Parliament Question: LPG subsidy and beneficiaries

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.-4127 ANSWERED ON- 30/03/2026 LPG SUBSIDY AND BENEFICIARIES 4127 DR. V. SIVADASAN: Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state: (a) the total amount of subsidy provided by Government on domestic LPG during each of the last five years, year-wise; (b) the scheme-wise break-up of the subsidy provided under schemes such as Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL) and Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY); (c) the number of beneficiaries who received LPG subsidy under each of the above schemes during each of the last five years; (d) the number of beneficiaries covered under each scheme, State/UT-wise; and (e) the amount of LPG subsidy transferred to beneficiaries under each scheme during the last five years, State/UT-wise? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI SURESH GOPI) (a) to (e): Funds under DBTL and PMUY are not allocated/utilized state-wise. The scheme- wise details of subsidy on domestic LPG during last five years are given below: (Rs. in Crore) Particulars 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG 3658 242 855 1,227 366 (DBTL) subsidy (A) Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana 76 1569 6110 10,217 13,274 (PMUY) subsidy (B) Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan 8162 - - - - Package (PMGKP) subsidy (C) Total Subsidy on LPG 11896 1811 6965 11,444 13,640 (A+B+C) Source: Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) In addition to above subsidy, Government has also released a compensation of Rs. 22,000 crore to OMCs in FY 2022-23 for under-recoveries incurred on sale of domestic LPG.During FY 2025-26, Government has approved another compensation of Rs. 30,000 crore. Details of number of LPG connections released under DBTL and PMUY during the last five years are given below: As on As on As on As on As on Scheme 01.04.2021 01.04.2022 01.04.2023 01.04.2024 01.04.2025 DBTL 27,16,18,904 28,36,77,886 28,95,74,503 30,03,91,779 30,58,51,886 PMUY 8,00,36,180 8,99,03,131 9,58,59,418 10,32,66,007 10,33,24,916 State/UT-wise, details of number of connections under DBTL and PMUY are at Annexure- A. ********Annexure-A Annexure referred to in part (a) to (e) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4127 to be answered on 30.03.2026 regarding “LPG subsidy and beneficiaries” asked by Dr. V. Sivadasan: State/UT-wise number of DBTL Connections – As on 01.03.2026 State/UT Total Number of DBTL Connections Andaman and Nicobar Islands 110,776 Andhra Pradesh 15,109,541 Arunachal Pradesh 299,996 Assam 9,016,738 Bihar 22,871,038 Chandigarh 248,117 Chhattisgarh 6,249,107 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 150,286 Delhi 4,356,146 Goa 451,320 Gujarat 11,647,699 Haryana 7,466,878 Himachal Pradesh 1,980,046 Jammu and Kashmir 3,157,466 Jharkhand 6,419,069 Karnataka 17,337,778 Kerala 8,973,855 Ladakh 78,583 Lakshadweep 11,999 Madhya Pradesh 16,884,633 Maharashtra 28,190,722 Manipur 680,464 Meghalaya 507,688 Mizoram 330,946 Nagaland 330,197 Odisha 9,670,470 Puducherry 386,399 Punjab 8,563,056 Rajasthan 17,268,119 Sikkim 176,617 Tamil Nadu 22,658,792 Telangana 11,668,824 Tripura 835,160 Uttar Pradesh 2,863,281 Uttarakhand 46,355,890 West Bengal 26,090,036 Source: IOCL on behalf of PSU OMCsAnnexure-A (cont.) State/UT-wise number of PMUY Connections – As on 01.03.2026 State/UT Total Number of PMUY Connections Andaman and Nicobar Islands 14,033 Andhra Pradesh 11,30,572 Arunachal Pradesh 55,073 Assam 52,38,064 Bihar 1,20,42,722 Chandigarh 2,035 Chhattisgarh 39,64,116 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 18,475 Delhi 2,88,583 Goa 2,046 Gujarat 43,92,285 Haryana 12,06,865 Himachal Pradesh 1,52,349 Jammu and Kashmir 12,78,765 Jharkhand 39,73,823 Karnataka 42,34,596 Kerala 3,91,198 Ladakh 11,082 Lakshadweep 370 Madhya Pradesh 90,29,855 Maharashtra 52,60,083 Manipur 2,28,273 Meghalaya 3,24,126 Mizoram 37,346 Nagaland 1,30,934 Odisha 56,42,023 Puducherry 20,362 Punjab 13,61,139 Rajasthan 75,09,941 Sikkim 20,081 Tamil Nadu 42,01,611 Telangana 12,33,709 Tripura 3,31,721 Uttar Pradesh 1,89,56,828 Uttarakhand 5,31,166 West Bengal 1,23,72,701 Source: IOCL on behalf of PSU OMCs