  LPG  connections  provided  deposit  free  during  the  last  five  years  in  the country, State-wise; and

(d) the total number of LPG connections issued under PMUY Phase-2 in the country till now, State-wise?

## ANSWER

पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंी ( ी हरदप संह पुर )

## MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 218 asked by Shri A. Ganeshamurthi to be answered on 03 August 2023 regarding 'Increase in Price of LPG'.

(a) to (d): India imports more than 60% of its domestic LPG consumption. Prices of LPG in the country are based on Saudi Contract Price (CP), the benchmark for international prices of LPG. During the period 2020-21 to 2022-23, the average Saudi CP went up from $415 per MT to $712 per MT.  However, the increase in international prices was not fully passed on in retail prices,  due  to  which  the  Oil  Marketing  Companies  (OMCs)  suffered  under  recoveries  of approximately Rs. 28,000 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.

Price of domestic LPG (at Delhi) was Rs. 1053 w.e.f. 6 th July 2022 and is Rs. 1103 in July 2023. For PMUY consumers effective price is Rs. 903 after a targeted subsidy of Rs. 200 per cylinder.

Under  the  Direct  Benefit  Transfer  for  LPG  (DBTL)  scheme,  the  subsidy,  as  admissible,  is credited  to  the  bank  accounts  of  eligible  beneficiaries.  In  addition,  w.e.f.  21st  May,  2022, 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.

The  details  of  number  of  connections  given  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala  Yojana  (PMUY) state-wise during the last five years are given at Annexure-I

State/UT-wise details of  LPG connections released under PMUY phase-2 (Ujjwala 2.0) are at Annexure-II.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.  218  asked  by  Shri  A. Ganeshamurthi to be answered on 03 August 2023 regarding 'Increase in Price of LPG'.

The  details  of  number  of  connections  given  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala  Yojana  (PMUY) state-wise during the last five years.

| State/UT                    | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   |
|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 6,178     | 4,547     | -         | 811       | 46        |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 2,62,554  | 49,262    | -         | 25,222    | 95,643    |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 32,953    | 5,384     | -         | 3,457     | 1,435     |
| Assam                       | 17,07,801 | 6,48,961  | -         | 5,11,073  | 4,36,663  |
| Bihar                       | 29,81,636 | 6,43,107  | -         | 16,13,210 | 6,44,405  |
| Chandigarh                  | 88        | -         | -         | 5         | 567       |
| Chhattisgarh                | 7,40,584  | 2,96,736  | -         | 3,73,735  | 1,41,558  |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 2,671     | 639       | -         | 39        | 14        |
| Daman and Diu               | 219       | 5         | -         |           |           |
| Delhi                       | 73,120    | 3,058     | -         | 22,638    | 43,423    |
| Goa                         | 88        | 10        | -         | -         | 184       |
| Gujarat                     | 12,52,052 | 3,79,993  | -         | 5,40,537  | 4,06,249  |
| Haryana                     | 3,23,344  | 50,472    | -         | 13,675    | 29,077    |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 83,177    | 23,048    | -         | 2,058     | 2,520     |
| Jammu and Kashmir           | 6,72,453  | 1,88,317  | -         | 9,415     | 7,219     |
| Jharkhand                   | 17,01,032 | 3,56,981  | -         | 2,19,486  | 1,72,600  |
| Karnataka                   | 19,13,808 | 3,23,478  | -         | 3,28,275  | 2,92,063  |
| Kerala                      | 1,71,530  | 46,379    | -         | 44,456    | 40,751    |
| Ladakh                      | 7,645     | 745       |           | 28        | -         |
| Lakshadweep                 | 156       | -         | -         | 10        | 7         |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 31,30,613 | 7,08,815  | -         | 7,95,859  | 2,91,219  |
| Maharashtra                 | 21,86,426 | 3,64,878  | -         | 2,81,997  | 1,94,182  |
| Manipur                     | 97,760    | 26,221    | -         | 22,025    | 23,639    |
| Meghalaya                   | 1,03,467  | 10,433    | -         | 22,628    | 41,787    |
| Mizoram                     | 24,879    | 2,337     | -         | 1,523     | 3,950     |
| Nagaland                    | 40,177    | 5,738     | -         | 21,977    | 14,697    |
| Odisha                      | 19,25,954 | 5,14,096  | -         | 4,55,549  | 1,33,672  |
| Puducherry                  | 11,568    | 203       | -         | 655       | 615       |
| Punjab                      | 8,26,611  | 15,256    | -         | 17,132    | 48,451    |
| Rajasthan                   | 30,69,891 | 6,73,000  | -         | 2,64,503  | 3,09,651  |
| Sikkim                      | 7,111     | 954       | -         | 3,707     | 1,338     |
| Tamil Nadu                  | 21,22,977 | 1,00,374  | -         | 2,14,225  | 2,54,811  |
| Telangana                   | 9,23,800  | 1,48,480  | -         | 40,198    | 41,757    |
| Tripura                     | 1,92,014  | 33,495    | -         | 5,827     | 11,599    |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 64,76,981 | 17,93,397 | -         | 20,00,914 | 7,95,230  |
| Uttarakhand                 | 2,15,481  | 51,645    | -         | 46,778    | 46,795    |
| West Bengal                 | 30,05,534 | 7,94,376  | -         | 20,96,373 | 14,66,521 |

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.  218  asked  by  Shri  A. Ganeshamurthi to be answered on 03 August 2023 regarding 'Increase in Price of LPG'.

State/UT-wise details of LPG connections released under PMUY phase-2 (Ujjwala 2.0)

| State/UT                           |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands        |       811 |        46 |
| Andhra Pradesh                     |     25222 |     95672 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  |      3457 |      1514 |
| Assam                              |    511073 |    424243 |
| Bihar                              |   1613210 |    639296 |
| Chandigarh                         |         5 |       569 |
| Chhattisgarh                       |    373735 |    144003 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |        39 |        14 |
| Delhi                              |     22638 |     43594 |
| Goa                                |         0 |       141 |
| Gujarat                            |    540537 |    406881 |
| Haryana                            |     13675 |     29097 |
| Himachal Pradesh                   |      2058 |      2525 |
| Jammu and Kashmir (Incl Ladakh)    |      9443 |      7111 |
| Jharkhand                          |    219486 |    174072 |
| Karnataka                          |    328275 |    293751 |
| Kerala                             |     44456 |     40802 |
| Lakshadweep                        |        10 |        14 |
| Madhya Pradesh                     |    795859 |    292462 |
| Maharashtra                        |    281997 |    194467 |
| Manipur                            |     22025 |     23691 |
| Meghalaya                          |     22628 |     41847 |
| Mizoram                            |      1523 |      3962 |
| Nagaland                           |     21977 |     14956 |
| Odisha                             |    455549 |    137729 |
| Puducherry                         |       655 |       616 |
| Punjab                             |     17132 |     48514 |
| Rajasthan                          |    264503 |    310247 |
| Sikkim                             |      3707 |      1341 |
| Tamil Nadu                         |    214225 |    257068 |
| Telangana                          |     40198 |     41845 |
| Tripura                            |      5827 |     11673 |
| Uttar Pradesh                      |   2000914 |    798372 |
| Uttarakhand                        |     46778 |     48157 |
| West Bengal                        |   2096373 |   1469708 |

Source: IOCL