Question : Surrender of LPG Subsidy

(a) the total number of LPG consumers who have given up their LPG subsidy till date along with the number of rural families provided LPG connection under PMUY as on date, State/UT-wise;
(b) whether the price of LPG cylinders has increased during the last few years and if so, the details thereof and the extent to which such increase has been registered during the last three years and the current year; and
(c) whether the families covered under PMUY are using on an average 3 cylinders in a year and uncovered families are using 7 cylinders per year and if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)
(a) As on 06.02.2019, nearly 1.04 crore LPG consumers have voluntarily surrendered their LPG subsidy under ‘GiveItUp’ campaign. State/UT-wise details LPG connections released under Pradhan Mantri Ujjala Yojna are at Annexure.
(b) Domestic LPG prices are revised every month in line with international price of LPG with corresponding revision in monthly LPG subsidy under PAHAL scheme. Entire subsidy burden is borne by the Government. In the current month (Feb, 2019), the price of domestic non-subsidized LPG cylinder (14.2 kg) in Delhi market is Rs. 659. The effective cost to the consumer is Rs. 493.53. The per cylinder subsidy borne by government for the current month is Rs. 165.47. The year-/month-wise details of the LPG prices may be seen at PPAC website:www.ppac.gov.in
(c) All India average LPG refill consumption for PMUY beneficiaries during FY 2017-18 is 3.4. All India LPG average consumption during FY 2017-18 is 6.77.