Lok Sabha Question No. 221 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-18
Subject: Surrender of LPG Subsidy
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: PARASURAMAN K., KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU, ANTO  ANTONY, R. VANAROJA

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 221 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH  JULY 2016

## SURRENDER OF LPG SUBSIDY

221. SHRI K. PARASURAMAN: SHRI ANTO ANTONY: SHRIMATI VANAROJA R.:

पेट्रोल ियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a)  whether the Government has formulated any scheme to persuade the LPG consumers/well-off section of society in the country to voluntarily give up their LPG subsidy;
- (b)  if  so,  the  number  of  such  consumers  who  have  surrendered/renounced  their  subsidy  so  far, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the quantum of subsidy saved as a result of the said move and new LPG connections provided to Below Poverty Line (BPL)/needy and poor families under the said scheme, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to do away with LPG subsidies for rich/ higher income bracket people  and  if  so,  the  criteria  fixed  by  the  Government  to  determine  the  subsidy  formula  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोल ियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्य मंत्री ( स्विंत्र प्रभार ) ( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान ) MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  PETROLEUM  &

NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (c) Government has launched an initiative to encourage domestic LPG consumers, who can afford  to  pay  the  non-subsidised  price  for  LPG,  to  voluntarily  surrender  their  subsidy.  As  on 12.07.2016, 1,03,85,136  consumers have voluntarily given up/surrendered  LPG subsidy. Details of State/UT-wise number of consumers who have surrendered/renounced their subsidy is at annexure . The  approximate  annual  subsidy  saving  is  likely  to  be  in  the  range  of  Rs.  1732  crore  (approx.) assuming an average subsidy of Rs. 139 per cylinder for 12 cylinders for the year 2015-16. More than 62 Lakh new LPG connections have been released to BPL families as a part of 'Give Back' campaign utilising CSR funds of OMCs.
- (d) Government has decided to rationalize the subsidy outgo by excluding such LPG consumers from the purview of subsidy, who or whose spouse has taxable income of ₹ 10 lakh and above during the previous financial year computed as per the Income Tax Act, 1961 w.e.f. 1.1.2016.

| State wise Opt out status as on Date- 12-07-2016   | State wise Opt out status as on Date- 12-07-2016   | State wise Opt out status as on Date- 12-07-2016   | State wise Opt out status as on Date- 12-07-2016   | State wise Opt out status as on Date- 12-07-2016   |
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| State                                              | IOC                                                | HPC                                                | BPC                                                | Industry Total                                     |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands                        | 2780                                               | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 2780                                               |
| Andhra pradesh                                     | 84547                                              | 87626                                              | 73705                                              | 245878                                             |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                  | 22680                                              | 0                                                  | 89                                                 | 22769                                              |
| Assam                                              | 168093                                             | 5772                                               | 10858                                              | 184723                                             |
| Bihar                                              | 271617                                             | 83480                                              | 66390                                              | 421487                                             |
| Chandigarh                                         | 9712                                               | 4983                                               | 3699                                               | 18394                                              |
| Chhattisgarh                                       | 61237                                              | 56365                                              | 20948                                              | 138550                                             |
| Daman and Diu                                      | 0                                                  | 1744                                               | 859                                                | 2603                                               |
| Delhi                                              | 528070                                             | 133130                                             | 117595                                             | 778795                                             |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli                             | 0                                                  | 6962                                               | 0                                                  | 6962                                               |
| Goa                                                | 711                                                | 32462                                              | 8140                                               | 41313                                              |
| Gujarat                                            | 166692                                             | 144527                                             | 142791                                             | 454010                                             |
| Himachal Pradesh                                   | 57384                                              | 9611                                               | 2656                                               | 69651                                              |
| Haryana                                            | 131339                                             | 102825                                             | 97693                                              | 331857                                             |
| Jharkhand                                          | 61281                                              | 28302                                              | 8929                                               | 98512                                              |
| Jammu and Kashmir                                  | 64805                                              | 80434                                              | 5948                                               | 151187                                             |
| Kerala                                             | 112444                                             | 79746                                              | 127005                                             | 319195                                             |
| Karnataka                                          | 303341                                             | 188180                                             | 251594                                             | 743115                                             |
| Lakshadweep                                        | 142                                                | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 142                                                |
| Manipur                                            | 46427                                              | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 46427                                              |
| Meghalaya                                          | 7432                                               | 0                                                  | 14                                                 | 7446                                               |
| Maharashtra                                        | 174375                                             | 728341                                             | 790858                                             | 1693574                                            |
| Mizoram                                            | 43854                                              | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 43854                                              |
| Madhya Pradesh                                     | 190117                                             | 140383                                             | 103331                                             | 433831                                             |
| Nagaland                                           | 31311                                              | 7                                                  | 6                                                  | 31324                                              |
| Odisha                                             | 59954                                              | 82683                                              | 14856                                              | 157493                                             |
| Puducherry                                         | 4055                                               | 3759                                               | 7467                                               | 15281                                              |
| Punjab                                             | 172621                                             | 129475                                             | 126312                                             | 428408                                             |
| Rajasthan                                          | 217683                                             | 209436                                             | 228105                                             | 655224                                             |
| Sikkim                                             | 7698                                               | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 7698                                               |
| Telangana                                          | 99883                                              | 158128                                             | 129270                                             | 387281                                             |
| Tamil Nadu                                         | 271302                                             | 120552                                             | 276009                                             | 667863                                             |
| Tripura                                            | 17256                                              | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 17256                                              |
| Uttar Pradesh                                      | 658948                                             | 271767                                             | 329002                                             | 1259717                                            |
| Uttarakhand                                        | 97128                                              | 13763                                              | 32530                                              | 143421                                             |
| West Bengal                                        | 193657                                             | 105278                                             | 58180                                              | 357115                                             |
| Total                                              | 4340576                                            | 3009721                                            | 3E+06                                              | 10385136                                           |