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LPG for BPL Families

New Delhi, Mon, 30 Nov 2015 NI Wire

The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply today that as per the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution), (Amendment) Order 2014, a person or household is entitled for one LPG connection under Public Distribution System(PDS). For new connection, the customer should furnish duly filled Know Your Customer (KYC) Form alongwith valid proof of Identity and address to the distributor.

Further, to facilitate LPG coverage for BPL families, a scheme for providing one time grant to BPL families for release of new LPG connection is in operation. As per the scheme, the security deposit (upto Rs. 1600/-) for one cylinder and Pressure Regulator is paid from the fund created for this purpose.

State/UTs-wise total registered domestic consumers including BPL customers for the last two years and current year (as on 01.11.2015) is at Annexure

OMCs aim to increase the National LPG coverage to 75 %, with minimum 60 % coverage at State level and at least one distributor in each block by 2019. To increase the penetration in rural and backward areas, Oil Marketing Companies(OMCs) are appointing new LPG distributors and more than 97 % of blocks are being catered by at least one LPG distributorship.

It is the endeavor of OMCs to meet the demand of the customers within 7 working days from the date of booking. However, delay in refill supplies may occur in the event of backlog due to non-availability of filled LPG cylinders with the distributors for unavoidable reasons, road breaches, floods, strikes, incidents of bandhs, shortage of bulk LPG, non-availability of trucks, etc. and in such situations bottling plants work on extended hours as well as on holidays to clear the backlog.

OMCs have also reported that they are regularly monitoring all the distributorships and any additional supplies required by the distributors, to meet the demand, is released accordingly so as to ensure that all consumers including rural consumers get timely refill supplies.

Annexure referred to in part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 93 for 30.11.2015 by Shri Ganesh Singh and others regarding LPG for BPL families

Total registered domestic customers of OMCs (in Lakhs)

State / UT

As on 01.04.14

As on 01.04.15

As on 01.11.15

CHANDIGARH

3.92

4.08

4.14

DELHI

59.13

61.46

62.80

HARYANA

49.40

53.11

56.08

HIMACHAL PRADESH

17.58

19.16

19.79

JAMMU & KASHMIR

20.00

21.75

22.73

PUNJAB

68.26

75.49

78.30

RAJASTHAN

79.05

88.13

94.16

UTTAR PRADESH

192.18

214.48

229.77

UTTRANCHAL

22.90

24.33

29.71

SUB TOTAL NORTH

512.4

562.0

597.5

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR

0.82

0.86

0.91

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

2.24

2.44

2.57

ASSAM

31.51

34.98

37.36

BIHAR

54.96

63.80

70.24

JHARKHAND

18.64

20.47

21.93

MANIPUR

3.61

3.90

4.07

MEGHALAYA

1.80

1.89

1.96

MIZORAM

2.79

2.93

3.03

NAGALAND

2.21

2.33

2.43

ODISHA

26.15

31.17

35.26

SIKKIM

1.36

1.58

1.64

TRIPURA

4.05

4.50

4.88

WEST BENGAL

93.72

104.54

114.20

SUB TOTAL EAST

243.8

275.4

300.5

CHATTISGARH

17.29

20.08

21.97

DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI

0.65

0.72

0.74

DAMAN & DIU

0.64

0.69

0.71

GOA

5.43

5.59

5.67

GUJARAT

77.00

81.01

83.93

MADHYA PRADESH

70.04

77.34

82.19

MAHARASHTRA

203.08

217.93

227.24

SUB TOTAL WEST

374.1

403.4

422.5

ANDHRA PRADESH

187.83

118.15

125.07

KARNATAKA

98.45

108.29

115.43

KERALA

78.58

84.87

86.97

LAKSHADWEEP

0.026

0.045

0.047

PONDICHERRY

3.67

3.74

3.83

TAMILNADU

163.64

170.44

177.47

TELANGANA

.--

92.72

97.44

SUB TOTAL SOUTH

532.2

578.3

606.3

ALL INDIA

1662.6

1819.0

1926.7

Source: PIB


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