Lok Sabha Question No. 700 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-24
Subject: Connections Released under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Smt. Sandhya Ray, Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Shri Mukesh Rajput, Shri Alok Sharma, Shri Parbhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava, Shri Dineshbhai Makwana, Smt. Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam, Shri Ravindra Shukla Alias Ravi Kishan, Shri Bhojraj Nag, Smt. Himadri Singh, Shri Jashubhai Bhilubhai Rathva, Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato, Smt. Bijuli Kalita Medhi, Shri Khagen Murmu, Shri Chavda Vinod Lakhamshi, Shri Janardan Mishra, Shri Naba Charan Majhi, Shri Rajkumar Chahar, Smt. Kamlesh Jangde

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 700 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th  July, 2025

## Connections Released under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

†700. Smt. Sandhya Ray:

Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi:

Shri Mukesh Rajput:

Shri Alok Sharma:

Shri Parbhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava:

Shri Dineshbhai Makwana:

Smt. Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam:

Shri Ravindra Shukla Alias Ravi Kishan:

Shri Bhojraj Nag:

Smt. Himadri Singh:

Shri Jashubhai Bhilubhai Rathva:

Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato:

Smt. Bijuli Kalita Medhi:

Shri Khagen Murmu:

Shri Chavda Vinod Lakhamshi:

Shri Janardan Mishra:

Shri Naba Charan Majhi:

Shri Rajkumar Chahar:

Smt. Kamlesh Jangde:

## पेĚोͧलयम एवं Ĥाक ृ Ǔतक गैस मंğी

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

- (a) the target for releasing connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana;
- (b) the total number of beneficiaries as well as connections issued so far thereunder across the country  including  Madhya  Pradesh  and  its  Bhind  and  Datia  districts  and  Shahdol  Lok  Sabha Constituency as well as Chhattisgarh along with the number of such connections issued to the persons belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe category till June 2025; and
- (c) the total number of distribution networks available under the said yojana across the country, including Kanker and Balod districts of Chhattisgarh along with the number of said distribution networks available in rural areas?

## ANSWER

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

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

(a)  to  (c):  Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala  Yojana  (PMUY)  was  launched  in  May,  2016  with  an objective to provide deposit free LPG connection to adult women from poor households across the country. The target to release 8 crore connections under PMUY was achieved in September 2019. To cover the remaining poor households, Ujjwala 2.0 was launched in August 2021 with a target  to  release  1  crore  additional  PMUY  connections,  which  was  achieved  in  January  2022. Subsequently, the Government decided to release 60 lakh more LPG connections under Ujjwala 2.0  and  the  target  of  1.60  crore  Ujjwala  2.0  connections  was  also  achieved  during  December 2022.  Further,  Government  approved  release  of  additional  75  lakh  connections  under  PMUY scheme which was also achieved by July 2024. As on 01.07.2025, there are 10.33 crore PMUY connections across the country.

Details of LPG connections, under PMUY, in the State of Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh and Bhind, Datia Districts and Shahdol Lok Sabha Constituency of Madhya Pradesh ( which covers entire Anuppur and Umaria districts and parts of Shahdol and Katni districts), alongwith under SCs/STs category are at Annexure-A.

As of July 01, 2025, there are a total of 25,573 LPG distributorships across the country, out of which 17,646 are serving rural areas. These are served through 213 LPG bottling plant of Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) located across the country. In order to improve access of LPG in rural and remote areas, OMCs have commissioned 7997 distributorships, during 01.04.2016 to 30.06.2025  across  the  country,  out  of  which  7403  (i.e.  93  %)  [Rurban-  1033,  Gramin-  4991, Durgam Kshetriya Vitraks and Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Vitrak (DKV+RGGLV) - 1379] are catering to rural areas.

Details of number of LPG distributorships available in Kanker and Balod district of Chhattisgarh are at Annexure- B .

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Annexure referred to in part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 700 to be answered on 24.07.2025 regarding "Connections Released under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.

Number of PMUY Connections in the State of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, as on 01.07.2025:

| State/UT       | Number of PMUY Customers   | Number of connections under SC/ST category   |
|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Chhattisgarh   | 38,01,052                  | 17,25,401                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh | 88,45,658                  | 34,71,808                                    |

Source: IOCL on industry basis

Connections released under PMUY Scheme in Bhind and Datia Districts, Madhya Pradesh as on 01.07.2025:

| District       |   Number of PMUY Connections (in lakh) |   Number of Connections released under SC/ST category (in lakh) |
|----------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Bhind District |                                   1.69 |                                                            0.48 |
| Datia District |                                   1.12 |                                                            0.37 |

Source: IOCL on industry basis

Details of connections released under PMUY Scheme in Shahdol Lok Sabha Constituency as on 01.07.2025:

|   District |   Number of PMUY Connections (in lakh) | Number of Connections released under SC/ST category (in lakh)   |
|------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1    |                                   0.59 | Anuppur                                                         |
|       0.73 |                                   0.29 | Umaria                                                          |
|       1.48 |                                   0.69 | Shahdol                                                         |
|       2    |                                   0.75 | Katni                                                           |

Source: IOCL on industry basis

Annexure referred to in part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 700 to be answered on 24.07.2025 regarding "Connections Released under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.

Details of number of LPG distributorships in Kanker and Balod district of Chhattisgarh

| District Name   |   Shehri/ Urban |   Rural Urban/ Rurban |   Gramin/ Rural |   Durgam Kshetriya Vitrak |   Total |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|---------|
| Kanker          |               0 |                     3 |               7 |                         8 |      18 |
| Balod           |               0 |                     2 |               7 |                         2 |      11 |

Source: IOCL on industry basis