Parliament Question: Connections Released under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 700 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24th July, 2025 Connections Released under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana †700. Smt. Sandhya Ray:

Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi:

Shri Mukesh Rajput:

Shri Alok Sharma:

Shri Parbhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava:

Shri Dineshbhai Makwana:

Smt. Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam:

Shri Ravindra Shukla Alias Ravi Kishan:

Shri Bhojraj Nag:

Smt. Himadri Singh:

Shri Jashubhai Bhilubhai Rathva:

Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato:

Smt. Bijuli Kalita Medhi:

Shri Khagen Murmu:

Shri Chavda Vinod Lakhamshi:

Shri Janardan Mishra:

Shri Naba Charan Majhi:

Shri Rajkumar Chahar:

Smt. Kamlesh Jangde: पे(cid:282)ो(cid:871)लयम एवं (cid:292)ाकृ(cid:467)तक गैस मं(cid:287)ी

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

(a) the target for releasing connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana;

(b) the total number of beneficiaries as well as connections issued so far thereunder across the country including Madhya Pradesh and its Bhind and Datia districts and Shahdol Lok Sabha Constituency as well as Chhattisgarh along with the number of such connections issued to the persons belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe category till June 2025; and

(c) the total number of distribution networks available under the said yojana across the country, including Kanker and Balod districts of Chhattisgarh along with the number of said distribution networks available in rural areas?ANSWER पे(cid:282)ो(cid:871)लयम एवं (cid:292)ाकृ(cid:467)तक गैस मं(cid:287)ालय म(cid:581) रा(cid:207)यमं(cid:287)ी ((cid:302)ी सुरेश गोपी) MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI SURESH GOPI)

(a) to (c): Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was launched in May, 2016 with an objective to provide deposit free LPG connection to adult women from poor households across the country. The target to release 8 crore connections under PMUY was achieved in September

2019. To cover the remaining poor households, Ujjwala 2.0 was launched in August 2021 with a target to release 1 crore additional PMUY connections, which was achieved in January 2022.

Subsequently, the Government decided to release 60 lakh more LPG connections under Ujjwala

2.0 and the target of 1.60 crore Ujjwala 2.0 connections was also achieved during December

2022. Further, Government approved release of additional 75 lakh connections under PMUY scheme which was also achieved by July 2024. As on 01.07.2025, there are 10.33 crore PMUY connections across the country.

Details of LPG connections, under PMUY, in the State of Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh and Bhind, Datia Districts and Shahdol Lok Sabha Constituency of Madhya Pradesh ( which covers entire Anuppur and Umaria districts and parts of Shahdol and Katni districts), alongwith under SCs/STs category are at Annexure-A.

As of July 01, 2025, there are a total of 25,573 LPG distributorships across the country, out of which 17,646 are serving rural areas. These are served through 213 LPG bottling plant of Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) located across the country. In order to improve access of LPG in rural and remote areas, OMCs have commissioned 7997 distributorships, during 01.04.2016 to

30.06.2025 across the country, out of which 7403 (i.e. 93 %) [Rurban- 1033, Gramin- 4991, Durgam Kshetriya Vitraks and Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Vitrak (DKV+RGGLV) - 1379] are catering to rural areas.

Details of number of LPG distributorships available in Kanker and Balod district of Chhattisgarh are at Annexure- B. *********Annexure-A Annexure referred to in part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 700 to be answered on 24.07.2025 regarding "Connections Released under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.

Number of PMUY Connections in the State of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, as on

01.07.2025:

Number of PMUY Number of connections State/UT Customers under SC/ST category Chhattisgarh 38,01,052 17,25,401 Madhya Pradesh 88,45,658 34,71,808

Source: IOCL on industry basis Connections released under PMUY Scheme in Bhind and Datia Districts, Madhya Pradesh as on 01.07.2025:

District Number of PMUY Number of Connections Connections released under SC/ST category (in lakh) (in lakh) Bhind District 1.69 0.48 Datia District 1.12 0.37

Source: IOCL on industry basis Details of connections released under PMUY Scheme in Shahdol Lok Sabha Constituency as on 01.07.2025:

District Number of PMUY Number of Connections released Connections under SC/ST category (in lakh) (in lakh) Anuppur 1.00 0.59 Umaria 0.73 0.29 Shahdol 1.48 0.69 Katni 2.00 0.75

Source: IOCL on industry basisAnnexure-B Annexure referred to in part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 700 to be answered on 24.07.2025 regarding "Connections Released under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.

Details of number of LPG distributorships in Kanker and Balod district of Chhattisgarh Durgam Shehri/ Rural Urban/ Gramin/ District Name Kshetriya Total Urban Rurban Rural Vitrak Kanker 0 3 7 8 18 Balod 0 2 7 2 11

Source: IOCL on industry basis