Parliament Question: Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2122 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12thFebruary, 2026 Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana †2122. Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai: Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke: Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge: Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram: पे(cid:367)ोिलयम एवं (cid:255)ाकृितक गैस मं(cid:253)ी Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state: (a) the target fixed by the Government for issuance of connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) across the country, State/UT-wise; (b) the number of connections issued under the said scheme during the last two years and upto the present year 2026 till date, State/UT-wise, particularly in the State of Maharashtra and in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu; and (c) the total number of distribution networks available under the said scheme across the country, State/UT-wise and the number of these available in rural areas of the State of Maharashtra and the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu? 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): 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 achieved by July 2024.Government has recently approved the release of 25 lakh additional LPG connections under PMUY during Financial Year 2025-26 to achieve saturation of LPG access in the country. The eligibility criteria have been simplified to “Adult women from poor households based on submission of a Deprivation declaration”. As on 01.02.2026, there were about 10.51 crore PMUY connections across the country.State-wise, details of number of connections under PMUY are at Annexure-A. (b): During FY 2023-24 & FY 2024-25, OMCs have released a total of 75 lakh connections under PMUY. Further, during the current FY 18.41 lakh more connections have been released by OMCs till 31st January, 2026.Year-wise and State/UT-wisedetails of PMUY connections released duringFY 2023-24, FY 2024-25and 2025-26 are at Annexure-B. (c): As of February 01, 2026, there are a total of 25,600 LPG distributorships across the country, out of which 17,675 are serving in rural areas. In order to improve access of LPG in rural and remote areas, OMCs have commissioned a total of 8,027 distributorships, during 01.04.2016 to 31.12.2025 across the country, out of which 7,434 (i.e. 93 %) are catering to rural areas. State-wise details of number of LPG distributorship alongwiththe number of distributorship available inrural areas are at Annexure-C. ********Annexure-A Annexure referred to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2122 to be answered on 12.02.2026 regarding “Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana”. State-wise, details of number of PMUY connections (As on 01.02.2026) State/UT Total PMUY Connections Andaman and Nicobar Islands 13,994 Andhra Pradesh 11,07,400 Arunachal Pradesh 54,357 Assam 52,00,963 Bihar 1,19,71,196 Chandigarh 2,034 Chhattisgarh 39,33,452 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 18,187 Delhi 2,84,779 Goa 2,037 Gujarat 43,72,665 Haryana 11,94,341 Himachal Pradesh 1,52,104 Jammu and Kashmir 12,75,517 Jharkhand 39,51,363 Karnataka 42,20,109 Kerala 3,90,361 Ladakh 11,080 Lakshadweep 370 Madhya Pradesh 89,80,172 Maharashtra 52,37,897 Manipur 2,26,637 Meghalaya 3,23,703 Mizoram 35,989 Nagaland 1,26,323 Odisha 56,18,406 Puducherry 20,149 Punjab 13,60,273 Rajasthan 74,80,778 Sikkim 20,077 Tamil Nadu 41,81,169 Telangana 12,18,251 Tripura 3,26,561 Uttar Pradesh 1,88,85,070 Uttarakhand 5,30,595 West Bengal 1,23,71,057 Total 10,50,99,416 Source: IOCL on behalf of PSU OMCsAnnexure-B Annexure referred to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2122 to be answered on 12.02.2026 regarding “Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana”. Details of State-wise Connections released under PMUY during last two years and 2025-26 2025-26(as on State/UT 2023-24 2024-25 01.02.2026) Andaman and Nicobar Islands 383 - 195 Andhra pradesh 4,55,997 3,203 1,36,016 Arunachal Pradesh 4,544 9 671 Assam 6,77,955 8,138 1,07,680 Bihar 8,85,019 9,662 3,48,085 Chandigarh 1,366 - 7 Chhattisgarh 2,93,324 16,605 1,32,700 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman&Diu 2,795 2 445 Delhi 1,14,936 2,941 25,938 Goa 692 - 88 Gujarat 4,62,062 4,795 67,030 Haryana 3,45,912 2,333 81,184 Himachal Pradesh 10,089 54 1,606 Jammu and Kashmir 25,324 367 6,347 Jharkhand 2,49,411 1,559 58,612 Karnataka 3,91,934 695 78,557 Kerala 46,564 97 2,932 Ladakh 2 - - Lakshadweep 61 - - Madhya Pradesh 6,05,761 15,730 1,36,261 Maharashtra 3,27,823 3,523 25,983 Manipur 22,970 - 1,760 Meghalaya 1,01,774 1,385 6,755 Mizoram 2,436 22 4 Nagaland 30,324 68 4,283 Odisha 2,26,972 2,798 71,249 Puducherry 4,485 20 723 Punjab 75,928 53 3,044 Rajasthan 4,51,692 7,030 1,04,799 Sikkim 6,116 - 216 Tamil Nadu 3,97,716 1,849 84,598 Telangana 32,890 336 35,549 Tripura 31,959 1,060 10,205 Uttar Pradesh 10,90,440 5,861 3,06,672 Uttarakhand 33,756 151 1,215 West Bengal 6,107 2,108 - Total 74,17,519 92,454 18,41,409 Source: IOCL on behalf of PSU OMCsAnnexure-C Annexure referred to part(c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2122 to be answered on 12.02.2026 regarding “Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana”. State-wise, details of number of LPG distributorship (As on 01.02.2026) Total No. of No. of Distributors STATE/UT Distributors serving in Rural areas ANDHRA PRADESH 1164 840 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 85 79 ASSAM 604 475 BIHAR 2032 1792 CHHATTISGARH 535 430 DELHI 318 0 GOA 55 11 GUJARAT 1042 621 HARYANA 627 345 HIMACHAL PRADESH 211 142 JHARKHAND 592 429 KARNATAKA 1279 744 KERALA 703 479 MADHYA PRADESH 1552 1080 MAHARASHTRA 2241 1230 MANIPUR 104 89 MEGHALAYA 66 45 MIZORAM 59 48 NAGALAND 84 69 ODISHA 966 793 PUNJAB 863 529 RAJASTHAN 1388 954 SIKKIM 29 20 TAMIL NADU 1658 1092 TELANGANA 811 520 TRIPURA 89 71 UTTAR PRADESH 4145 3138 UTTARAKHAND 316 203 WEST BENGAL 1607 1202 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS 10 10 CHANDIGARH 26 0 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI and 8 6 DAMAN & DIU JAMMU & KASHMIR 275 149 LADAKH 25 25 LAKSHADWEEP 1 0 PUDUCHERRY 30 15 TOTAL 25600 17675 Source: IOCL on behalf of PSU OMCs