The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today informed that State/UT-wise details of total new LPG connections, including LPG connections released under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) during 2020-21 and 2021-22 (April-October, 2021) are at Annexure-I
State/UT-wise details of Ujjwala beneficiaries taken refill since 1st April 2020 are at Annexure-II
In the current Financial Year (April-October, 2021), 84 % of PMUY beneficiaries, who had got LPG connections under PMUY-I, have come back for refill. The average consumption of PMUY beneficiaries during Financial Year 2019-20 was 3 refill of 14.2 kg and has increased to 4.39 refill during Financial Year 2020-21.
The Government has taken several steps to encourage better consumption of LPG by PMUY beneficiaries, which include deferment of loan recovery from subsidy amount, swap option from 14.2 kg to 5 Kg to reduce upfront cash outgo, option of 5 Kg Double Bottle Connection, conducting Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat to convince the beneficiaries to use LPG on sustained basis, mass awareness camps, upto 3 free refills to PMUY beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Package from April to December 2020 etc.
Annexure-I
| S. No. | STATE/UT | LPG Connections released during Financial Year 2020-21 and 2021-22 (April-October, 2021) | ||
| 1 | CHANDIGARH | 10,947 | ||
| 2 | DELHI | 1,42,504 | ||
| 3 | HARYANA | 3,85,664 | ||
| 4 | HIMACHAL PRADESH | 1,05,922 | ||
| 5 | JAMMU & KASHMIR (INCLUDING LADAKH) | 86,871 | ||
| 6 | PUNJAB | 3,24,855 | ||
| 7 | RAJASTHAN | 4,64,457 | ||
| 8 | UTTAR PRADESH | 29,44,972 | ||
| 9 | UTTRAKHAND | 1,75,441 | ||
| 10 | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR | 8,953 | ||
| 11 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 24,322 | ||
| 12 | ASSAM | 6,15,077 | ||
| 13 | BIHAR | 22,32,063 | ||
| 14 | JHARKHAND | 3,25,122 | ||
| 15 | MANIPUR | 56,415 | ||
| 16 | MEGHALAYA | 30,858 | ||
| 17 | MIZORAM | 21,464 | ||
| 18 | NAGALAND | 32,807 | ||
| 19 | ODISHA | 6,35,666 | ||
| 20 | SIKKIM | 18,461 | ||
| 21 | TRIPURA | 29,882 | ||
| 22 | WEST BENGAL | 20,79,456 | ||
| 23 | CHATTISGARH | 3,83,612 | ||
| 24 | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | 8,884 | ||
| 25 | GOA | 24,323 | ||
| 26 | GUJARAT | 8,56,772 | ||
| 27 | MADHYA PRADESH | 9,98,363 | ||
| 28 | MAHARASHTRA | 16,46,055 | ||
| 29 | ANDHRA PRADESH | 5,42,417 | ||
| 30 | KARNATAKA | 9,15,332 | ||
| 31 | KERALA | 3,84,244 | ||
| 32 | LAKSHADWEEP | 1,831 | ||
| 33 | PUDUCHERRY | 14,233 | ||
| 34 | TAMILNADU | 9,12,036 | ||
| 35 | TELANGANA | 5,48,090 | ||
| ALL INDIA | 179,88,371 |
ANNEXURE –II
| State/UT | Number of PMUY Customers taken refill since 1st Apr’20 (As on 01.12.2021) |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS | 12,523 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH | 4,03,003 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 45,847 |
| ASSAM | 36,82,911 |
| BIHAR | 94,52,444 |
| CHANDIGARH | 92 |
| CHHATTISGARH | 30,62,650 |
| DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI & DAMAN AND DIU | 15,146 |
| DELHI | 81,156 |
| GOA | 1,070 |
| GUJARAT | 33,12,464 |
| HARYANA | 7,25,475 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH | 1,37,168 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR | 12,16,755 |
| JHARKHAND | 33,68,928 |
| KARNATAKA | 33,16,091 |
| KERALA | 2,84,522 |
| LADAKH | 11,035 |
| LAKSHADWEEP | 296 |
| MADHYA PRADESH | 76,85,740 |
| MAHARASHTRA | 45,68,228 |
| MANIPUR | 1,65,117 |
| MEGHALAYA | 1,55,726 |
| MIZORAM | 28,796 |
| NAGALAND | 64,016 |
| ODISHA | 50,32,339 |
| PUDUCHERRY | 14,807 |
| PUNJAB | 12,19,449 |
| RAJASTHAN | 64,96,633 |
| SIKKIM | 11,501 |
| TAMILNADU | 33,76,644 |
| TELANGANA | 10,95,510 |
| TRIPURA | 2,53,741 |
| UTTAR PRADESH | 156,98,405 |
| UTTARAKHAND | 4,27,033 |
| WEST BENGAL | 99,87,318 |
| TOTAL | 854,10,579 |
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