Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) Coverage to BPL Beneficiaries
(a) the year-wise and State-wise details of issuing of free gas connections to people living Below Poverty Line ( BPL) under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY);
(b) if so, whether there are many number of beneficiaries who are not continuing the gas connection due to economic or other condition;
(c) if so, the State-wise details of beneficiaries that opted out of the PMUY; and
(d) the action taken to improve the scheme?
To know the answer of above questions reg. PMUY coverage to BPL beneficiaries please see below the full text of Rajya sabha Unstarred Question No. 576.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-576
ANSWERED ON-26.06.2019
PMUY coverage to BPL beneficiaries
576 . Shri A. Vijayakumar
(a) the year-wise and State-wise details of issuing of free gas connections to people living Below Poverty Line ( BPL) under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY);
(b) if so, whether there are many number of beneficiaries who are not continuing the gas connection due to economic or other condition;
(c) if so, the State-wise details of beneficiaries that opted out of the PMUY; and
(d) the action taken to improve the scheme?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)
(a) State/UT and year-wise details of LPG connections released under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana(PMUY) are at Annexure.
(b) to (d) OMCs have reported that nearly 86% of PMUY beneficiaries who are atleast one year old have returned for the second refill. The use of LPG by PMUY beneficiary household depends on several factors which include food habits, cooking habits, availability and accessibility to LPG, price of LPG, free availability of firewood, cow dung etc. In order to encourage the PMUY beneficiaries to adopt and use LPG on sustained basis, OMCs have been pursuing following measures:–
(i) offering swap facility i.e. to provide small 5 kg cylinder against 14.2 kg cylinder as per the requirement.
(ii) conducting Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat to educate beneficiaries on the benefits of sustained use of LPG and its safe usage.
(iii) launching audio visual media campaign to spread awareness on advantages of use of LPG.
(iv) targeted SMS campaign to reach to beneficiaries who have not comeback for refill.
(v) display campaign by way of banners, standees and hoardings at public places.
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