Lok Sabha Question No. 3592 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-08
Subject: Subsidy Benefit to LPG Consumers
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3592

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 th   AUGUST 2016

## SUBSIDY BENEFIT TO LPG CONSUMERS

†3592. SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY:

## पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  identified  such  customers  who  have  taken  the benefit of LPG subsidy in wrong and illegal manner in the country;

(b) if so, the total number of such cases came to light during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise; and

- (c) the details of quantum of subsidy given in such cases during the said period and the action taken by the Government against the persons found involved in such irregularities, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक 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)  Public    Sector  Oil  Marketing  Companies  (OMCs)  carry  out  inter/intra company  de-duplication  exercise    based  on  Aadhaar,  bank  accounts,  name  and address  to  identify  the  multiple  connections  suspects  who  avail  subsidy  on  their domestic  LPG  connections.    On  the  basis  of  results  of  de-duplication  exercise, OMCs  take  further  actions  like  blocking/suspension/KYC  collection/termination. Since beginning of the de-duplication exercise till 01.07.2016, OMCs have blocked 1,22,86,591  LPG connections. State/UTs-wise details of blocked LPG consumers are at Annexure.

Further,  OMCs  have  informed  that  since  these  LPG  consumers  have  been identified in the de-duplication exercise conducted in a phased manner over a period of  time,    it  is  difficult  to  quantify  the  actual  subsidy  availed  by  these    customers before blocking.

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PQ. 3592 for 08.08.2016

| State/UT               | No. of households detected & blocked with multiple LPG connections   | No. of households detected & blocked with multiple LPG connections   | No. of households detected & blocked with multiple LPG connections   | No. of households detected & blocked with multiple LPG connections   |
|------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State/UT               | IOC                                                                  | BPC                                                                  | HPC                                                                  | OMC                                                                  |
| Andaman And Nicobar    | 13634                                                                | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 13634                                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh         | 202282                                                               | 214160                                                               | 242094                                                               | 658536                                                               |
| Arunachal Pradesh      | 46623                                                                | 335                                                                  | 0                                                                    | 46958                                                                |
| Assam                  | 629816                                                               | 72859                                                                | 10563                                                                | 713238                                                               |
| Bihar                  | 202077                                                               | 42133                                                                | 27858                                                                | 272068                                                               |
| Chandigarh             | 21427                                                                | 7110                                                                 | 11111                                                                | 39648                                                                |
| Chhattisgarh           | 82304                                                                | 29112                                                                | 26339                                                                | 137755                                                               |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 746                                                                  | 746                                                                  |
| Daman and Diu          | 0                                                                    | 2724                                                                 | 1365                                                                 | 4089                                                                 |
| Delhi                  | 318257                                                               | 70574                                                                | 60248                                                                | 449079                                                               |
| Goa                    | 596                                                                  | 4259                                                                 | 43233                                                                | 48088                                                                |
| Gujarat                | 413191                                                               | 264847                                                               | 52734                                                                | 730772                                                               |
| Haryana                | 204806                                                               | 163660                                                               | 76322                                                                | 444788                                                               |
| Himachal Pradesh       | 226183                                                               | 26286                                                                | 20693                                                                | 273162                                                               |
| Jammu and Kashmir      | 101821                                                               | 66263                                                                | 35256                                                                | 203340                                                               |
| Jharkhand              | 136250                                                               | 12179                                                                | 29308                                                                | 177737                                                               |
| Karnataka              | 138032                                                               | 112405                                                               | 79852                                                                | 330289                                                               |
| Kerala                 | 114038                                                               | 122987                                                               | 18511                                                                | 255536                                                               |
| Lakshadweep            | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh         | 293008                                                               | 116715                                                               | 114850                                                               | 524573                                                               |
| Maharashtra            | 127429                                                               | 849620                                                               | 553586                                                               | 1530635                                                              |
| Manipur                | 75549                                                                | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 75549                                                                |
| Meghalaya              | 24579                                                                | 2126                                                                 | 0                                                                    | 26705                                                                |
| Mizoram                | 58999                                                                | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 58999                                                                |
| Nagaland               | 55566                                                                | 383                                                                  | 0                                                                    | 55949                                                                |
| Odisha                 | 111674                                                               | 58496                                                                | 86959                                                                | 257129                                                               |
| Puducherry             | 3112                                                                 | 1626                                                                 | 9686                                                                 | 14424                                                                |
| Punjab                 | 263033                                                               | 170798                                                               | 79118                                                                | 512949                                                               |
| Rajasthan              | 246861                                                               | 147888                                                               | 51692                                                                | 446441                                                               |
| Sikkim                 | 42391                                                                | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 42391                                                                |
| Tamil Nadu             | 145102                                                               | 73354                                                                | 35977                                                                | 254433                                                               |
| Telangana              | 141616                                                               | 25255                                                                | 178377                                                               | 345248                                                               |
| Tripura                | 82338                                                                | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 82338                                                                |
| Uttar Pradesh          | 1162172                                                              | 835204                                                               | 249222                                                               | 2246598                                                              |
| Uttarakhand            | 345792                                                               | 68391                                                                | 12659                                                                | 426842                                                               |
| West Bengal            | 395520                                                               | 132223                                                               | 58182                                                                | 585925                                                               |
| Grand Total            | 6426078                                                              | 3693972                                                              | 2166541                                                              | 12286591                                                             |