Lok Sabha Question No. 2802 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-08
Subject: LPG Connections to SCs/STs/OBCs under PMUY
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne, Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, Shri Dharmendra Yadav

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2802 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 th   August, 2024

## LPG Connection to SCs/STs/OBCs under PMUY

†2802  Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav:

Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne:

Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant:

Shri Dharmendra Yadav:

## पेĚोͧलयम एवं Ĥाक ृ Ǔतक गैस मंğी

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

- (a) the number of LPG connections provided under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) till date, State/UT-wise particularly in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra;
- (b) the number of LPG connections provided out of them to the consumers belonging to SC/ST and OBC communities particularly in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra;
- (c)  whether the Government proposes to run any campaign to increase the said number and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of refilling done under the said scheme during the last one year in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra classified as one refill, two refills, three refills and four refills or more refills; and
- (e)  the  details  of  refilling  done  under  the  said  scheme  particularly  in  Uttar  Pradesh  and Maharashtra belonging to SC/ST communities?

## ANSWER

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

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

(a)  &  (b):    Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala  Yojana  (PMUY)  was  launched  on  01.05.2016  to  release deposit  free  LPG  connection  to  adult  women  from  poor  households  across  the  country.  The target to release 8 crore connections was achieved in September, 2019. To cover the remaining poor households, PMUY phase-2 (Ujjwala 2.0) was launched in August 2021 and till January 2023, 1.60 crore Ujjwala 2.0 connections had been released. Further, in view of fresh requests, in September 2023, Government approved release of additional 75 lakh PMUY connections. OMCs have  completed  the  release  of  these  75  lakh  PMUY  connections  as  of  8th  July  2024.  As  on 01.07.2024, there are 10.33 crore LPG connections under PMUY.  The details of State/UT-wise the  number  of  Scheduled  Caste/Scheduled  Tribe  families  (as  on  01.07.2024) covered  under Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala  Yojana  (PMUY)  including  Uttar  Pradesh  and  Maharashtra  are  at Annexure - A .

(c):  In order to augment LPG coverage in the country various steps have been taken inter alia, including organizing campaigns for promotion of PMUY, organizing melas/camps to enroll and distribute  connections,  promotion  through  Out  of  Home  (OOH)  hoardings,  radio  jingles, Information,  Education  and  Communication  (IEC)  Vans  etc.,  spreading  awareness  about advantages  of  using  LPG  over  other  conventional  fuels  and  safe  usage  of  LPG  through  LPG Panchayats,  enrolment/awareness  camps  under  Viksit  Bharat  Sankalp  Yatra,  facilitation  of consumers  and  their  families  for  Aadhar  enrolment  and  opening  of  bank  accounts  for  getting PMUY connections, simplification of process of getting LPG connection, online application for PMUY connection  at  www.pmuy.gov.in,  nearest  LPG  distributors,  Common  Service  Centres (CSC) etc., option of 5 Kg Double Bottle Connection (DBC), swap option from 14.2 Kg to 5 Kg, provision for Migrant Families to avail new connection on Self-Declaration instead of Proof of Address and Ration Card. As a result of these efforts,  the  per  capita consumption  for PMUY beneficiaries has improved to 3.95 refills in FY 2023-24.

- (d):   Details of number of  PMUY consumers who have taken one refill, two refills, three refills, four or more refills (including installation refill) during the last year i.e. 2023-24 in the States of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra are as under :-
- (e):   Details of total refills taken by SC/ST category beneficiaries under PMUY in the last year i.e. 2023-24 in the States of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra are as under:

| State         |   one refill (in lakh) |   Two refills (in lakh) |   three refills (in lakh) |   Four or more refills (in lakh) |
|---------------|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Uttar Pradesh |                  22.8  |                   23.78 |                     24.14 |                            99.99 |
| Maharashtra   |                   6.09 |                    6.42 |                      6.79 |                            28.66 |

Source: Indian Oil Corporation Limited on industry basis

| State         |   Total refills taken by PMUY beneficiaries (in lakh) |   Total refills taken by SC/ST category beneficiaries (in lakh) |
|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Uttar Pradesh |                                                822.41 |                                                          202.49 |
| Maharashtra   |                                                233.3  |                                                           63.89 |

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Annexure referred to in part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2802 to be answered on  08.08.2024  regarding  "  LPG  Connection  to  SCs/STs/OBCs  under  PMUY'  asked  by  Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav,Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne,Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant and Shri Dharmendra Yadav.

| State/UT                          | TotalPMUY consumers   | SC/ST consumers under PMUY   |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
| Andaman &Nicobar                  | 13,824                | 738                          |
| Andhra Pradesh                    | 9,69,282              | 1,73,563                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh                 | 53,794                | 32,400                       |
| Assam                             | 50,97,006             | 8,79,825                     |
| Bihar                             | 1,16,27,899           | 21,78,543                    |
| Chandigarh                        | 2,027                 | 44                           |
| Chhatisgarh                       | 37,88,873             | 17,23,905                    |
| Dadra Nagar-haveli and Daman &Diu | 17,861                | 13,626                       |
| Delhi                             | 2,57,774              | 57,812                       |
| Goa                               | 1,957                 | 568                          |
| Gujarat                           | 43,07,900             | 10,41,011                    |
| Haryana                           | 11,14,647             | 4,09,646                     |
| Himachal Pradesh                  | 1,50,817              | 46,860                       |
| Jammu &Kashmir                    | 12,69,989             | 2,87,658                     |
| Jharkhand                         | 38,95,544             | 12,35,076                    |
| Karnataka                         | 41,47,825             | 12,59,847                    |
| Kerala                            | 3,87,869              | 77,939                       |
| Ladakh                            | 11,085                | 8,991                        |
| Lakshadweep                       | 361                   | 276                          |
| Madhya Pradesh                    | 88,36,653             | 34,69,574                    |
| Maharashtra                       | 52,17,632             | 14,67,809                    |
| Manipur                           | 2,24,921              | 70,107                       |
| Meghalaya                         | 3,16,589              | 1,59,496                     |
| Mizoram                           | 35,989                | 28,317                       |
| Nagaland                          | 1,22,123              | 48,341                       |
| Odisha                            | 55,49,341             | 20,40,060                    |
| Pondicherry                       | 19,338                | 7,292                        |
| Punjab                            | 13,59,364             | 10,35,732                    |
| Rajasthan                         | 73,80,647             | 29,73,677                    |
| Sikkim                            | 19,904                | 3,040                        |
| Tamil Nadu                        | 41,00,279             | 12,69,245                    |
| Telangana                         | 11,85,753             | 5,06,270                     |
| Tripura                           | 3,15,418              | 1,55,002                     |
| Uttar Pradesh                     | 1,85,94,511           | 48,75,461                    |
| Uttarakhand                       | 5,30,136              | 1,53,685                     |
| West Bengal                       | 1,23,75,656           | 36,41,036                    |

Source: Indian Oil Corporation Limited on industry basis