Lok Sabha Question No. 93 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-11-30
Subject: LPG for BPL Families
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: GANESH SINGH, KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, RODMAL NAGAR, DALPAT SINGH PARASTE, T. RADHAKRISHNAN

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 93 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30TH NOVEMBER 2015

## LPG FOR BPL FAMILIES

## †93.   SHRI GANESH SINGH:

SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

SHRI DALPAT SINGH PARASTE:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a)  the  details  of  guidelines/eligibility  criteria  for  providing  LPG  connections/  financial assistance  to  the  people  in  the  country  including  connections  to  Below  Poverty  Line families/Antyodaya scheme along with number of LPG connections provided subsidised/nonsubsidised LPG cylinder during the last two years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of persons who are availing subsidised/non-subsidised LPG cylinders in the rural/urban areas of the country including BPL families alongwith the subsidy provided by the Government during the said period, State/UT/category-wise;
- (c)  the  details  of  villages/areas  where  subsidised/non-subsidised  LPG  cylinders  are  not provided to the people including BPL households alongwith the number of LPG consumers in the country, states and UT-wise;
- (d) whether rural consumers has to face many incovenience while refilling of LPG cylinders and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  corrective  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the Government in this regard, State/ UT-wise;

(e)  whether  the  Government  has  stipulated  any  time-frame  for  providing  LPG  to  every rural/backward households/ each gram panchayat level and if so, the details thereof and the steps  taken  to  deliver  LPG  cylinders  at  the  doorstep  of  rural/  backward  households, State/UT-wise; and

(f) whether the Government has suspended Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Vitaran Yojana and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## 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)    &  (b)    As  per  the  Liquefied  Petroleum  Gas  (Regulation  of  Supply  and  Distribution), (Amendment) Order 2014, a person or household is entitled for one LPG connection under Public Distribution System(PDS). For new connection, the customer should furnish duly filled Know  Your  Customer  (KYC)  Form  alongwith  valid  proof  of  Identity  and  address  to  the distributor. Further, to facilitate LPG coverage for BPL families, a scheme for providing one time grant to BPL families for release of new LPG connection is in operation. As per the scheme, the security deposit (upto Rs. 1600/-) for one cylinder and Pressure Regulator is paid from the fund created for this purpose. State/UTs-wise total registered domestic consumers including BPL customers for the last two years and current year (as on 01.11.2015) is at Annexure (c) to (e) OMCs aim to increase the National LPG coverage to 75 %, with minimum 60 % coverage at State level and at least one distributor in each block  by 2019. To increase the penetration  in  rural  and  backward  areas, Oil  Marketing  Companies(OMCs)  are  appointing new LPG distributors and more than 97 % of  blocks are being catered by at least one LPG distributorship. It  is  the endeavor of OMCs to meet the demand of the customers within 7 working days from the date of booking.  However, delay in refill supplies may occur in the event of backlog due to non-availability of filled LPG cylinders with the distributors for unavoidable reasons,  road  breaches,  floods,  strikes,  incidents  of  bandhs,  shortage  of  bulk  LPG,  non-

availability of trucks, etc. and in such situations bottling plants work on extended hours as well as on holidays to clear the backlog.

OMCs have also reported that they are regularly monitoring all the distributorships and any additional  supplies  required  by  the  distributors,  to  meet  the  demand,  is  released accordingly  so  as  to  ensure  that  all  consumers  including  rural  consumers  get  timely  refill supplies.

(f) No, Madam.

-----------Annexure referred to in part (a) & (b) of Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 93 for 30.11.2015 by Shri Ganesh Singh and others regarding LPG for BPL families

| Total registered domestic customers of OMCs (in Lakhs)   | Total registered domestic customers of OMCs (in Lakhs)   | Total registered domestic customers of OMCs (in Lakhs)   | Total registered domestic customers of OMCs (in Lakhs)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| State / UT                                               | As on 01.04.14                                           | As on 01.04.15                                           | As on 01.11.15                                           |
| CHANDIGARH                                               | 3.92                                                     | 4.08                                                     | 4.14                                                     |
| DELHI                                                    | 59.13                                                    | 61.46                                                    | 62.80                                                    |
| HARYANA                                                  | 49.40                                                    | 53.11                                                    | 56.08                                                    |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                                         | 17.58                                                    | 19.16                                                    | 19.79                                                    |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR                                          | 20.00                                                    | 21.75                                                    | 22.73                                                    |
| PUNJAB                                                   | 68.26                                                    | 75.49                                                    | 78.30                                                    |
| RAJASTHAN                                                | 79.05                                                    | 88.13                                                    | 94.16                                                    |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                            | 192.18                                                   | 214.48                                                   | 229.77                                                   |
| UTTRANCHAL                                               | 22.90                                                    | 24.33                                                    | 29.71                                                    |
| SUB TOTAL NORTH                                          | 512.4                                                    | 562.0                                                    | 597.5                                                    |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR                                        | 0.82                                                     | 0.86                                                     | 0.91                                                     |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                        | 2.24                                                     | 2.44                                                     | 2.57                                                     |
| ASSAM                                                    | 31.51                                                    | 34.98                                                    | 37.36                                                    |
| BIHAR                                                    | 54.96                                                    | 63.80                                                    | 70.24                                                    |
| JHARKHAND                                                | 18.64                                                    | 20.47                                                    | 21.93                                                    |
| MANIPUR                                                  | 3.61                                                     | 3.90                                                     | 4.07                                                     |
| MEGHALAYA                                                | 1.80                                                     | 1.89                                                     | 1.96                                                     |
| MIZORAM                                                  | 2.79                                                     | 2.93                                                     | 3.03                                                     |
| NAGALAND                                                 | 2.21                                                     | 2.33                                                     | 2.43                                                     |
| ODISHA                                                   | 26.15                                                    | 31.17                                                    | 35.26                                                    |
| SIKKIM                                                   | 1.36                                                     | 1.58                                                     | 1.64                                                     |
| TRIPURA                                                  | 4.05                                                     | 4.50                                                     | 4.88                                                     |
| WEST BENGAL                                              | 93.72                                                    | 104.54                                                   | 114.20                                                   |
| SUB TOTAL EAST                                           | 243.8                                                    | 275.4                                                    | 300.5                                                    |
| CHATTISGARH                                              | 17.29                                                    | 20.08                                                    | 21.97                                                    |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI                                     | 0.65                                                     | 0.72                                                     | 0.74                                                     |
| DAMAN & DIU                                              | 0.64                                                     | 0.69                                                     | 0.71                                                     |
| GOA                                                      | 5.43                                                     | 5.59                                                     | 5.67                                                     |

| GUJARAT         | 77.00   |    81.01 |    83.93 |
|-----------------|---------|----------|----------|
| MADHYA PRADESH  | 70.04   |   77.34  |   82.19  |
| MAHARASHTRA     | 203.08  |  217.93  |  227.24  |
| SUB TOTAL WEST  | 374.1   |  403.4   |  422.5   |
| ANDHRA PRADESH  | 187.83  |  118.15  |  125.07  |
| KARNATAKA       | 98.45   |  108.29  |  115.43  |
| KERALA          | 78.58   |   84.87  |   86.97  |
| LAKSHADWEEP     | 0.026   |    0.045 |    0.047 |
| PONDICHERRY     | 3.67    |    3.74  |    3.83  |
| TAMILNADU       | 163.64  |  170.44  |  177.47  |
| TELANGANA       | .--     |   92.72  |   97.44  |
| SUB TOTAL SOUTH | 532.2   |  578.3   |  606.3   |
| ALL INDIA       | 1662.6  | 1819     | 1926.7   |