Lok Sabha Question No. 2003 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-14
Subject: Subsidy on LPG Cylinders to Consumers
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Sisir Kumar Adhikari

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2003 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 DECEMBER, 2023

## Subsidy on LPG Cylinders to Consumers

## 2003. SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

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

- (a)  whether it is a fact that subsidy on LPG Cylinder to consumers for the year 2023-24 has been increased as compared to previous years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the current status of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in the country;
- (d)  the  details  of  the  current  active  consumers,  subsidy  received and average  refill  of  cylinder  per year during the last five years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (e) whether the PMUY beneficiaries are paying more for 14.2 KG cylinders and 10 KG cylinders as against the market price of the same; and
- (f) 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): Yes Sir.

As of 01.11.2023, there are 31.64 crore active domestic LPG consumers. The state-wise details of active consumers are given at Annexure-I and the details of annual domestic LPG sales by Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies are given at Annexure-II.

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was started in May, 2016 with the objective of providing access to clean cooking fuel to poor households in the country according to a defined criteria. Under PMUY, deposit free LPG connections are provided to adult  women from poor households. More than 100.85 crore refills have been taken by PMUY beneficiaries in the last 3 years alone. Per capita consumption of PMUY beneficiaries has increased from 3.01 Refills/annum (in terms of 14.2 Kg refill) during FY 2019-20, to 3.71 Refills/annum during FY 2022-23 & further to 3.8 refills in 202324  (till  October  2023).  State-wise  and  year-wise  details  of  PMUY  beneficiaries  are  given  at Annexure-III.

India  imports  more  than 60%  of  its  domestic  LPG  consumption.    Price  of  LPG  in  the  country  is linked to its price in the international market. Government continues to modulate the effective  price to  consumer for domestic LPG. During the period 2020-21 to 2022-23, the average Saudi CP (international  benchmark  for  LPG  pricing)  went  up  from  $415  per  MT  to  $712  per  MT. However,  the  increase  in  the  international  prices  was  not  fully  passed  on  to  the  customers. Government  has  reduced  the  Effective  Price  of  domestic  LPG  by  Rs.  200  per  14.2  Kg  LPG cylinder with effect from 30 th August, 2023. The Retail Selling Price of domestic LPG was Rs. 903 per 14.2 Kg LPG cylinder on 1 st September 2023 and there has been no change in price since then.

W.e.f. 21 st May, 2022, Government has been providing a budgetary support for targeted subsidy of Rs. 200 per 14.2 Kg LPG cylinder for Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries for upto 12 refills a year for years 2022-23 and 2023-24. Moreover, w.e.f.  5 th October, 2023, the targeted subsidy has been further increased to Rs. 300 per 14.2 Kg LPG cylinder for Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries.

Funds  under  DBTL  and  PMUY  are  not  allocated/utilized  state-wise.  Details  of  subsidy  on domestic LPG given by Government since 2018-19 are given below:

| Financial Year   | Subsidy^ (Rs. in Crore)   |
|------------------|---------------------------|
| 2018-19          | 37209                     |
| 2019-20          | 24172                     |
| 2020-21          | 11896 #                   |
| 2021-22          | 1811                      |
| 2022-23 (P)      | 6965 @                    |

Source: Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) and Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Statistics (IPNG)

- (e): No  Sir.  PMUY  beneficiaries  have  an  option  to  choose  from  14.2  kg  Single  Bottle Connection (SBC)/ 5kg SBC/ 5kg Double Bottle Connection (DBC). While the Retail Selling Price for non-PMUY consumers is Rs. 903 per 14.2 Kg LPG cylinder, effective price for PMUY consumers is Rs. 603 (at Delhi).

## (f): Does not arise.

Annexure referred to in reply to  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2003 asked by Shri Sisir Kumar  Adhikari  to  be  answered  on  14.12.2023  regarding  'Subsidy  on  LPG  Cylinders  to Consumers'

Number of active domestic LPG connections of PSU OMCs  (in Lakh) as on 1st April

| State/UTs                           | 2019    | 2020   | 2021   | 2022   |   2023 |   1.11.2023 |
|-------------------------------------|---------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------------|
| Chandigarh                          | 2.75    | 2.8    | 2.8    | 2.9    |    2.9 |         3   |
| Delhi                               | 49.42   | 49.6   | 50.5   | 51.5   |   53.3 |        54.4 |
| Haryana                             | 66.14   | 69.0   | 72.1   | 74.8   |   76.1 |        77.3 |
| Himachal Pradesh                    | 17.27   | 19.7   | 20.5   | 21.1   |   21.5 |        21.7 |
| Jammu &Kashmir                      | 29.84   | 32.3   | 33.3   | 35.7   |   34.6 |        34.6 |
| Ladakh                              |         |        |        |        |    0.9 |         1   |
| Punjab                              | 83.07   | 85.5   | 88.5   | 91.6   |   93.4 |        94.1 |
| Rajasthan                           | 154.47  | 162.5  | 167    | 171.7  |  175.7 |       176.6 |
| Uttar Pradesh                       | 375.98  | 403.8  | 423.2  | 452.3  |  463.4 |       466.2 |
| Uttarakhand                         | 25.22   | 26.5   | 27.9   | 29.2   |   30.3 |        30.8 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                   | 2.47    | 2.7    | 2.8    | 3.0    |    3.1 |         3.1 |
| Assam                               | 63.80   | 71.1   | 73.7   | 79.3   |   83.9 |        84.2 |
| Manipur                             | 5.04    | 5.5    | 5.9    | 6.2    |    6.6 |         6.6 |
| Meghalaya                           | 2.98    | 3.2    | 3.3    | 3.6    |    4.1 |         4.1 |
| Mizoram                             | 2.83    | 3.0    | 3.2    | 3.3    |    3.4 |         3.5 |
| Nagaland                            | 2.47    | 2.6    | 2.8    | 3.1    |    3.3 |         3.4 |
| Sikkim                              | 1.37    | 1.5    | 1.6    | 1.7    |    1.7 |         1.7 |
| Tripura                             | 6.98    | 7.4    | 7.6    | 7.7    |    7.9 |         7.9 |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands            | 0.95    | 1.1    | 1.2    | 1.2    |    1.2 |         1.2 |
| Bihar                               | 164.06  | 175.9  | 186.5  | 206.9  |  215.2 |       217.3 |
| Jharkhand                           | 51.72   | 56.2   | 57.7   | 60.7   |   62.8 |        63   |
| Odisha                              | 79.77   | 85.9   | 88.9   | 94.7   |   97   |        97.4 |
| West Bengal                         | 209.39  | 220.6  | 228.2  | 252.1  |  267.8 |       267.9 |
| Chhattisgarh                        | 47.87   | 52     | 53.2   | 57.3   |   59   |        59.2 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 1.49    | 1.6    | 1.6    | 1.6    |    1.7 |         1.7 |
| Goa                                 | 4.82    | 5.0    | 5.2    | 5.4    |    5.5 |         5.6 |
| Gujarat                             | 100.60  | 105.3  | 109    | 115.8  |  120.6 |       122.2 |
| Madhya Pradesh                      | 141.14  | 149.6  | 153.7  | 163.2  |  166.6 |       167   |
| Maharashtra                         | 269.28  | 276.3  | 287.6  | 298.5  |  303.9 |       306.4 |
| Andhra Pradesh                      | 134.01  | 137    | 142.9  | 147.1  |  149.2 |       150.6 |
| Karnataka                           | 154.13  | 160.2  | 167    | 173.4  |  178.6 |       180.3 |
| Kerala                              | 86.09   | 87.9   | 91     | 93.4   |   95   |        95.9 |
| Lakshadweep                         | 0.08    | 0.1    | 0.1    | 0.1    |    0.1 |         0.1 |
| Puducherry                          | 3.69    | 3.7    | 3.8    | 3.9    |    3.9 |         4   |
| Tamil Nadu                          | 206.91  | 211.1  | 216.9  | 221.8  |  226.1 |       228.3 |
| Telangana                           | 105.55  | 109    | 113.6  | 117.3  |  120.1 |       121.7 |
| All India                           | 2653.65 | 2787.1 | 2894.8 | 3053.2 | 3140.3 |      3164.2 |

Source: Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell

Annexure referred to in reply to  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2003 asked by Shri Sisir Kumar  Adhikari  to  be  answered  on  14.12.2023  regarding  'Subsidy  on  LPG  Cylinders  to Consumers'

Annual Domestic LPG Sales by OMCs (in equivalent no. of 14.2 kg cylinders in lakh)

| State/UT                           |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Chandigarh                         |     26.9  |      27.1 |     25.2  |     28.1  |     30.9  |
| Delhi                              |    514.7  |     508.6 |    471.1  |    510.5  |    514    |
| Haryana                            |    517.9  |     544.5 |    559    |    590    |    600.8  |
| Himachal Pradesh                   |     97.1  |     105.2 |    111.2  |    114.9  |    115    |
| Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh       |    135.7  |     140.6 |    146.4  |    149.6  |    150.7  |
| Punjab                             |    603.4  |     627.7 |    646.1  |    661.2  |    648.1  |
| Rajasthan                          |    836.2  |     899   |    936.5  |    983.2  |    999    |
| Uttar Pradesh                      |   2125.2  |    2358   |   2588.7  |   2607.6  |   2541.5  |
| Uttarakhand                        |    177.1  |     188.6 |    192.9  |    203.8  |    207.1  |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands        |      6.9  |       7.4 |      7.8  |      8.5  |      8.7  |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  |     14.6  |      15.7 |     16.3  |     17.3  |     18.3  |
| Assam                              |    282.4  |     301.8 |    343.8  |    329.4  |    344.5  |
| Bihar                              |    843.2  |     958.9 |   1135.5  |   1122.5  |   1051.2  |
| Jharkhand                          |    220.6  |     248.1 |    285.1  |    263.9  |    257.8  |
| Manipur                            |     24.5  |      28.2 |     33.8  |     36.2  |     38.8  |
| Meghalaya                          |     14.8  |      15.7 |     17.4  |     17.5  |     19.3  |
| Mizoram                            |     17.3  |      18.7 |     20.2  |     20.6  |     22.1  |
| Nagaland                           |     15.1  |      16.1 |     16.8  |     18.7  |     19.7  |
| Orissa                             |    338.1  |     363   |    443    |    416.8  |    411.1  |
| Sikkim                             |      9.9  |      10.7 |     10.8  |     12    |     12.9  |
| Tripura                            |     34.1  |      36.7 |     42    |     40.5  |     40.3  |
| West Bengal                        |   1110.5  |    1177.4 |   1331.2  |   1299.8  |   1284.9  |
| Chhattisgarh                       |    175    |     189.6 |    228.4  |    216.6  |    210.8  |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |      9.83 |       9.8 |      9.85 |     10.64 |     11.2  |
| Goa                                |     33.4  |      34.3 |     36    |     37.5  |     37.5  |
| Gujarat                            |    665.5  |     697.6 |    728.2  |    759.7  |    777.3  |
| Madhya Pradesh                     |    653.3  |     700.6 |    765.8  |    762    |    758.6  |
| Maharashtra                        |   1728.5  |    1805.9 |   1893.4  |   1973.2  |   1993.9  |
| Andhra Pradesh                     |    742    |     767.3 |    859.8  |    865.5  |    850.9  |
| Karnataka                          |    963.6  |    1007.7 |   1102.7  |   1137.2  |   1172.9  |
| Kerala                             |    561.4  |     583.2 |    644.9  |    655    |    640.8  |
| Lakshadweep                        |      0.29 |       0.4 |      0.54 |      0.56 |      0.59 |
| Pondicherry                        |     25.5  |      26   |     28.4  |     28.7  |     28.3  |
| Tamil Nadu                         |   1226.6  |    1255.3 |   1384.8  |   1405.3  |   1386.7  |
| Telangana                          |    550    |     575.6 |    632    |    654.4  |    667.9  |
| All India                          |  15301    |   16251   |  17696    |  17959    |  17874    |

Source: IOCL

Annexure referred to in reply to  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2003 asked by Shri Sisir Kumar  Adhikari  to  be  answered  on  14.12.2023  regarding  'Subsidy  on  LPG  Cylinders  to Consumers'

## Number of PMUY beneficiaries

| State/UT                        | As on 01.04.2019   | As on 01.04.2020   | As on 01.04.2021   | As on 01.04.2022   | As on 01.04.2023   |
|---------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands        | 7,889              | 12,436             | 12,602             | 13,403             | 13,447             |
| Andhra Pradesh                  | 3,42,598           | 3,91,860           | 3,91,625           | 4,16,861           | 5,12,437           |
| Arunachal Pradesh               | 39,315             | 44,699             | 44,670             | 47,818             | 49,247             |
| Assam                           | 28,35,940          | 34,84,901          | 34,74,326          | 39,79,854          | 44,14,806          |
| Bihar                           | 78,94,786          | 85,37,893          | 85,23,573          | 1,00,94,557        | 1,07,33,364        |
| Chandigarh                      | 88                 | 88                 | 87                 | 92                 | 659                |
| Chhattisgarh                    | 26,92,704          | 29,89,440          | 29,88,523          | 33,51,181          | 34,92,221          |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli& Daman &Diu | 14,530             | 15,174             | 15,166             | 15,050             | 15,033             |
| Delhi                           | 73,797             | 76,855             | 76,190             | 98,756             | 1,42,164           |
| Goa                             | 1,072              | 1,082              | 1,081              | 1,081              | 1,265              |
| Gujarat                         | 25,21,066          | 29,01,059          | 28,99,233          | 34,38,252          | 38,43,237          |
| Haryana                         | 6,80,456           | 7,30,928           | 7,26,751           | 7,38,980           | 7,67,322           |
| Himachal Pradesh                | 1,12,918           | 1,35,966           | 1,35,960           | 1,38,382           | 1,40,822           |
| Jammu and Kashmir               | 10,42,680          | 12,30,997          | 12,30,134          | 12,38,847          | 12,45,438          |
| Jharkhand                       | 29,04,575          | 32,61,556          | 32,58,502          | 34,74,963          | 36,46,220          |
| Karnataka                       | 28,22,822          | 31,46,300          | 31,43,099          | 34,66,468          | 37,57,704          |
| Kerala                          | 2,09,923           | 2,56,302           | 2,56,136           | 3,00,498           | 3,41,187           |
| Ladakh                          | 10,338             | 11,083             | 11,072             | 11,099             | 11,090             |
| Lakshadweep                     | 290                | 290                | 292                | 302                | 309                |
| Madhya Pradesh                  | 64,45,785          | 71,54,600          | 71,43,875          | 79,38,596          | 82,27,427          |
| Maharashtra                     | 40,63,804          | 44,28,682          | 44,19,772          | 46,98,339          | 48,90,055          |
| Manipur                         | 1,30,377           | 1,56,598           | 1,56,398           | 1,78,392           | 2,02,029           |
| Meghalaya                       | 1,40,311           | 1,50,744           | 1,50,526           | 1,73,142           | 2,14,928           |
| Mizoram                         | 25,781             | 28,118             | 28,122             | 29,645             | 33,595             |
| Nagaland                        | 49,402             | 55,140             | 54,096             | 77,111             | 91,807             |
| Odisha                          | 42,26,289          | 47,40,385          | 47,36,666          | 51,88,279          | 53,19,685          |
| Puducherry                      | 14,189             | 13,577             | 13,568             | 14,218             | 14,833             |
| Punjab                          | 12,08,962          | 12,24,218          | 12,19,883          | 12,35,939          | 12,83,976          |
| Rajasthan                       | 56,95,525          | 63,68,525          | 63,59,564          | 66,20,356          | 69,27,163          |
| Sikkim                          | 7,798              | 8,752              | 8,752              | 12,457             | 13,795             |
| Tamil Nadu                      | 31,41,028          | 32,42,217          | 32,37,695          | 34,50,256          | 37,04,058          |
| Telangana                       | 9,23,841           | 10,72,321          | 10,71,393          | 11,11,322          | 11,52,850          |
| Tripura                         | 2,38,393           | 2,71,888           | 2,71,530           | 2,71,904           | 2,83,503           |
| Uttar Pradesh                   | 1,29,63,097        | 1,47,56,494        | 1,47,33,034        | 1,67,18,454        | 1,75,03,067        |
| Uttarakhand                     | 3,52,921           | 4,04,566           | 4,03,234           | 4,49,877           | 4,96,450           |
| West Bengal                     | 80,62,319          | 88,56,695          | 88,39,050          | 1,09,08,400        | 1,23,72,225        |
| Total                           | 7,18,97,609        | 8,01,62,429        | 8,00,36,180        | 8,99,03,131        | 9,58,59,418        |

Source: Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies