Lok Sabha Question No. 1356 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-25
Subject: LPG Connection under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY, PANKAJ CHOWDHARY, JAYADEV GALLA, RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY, BHAGWANTH KHUBA, RAHUL KASWAN, G. HARI, VISHNU DAYAL RAM, JAYSHREEBEN  PATEL, GEETHA KOTHAPALLI, MANOJ RAJORIA, BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA, KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1356

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH  JULY 2016

## LPG CONNECTION UNDER PRADHAN MANTRI UJJWALA YOJANA

1356.  DR. BHAGIRATH PRASAD:

SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY:

SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA:

SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

SHRI G. HARI:

SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL:

SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA:

DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

SHRI BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA:

SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a)  the  norms/criteria  laid  down  to  provide  gas  connections  under  Pradhan  Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) along with targets fixed and the number of such connections provided under the said Yojana since its inception, State/UT-wise;
- (b)  whether  instances  of  wrong  filing  of  data  entry  against  the  beneficiary  name/ address  in  the  list  prepared  to  provide  LPG  connections  under  PMUY  have  been reported/noticed by the Government;
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  number  of  beneficiaries  deprived  of availing the benefits of the scheme due to said discrepancies, State/UT-wise and the action taken by the Government to rectify the data and launch a helpline number to facilitate the consumers;
- (d) whether the cases of harassment to provide free LPG connection to BPL families by the LPG distributors in various States have come to the notice of the Government; and

(e) if so, the details thereof along with the action taken by the Government against the erring dealers, 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) The Government launched 'Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana'  for providing LPG connections to 5 crore women belonging to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families with  Government  assistance  over  a  period  of  3  years  starting    from  FY  2016-17. Eligible  families  are  identified  through  the  Socio-Economic  Caste  Census(SECC) 2011  data.  The  LPG  Field  officials  match  the  application  against  SECC  2011 database  to  ascertain  their  BPL  status.  OMCs  undertake  electronically  the  deduplication  exercise  and  other  measures  for  due  diligence  before  release  of  new LPG connection. State/UT-wise details of LPG connection released under PMUY as on 21.07.2016 since inception are at Annexure . (b)  &  (c)  Some  instances  have  come  to  the  notice  of  OMCs  of  the  beneficiaries details not matching with the SECC data. There are also instances of households not covered under SECC data. These issues have been taken up with Ministry of Rural Development for necessary action. A toll free Helpline 18002666696 for answering all queries relating to PMUY

has been started from 03.06.2016.

(d) & (e) Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. have reported that there is no established case of  harassment with regard to release of LPG connections under PMUY. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. has reported one established case of harassment in the State of Madhya Pradesh and the distributor has been penalised in accordance with the prescribed guidelines.

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PQ-1356 dated 25.07.2016

Annexure

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| State Wise Cumulative Ujjwala Report As on Date- 21-07-2016   | State Wise Cumulative Ujjwala Report As on Date- 21-07-2016   | State Wise Cumulative Ujjwala Report As on Date- 21-07-2016   | State Wise Cumulative Ujjwala Report As on Date- 21-07-2016   | State Wise Cumulative Ujjwala Report As on Date- 21-07-2016   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No                                                        | State                                                         | KYC Filled                                                    | Cleared Application                                           | SV Issued                                                     |
| 1                                                             | Andhra pradesh                                                | 268                                                           | 106                                                           | 2                                                             |
| 2                                                             | Bihar                                                         | 4,17,994                                                      | 2,97,961                                                      | 85,433                                                        |
| 3                                                             | Chhattisgarh                                                  | 3,55,665                                                      | 2,46,812                                                      | -                                                             |
| 4                                                             | Goa                                                           | 388                                                           | 294                                                           | 96                                                            |
| 5                                                             | Gujarat                                                       | 2,04,668                                                      | 1,62,089                                                      | 1,09,854                                                      |
| 6                                                             | Haryana                                                       | 34,781                                                        | 20,995                                                        | 606                                                           |
| 7                                                             | Himachal Pradesh                                              | 810                                                           | 363                                                           | 2                                                             |
| 8                                                             | Jammu and Kashmir                                             | 47,857                                                        | 24,127                                                        | 1                                                             |
| 9                                                             | Jharkhand                                                     | 33,467                                                        | 20,622                                                        | 14                                                            |
| 10                                                            | Karnataka                                                     | 19,289                                                        | 7,958                                                         | 9                                                             |
| 11                                                            | Kerala                                                        | 55                                                            | 28                                                            | 11                                                            |
| 12                                                            | Madhya Pradesh                                                | 4,26,723                                                      | 3,23,987                                                      | 1,83,121                                                      |
| 13                                                            | Maharashtra                                                   | 3,23,610                                                      | 1,42,277                                                      | 42                                                            |
| 14                                                            | Manipur                                                       | 1                                                             | 1                                                             | 1                                                             |
| 15                                                            | Odisha                                                        | 1,68,334                                                      | 1,33,046                                                      | 33,205                                                        |
| 16                                                            | Punjab                                                        | 62,263                                                        | 25,975                                                        | 72                                                            |
| 17                                                            | Rajasthan                                                     | 8,89,371                                                      | 6,80,628                                                      | 3,99,341                                                      |
| 18                                                            | Tamil Nadu                                                    | 313                                                           | 117                                                           | 1                                                             |
| 19                                                            | Uttar Pradesh                                                 | 17,17,195                                                     | 13,35,016                                                     | 9,42,900                                                      |
| 20                                                            | Uttarakhand                                                   | 26,062                                                        | 19,114                                                        | 11,479                                                        |
| 21                                                            | West Bengal                                                   | 2,03,348                                                      | 1,12,986                                                      | 64                                                            |
| Total                                                         |                                                               | 49,32,462                                                     | 35,54,502                                                     | 17,66,254                                                     |